Thursday, May 8, 2008

Herbivore's Dilemma

Ha! Really quickly before I go out of town, I wanted to post about this article I read on Slate.com called Meatless Like Me: I may be a vegetarian, but I still love the smell of bacon by Taylor Clark.
I loved that Clark talks about the vegetarian experiences; how people:
  • expect you to be self-righteous against them for eating meat. It's ok, we can sit next to you while you're eating meat and not be grossed out, make holier-than-thou comments or try to convert you (just don't try to conver us either!)
  • express concern over you being unhealthy or malnourished, while they are eating cheetos and coke for breakfast of course.

Bottom line, we vegetarians are just like you omnivores, except we don't eat meat.

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