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That's a bit silly. Why would a meatatarian eat anything except meat? They would be an omnivore if they did. What you're really saying is that either: a. The
by slimsag 9y ago
That's a bit silly. Why would a meatatarian eat anything except meat? They would be an omnivore if they did.
What you're really saying is that either:
a. The meatatarians are actually omnivores, and just mislabeled.
b. The meatatarians are _occasionally_ omnivores, out of preference.
Bending dietary preferences when there is social pressure ("they served me this food, being morally good to me personally means I should eat it" or "I'm on a diet, but everyone else is eating cake so I should too") is not all that surprising, especially if the reason you are excluding one type of food is because of _preference_.
But when you exclude a certain type of food out of health needs (allergic, lactose intolerance, etc) nobody will bat an eye. If a vegetarian refuses to eat meat for their own mental / moral health, I would argue it should be treated the same.
- goldideas 9y agoMay I add that a vegetarian may refuse to eat meat for the heath of the planet as well. It takes so much water to raise animals, and they produce so much methane. This is at lease especially true in the US where we eat so much meat, and hardly any of it is wild game