Vegan smart car owners.....

[NCC1701]

dennyrex: Your story sounds VERY much like mine, right down to the beginning year. We diverge in 1981, at which point I got married and was dragged kicking and screaming away from my diet of choice. However, my reason, at the time would I think be best described as reverence for life. Since I had to consume life to survive, I chose plant life. Nobody has ever convinced me that plants are capable of sentience. Although the observation has been made that they react ... so does a thermometer.

[dennyrex]

NCC1701: yes, those were the days, huh? I've managed to be lucky in love as regards to my diet ;-). Changing my diet has never been an option.
I spent some time on a farm when I was young, and saw the way commercial milk, eggs & etc. were produced, and that was enough for me, even at the local producer level. It's gotten so much worse since... You can't even get raw milk anymore in many places. No more clotted cream ;-)
The film version of The Secret Life of Plants made me queasy about consuming some plant life, but as you say, there are life forms all around / within us all. I considered becoming a modified fruitarian at one point, as it seemed to make the most sense, but again budget & climate intervened. Sentient beings are a good base point at which to stop adding to the menu, I think. I do what I can, and over time, hope that in addition to my own well-being, some other good is being done.
At the end of the day, I really don't subscribe to the notion that humans are above or "in charge of "the rest of the sentient life forms on the planet.

[Okiesmrt]

Originally Posted by dennyrex

I've been a vegetarian since Thanksgiving Day, 1969 when I was 14. I never had the cash or climate to be a vegan, but on the average get very very close. whether for health reasons (well documented, easily defended), animal welfare reasons (ditto) or just because that's what I like, I've never looked back.
diet in the mainstream is such a fashion statement; I did the research from '68-'69, and made the decision as soon as I could bully my parents into believing that I wouldn't die in a week as a result. so far so good, 40 years later.

That's a sad story.

[Big Panda]

Okiesmrt: I concur.

[NCC1701]

Originally Posted by Okiesmrt

That's a sad story.

Originally Posted by Big Panda

Okiesmrt: I concur.

What the heck are y'all talking about??

[Godfather]

Sad sad veggie tales.........

[Neonspinnazz]

This thread may end up like the gun toting thread if certain members put in their .02

Becoming a vegan might not be hard for me, it's not like I LOVE meat. It's just a food source to me! An occasional unhealthy food source...
BEST SMILEY ON EARTH NCC!