L23
Active Member
Opinions seem to be divided among vegans about honey - whether it's really depriving the bees of something in the same way as taking eggs from chickens or milk from cows (and veal is essentially a byproduct of dairy production). Same with leather, but more among vegetarians.
Yeah, but at least with honey there's an actual debate on both sides. People who claim that vegetarians can eat gelatin or fish or chicken or whatever bollocks they're spouting off about aren't just full of it, they're also fucking things up for those of us who are actually vegetarian, because it leads to people serving non-vegetarian food on the grounds that "well, this guy on a forum I read says that vegetarians can eat fish, so I did you a salmon pasta bake!" I can understand non-vegetarians not knowing to avoid gelatin or anchovy-laden worcester sauce, but the idiots who claim that it's ok for vegetarians piss me off. It's not ok, and for some of us, it's the equivalent of hiding ham or bacon in a dish meant for Karla Ford's ancestors. The more idiots that profess that these things are fine for vegetarians, the harder it is for actual vegetarians to be certain that the meal they're eating is actually vegetarian.
I have nothing against flexitarians etc - if you want to reduce the meat you eat, then great. I have nothing against carnivores - if you're happy eating meat, then good for you - but people who clearly aren't vegetarians claiming that they are and muddying the water for actual vegetarians are idiots who I have no time for at all.
And that's all from me on this subject. Back to the Ford bashing from me now.