So personally, I choose to be "good", all of the time. It's very stressful and bloody hard work, but I don't want to go blind,
maybe something else you could cut out too :oops:
seriously, though, diabetes is no laughing matter. it's commendable you look after yourself so well.
It is indeed - he looks super healthy too :D
does your wife need to start worrying, dave? :oops:
(a) Also becuase a vegetarian diet puts a lot less pressure on resources and is a lot more efficient. The world could feed twice as many people if everybody was a vegetarian, so I do like the fact that I'm making a move towards sustainability.
(b) You are correct about the dairy use, but most vegetarians would probably at least look into where their milk and eggs came from and are likely to choose better sources. Sometimes it's better to be doing something than nothing at all, and making the swap from meat to veggie will definitely reduce the pressures on world resources. (c) From a moral standpoint though, I don't see being vegetarian as any better than just cutting down on meat consumption, nothing annoyes me more than holier than thou vegetarians who preach about it. As I see it what you eat is your business and what other people eat is their business!
(d) And I've always said I'll eat meat or fish again if I can catch it and kill it myself. I think (and to bring up a debate from a while ago) there's nothing wrong with hunter gatherers eating meat, that's probably the most sustainable way of doing things.
(a) i was under the impression that the figures used to back up that assertion were...er... made up. Or at least massively over-exaggerated. i think even monbiot admitted as much at one point in one of his columns.
also I'd say we could feed the entire world currently if things were run a bit better, etc.
not to mention all the land used to grow non-food crops. i don't see why i'd feel guilty that my meat eating is causing starvation because (a) it's not and (b) if that vegetarian has tons of clothes or consumer good etc. etc. they might actually be more to blame than me!
what about people who drink? how much grain is diverted to alcohol production? How much land diverted to grape cultivation? I don't drink ;)
what about if you only wear woolen clothes and eat mutton? is that worse than a veggie who wears tons of cotton and has a diverse wardrobe?
ok i'm labouring the point now. but you know what i mean. It's a bit like the way they always talk about bringing in health taxes. they only look at one very narrow definition of health and ignore arguably way bigger causes.
(b) i'm not vegetarian and i only buy free range eggs. I normally get organic milk, too (though i have no idea if that affects the animals' wellbeing). it's not only vegetarians or vegans who care about animals. :)
(c) :) though i have to admit i'm not too enamoured with having to kill animals to eat them :(
(d) screw that, i'm way too squeamish for that. :lol: Heck i can barely even cook my own meat, let alone kill it. :lol:
