Understanding Vegetarianism
I enjoyed dining tonight at Udipi Palace with Sujit, Amit, Kushagra and Sriram. While Sambar Vadai and Dosai were food for our hunger, the food for thought was the talk on vegetarianism.
I am not sure how this talk started, but then everyone was certainly interested in airing their views on the topic. My thoughts were primarily based on the 'thou shall not kill' philosophy. Also, I felt that people eat food without giving a due consideration on how it was cooked (or how the animal was killed before it is cooked). Talking of vegetarians, Sujit mentioned that Greg Chappel is a vegan, a term that refers to people who, apart from avoiding meat, avoid consuming all animal products. Amit discussed about the abuse of chicken at KFC in its slaughterhouses and mentioned that there is a dedicated site that deals with this issue. Sriram and Kushagra gave enough support to the discussions. The conversation was so healthy that Sujit surprised us in the end by vowing that he would try to avoid eating meat going forward. That was a gutsy statement, mate.
The conversation acted as an appetizer and I googled to learn more on vegetarianism after returning home. Well, I got all the answers that I could ask for - from its definition to its various types - vegans, ovo-vegetarians, lacto-vegetarians, ovo-lacto-vegetarians, Fructarians, et al. You too can get all the answers here and find out for yourself which type you are.
I am not sure how this talk started, but then everyone was certainly interested in airing their views on the topic. My thoughts were primarily based on the 'thou shall not kill' philosophy. Also, I felt that people eat food without giving a due consideration on how it was cooked (or how the animal was killed before it is cooked). Talking of vegetarians, Sujit mentioned that Greg Chappel is a vegan, a term that refers to people who, apart from avoiding meat, avoid consuming all animal products. Amit discussed about the abuse of chicken at KFC in its slaughterhouses and mentioned that there is a dedicated site that deals with this issue. Sriram and Kushagra gave enough support to the discussions. The conversation was so healthy that Sujit surprised us in the end by vowing that he would try to avoid eating meat going forward. That was a gutsy statement, mate.
The conversation acted as an appetizer and I googled to learn more on vegetarianism after returning home. Well, I got all the answers that I could ask for - from its definition to its various types - vegans, ovo-vegetarians, lacto-vegetarians, ovo-lacto-vegetarians, Fructarians, et al. You too can get all the answers here and find out for yourself which type you are.
posted by Manju at 10:38 PM
3 Comments:
I did not find an answer for me there...Cannibalism?
Hi Arvind, what do you think is the difference between killing of plants and eating them and killing of animals for eating them?
The flowers that people use to express love are nothing but the reproductive organs of the plants, while the fruits are under developed embryos.
Also, what about the trees that are felled for timber and animals that get killed for leather. I bet you surely wear leather belt and shoes.
How are they different? As far as I am concerned, being vegetarian is not such a huge deal than being a person who helps out people in need and has compassion.
Hope you can one day become the deep thinker you assume yourself to be...
vegetarianism is just some kind of hypocrisy... just so ppl can feel good about themselves...
and vegans - avoid dairy products in addition to avoiding meat, not what you seem to suggest...
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