vegan issues

What to Say When Someone Asks You Why You Are a Vegetarian

September 6th, 2011

Hello,

On a very good vegan blog I read I saw this bag the other day:

Good idea, but I found these reasons extremely annoying.

These seem like bad ways to explain why you are vegan to someone.  It would seem you are just being holier than thou and not giving any truly good reasons.

However, on another great blog, I found this excellent list called “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian” by Pamela Rice. And this list is amazing!

I for one have always struggled with answering the question “oh so why are you a vegetarian…is it for health reasons or animal rights reasons?”. I never know what’s the best response….. this is a hard question to answer on the spot.

Truly there are 101 reasons to be a vegetarian and the main one is one I can’t really articulate because it just seems so obvious. Killing animals is terrible.

Anyway, I always admire people who can articulate their reasons better than I can. Ingrid Newkirk, head of PETA, is one gal whose responses to questions like this I’ve always admired.

Anyway, thought I’d share this article (it’s great) and hope you find it interesting!

I leave you with this adorable pic of farm animals. The diversity of animals is amazing and I’m sure I could learn so much from each one. Unfortunately I have never gotten to know a cow, pig, sheep or chicken that well, but I’d like to.

LOL. Feeling a bit loopy tonight.

Have a great night!

Fantastic Portraits of Farm Animals - Rob Macinnis
 
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Bill Clinton Goes Vegan, Famous Vegans, and Ellen Talks about being a Vegan

August 19th, 2011

Have you heard? Bill Clinton has gone vegan. He lost 24 pounds and looks quite gaunt at the wedding of vegetarian since age 10, Chelsea.

Pretty cool!

I feel like the tide is really turning… it is only a matter of time before some big companies catch on.

For your entertainment and education, here is a partial list of some famous vegans.

Portia de Rossi

Alanis Morissette

Avril Lavigne

Petra Nemcova (supermodel who was in the tsunami)

Leonardo DaVinci (very cool)

Morrisey

Ande 300

Fiona Apple

Ellen Degeneres

Brian Greene (physicist, author of The Elegant Universe)

Daryl Hannah

John Mackey (CEO of Whole Foods)

Tobey Maguire

Lea Michele

Joaquin Phoenix

Brad Pitt (interesting!)

Prince

Jason Schwartzman

Alicia Silverstone

Russel Simmons

Biz Stone (founder of twitter)

Salim Stoudamire (bball player for those not in the know, like me, lol)

Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple)

Olivia Wilde

Steve Wynn (owner of Vegas)

Pretty interesting group of people!

Finally check out this great vid of Ellen explaining why she went vegan and why she is a vegan. She gives a great explanation. I’ve always found this is a hard question to answer — why are you vegan or why are you a vegetarian. There is so much to say and so much that seems so obvious it can’t be said. You know? How do you explain to someone what goes on in a factory farm in pleasant conversation? How can you convince them of the truth when you’ve seen the footage with your own eyes, but you know they aren’t going to change their beliefs, and in fact, you may just make everyone feel guilty.

Thoughts?

 
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