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The Indian subcontinent is so densely populated, very few areas can support hunting. It does happen in some rural areas. Sport hunting is not really a thing tho
by lazide 2y ago
The Indian subcontinent is so densely populated, very few areas can support hunting. It does happen in some rural areas. Sport hunting is not really a thing though.
Most Indians (statistically) are vegetarian, and essentially obligate vegetarian due to the population density (also enforced by religion), though ‘vegetarian’ can include eggs, fish, and sometimes chicken depending on the person, time, etc.
Indian Muslims are the notable exception (~13% of the population) and it does cause some serious friction at times - like riots.
A favorite rage bait topic is someone killing a cow. It gets people killed pretty often.
- stasi9 2y agoStatistically most indians are Non-vegetarians(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country#India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country#India). Various estimates mostly around 20-40%. Statistically i "think" more people are killed by terrorist attack then cow vigilantes.
- lazide 2y agohttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/08/eight-in-ten-indians-limit-meat-in-their-diets-and-four-in-ten-consider-themselves-vegetarian/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/08/eight-in-... This one says 39% are ‘pure vegetarian’, with 81% ‘limiting meat’ (aka ‘mostly vegetarian’). If just a few percentage points shy of the total non-Muslim population, notably. Which lines up with what I’m saying. And looks like 84 killed in lynchings related to cow killings in this table [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_cow_vigilante_violence_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_cow_vig...]. I didn’t say a lot died, just that it is a good rage bait topic when someone gets accused of it - and people do get killed over it. Terrorism in India is a big problem, so yes the number of deaths swamp those 12k or so? [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_India]
- addicted 2y agoNo comment on the specifics of these issues, but I find the Wikipedia pages illuminating. The “cow lynching” one has details about every incident. Whereas the “terrorist attacks” one simply has summaries. The “cow lynching” is treated as far more important where each incident needs to be explained, but the much more numerous and impactful terrorist incidents are treated as less important. Like Stalin said, 1 death is a tragedy, 1 million deaths is a statistic.
- lazide 2y agoAlso, in India a cow killing is both blasphemy/violence against a god figure, and an attack on an important source of renewable protein for the population. Where terrorism is, uh. Business as usual. I remember once when a political party in Bangalore bombed their own headquarters - but got caught doing it. Oops. Within a day or two, the scandal was out of the headlines to be replaced by yet another issue. Trash disposal problems, I think.
- ignoramous 2y ago> more people are killed by terrorist attack then cow vigilantes Cow vigilantes makes it sound like Batman & Robinhood when in fact it is a euphemism for Saffron Terror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron_terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron_terrorism
- dyauspitr 2y agoPure vegetarian maybe but eating chicken or fish once or twice a month is still pretty much vegetarian and that’s the vast majority of the population.
- codegeek 2y agoThat's not what being Vegetarian means.
- renewiltord 2y agoI’ve been vegetarian all my life because I’ve eaten plants with almost all my meals. One time I was a pure carnivore and eat a meat platter but most of the time I’ll manage at least one olive or something.
- dyauspitr 2y agoIt isn’t but it kinda is. If 95% of your meals are vegetarian then I think the designation holds.
- lotsofpulp 2y ago> though ‘vegetarian’ can include eggs, fish, and sometimes chicken depending on the person, time, etc. What is the purpose of the word vegetarian if one uses it to mean consuming some animals but not others? Vegan = no animals used to make food Vegetarian = no animals consumed Ovo lacto vegetarian = vegetarian that eats eggs and dairy (I guess additional clarifiers in case someone thinks vegetarian does not include eggs or dairy) Pescatarian = fish + some flavor of vegetatian/vegan Omnivore = eats everything Carnivore = only eats animals
- lazide 2y agoDon’t ask me, I’m just using the terms and definitions locals use.
- aziaziazi 2y agoVeganism = no animals "used" to make food or whatever (soap, shoes, invivo testing...) Many people here seems to make the confusion that veganism is about the food. It's not, it's about the animals. > What is the purpose of the word vegetarian if one uses it to mean consuming some animals but not others? Languages are not like mathematics, one word can convey many meaning and nothing is stone-defined (dictionaries are only an interpretation of a language). In the Indian context there's a BIG part of the population that have a diet that does not have a definition in the Official Oxford Dictionary.
- lotsofpulp 2y ago> In the Indian context there's a BIG part of the population that have a diet that does not have a definition in the Official Oxford Dictionary. How does omnivore not cover most people’s diets in India? (in the context of a discussion about populations of people that avoid eating animals) It seems like Indians use vegetarian to describe frequency or proportion of one’s diet that is animals. Seems like there could be better terminology used to avoid confusion.
- aziaziazi 2y agoOmnivore word does cover post people diet and is indeed more accurate, but how is it useful to know that 99.9% of Indians are omnivore? « 40% avoid eating meat most of the time buy may consume it once a month » is more informative but not very practical to repeat each time someone ask your diet. By the way its the same for veganism : most vegans have at least once washed their hand with animal glycerin in a public bathroom soap or used a non vegan cloth washing soap while traveling. Are they less vegan? For some dictionary maybe, but most people don’t care about definition absolutism and prefer focus on the motivations and the results.
- tightbookkeeper 2y agoVegetarian is in India is often class signaling.