I'm a "semi-vegetarian".  That is, I eat no pork or beef and very little poultry.  Fish is an occasional entree for me.

My husband has health issues that prevent him from going vegetarian, though we've tried.  With diabetes, blood pressure issues and coumadin..leaves out alot of food choices for him.

My granddaughter will pass up meat for fruit and veggies every time.  When she spent a few days at her other grandparents, they tried to give her beef fajitas..she took one bite and went back to the veggies..so at 2, she's pretty much vegetarian.

I have a hard time with the cruelty..when I see the packaged meat in the grocery, I often wonder about the animals it came from..

DaBears wrote on May 18^th, 2007 at 10:19pm:


I respect others free will to make their own choices as I used to be a meat eater myself. So I don't think its right of me to judge others when I used to be one, although naturally I find it sad and offensive so sometimes I am judging.

If you go vegetarian you might just find that it will help your soul as well, as well as knowing that animals aren't having to die to keep up your eating habits. That's just my personal experience I feel I have raised my vibrations since becoming vegetarian. I also think its good for the environment if alot more people go veg because the resources that are put towards the livestock industry could be put towards other things to help the environment and feed the starving people of the Third World.

The problem is you can't know how animals are treated. From any research you'd have to assume that if an animal is merely being raised to be killed and eaten and its being conducted on a mass scale for the profit or large agri-business, then an animal is merely a commodity, much like a chocolate bar - the difference being that the animal is a sentient being that feels pain, fear and distress. Why must they suffer horribly and have no right to quality of life just for humans sake? Its not like there aren't alternatives to eating meat. I'm healthier both physically and spiritually as a vegetarian then I was as a meat eater.

The answer seems to be that this world simply doesn't care about these things, so many people only care about themselves and making money, buying a house and car. The world has become too materialistic and cold 

I'm not meaning to take a personal swing at anyone this is just how I feel about these issues.