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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 08:59 PM Original message |
Vegetarians: How did you decide to go vegetarian? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. It sort of just happened. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. I participated in the dissection of a mountain lion |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, I figured if Hitler were a vegetarian... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. LOL! That one really gets some people upset, doesn't it? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I started refusing to eat meat when I was 4. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. From reading "Prevention" magazine in the mid-1970s and from working |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. I didn't struggle with the idea or come to it incrementaly |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. My kids |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I'm really lucky |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You are lucky |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'd done some reading about ethical vegetarianism |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. Kind of always knew I would |
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emmajane67 (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. When I was 11 I wanted to stop eating meat. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. I did it the way most do, first quiting red meat and then white meat too. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Funny. I gave up chicken first. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. "... lower brain function on some levels..." |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Actually, I think they may be a result of not having "higher" brain functi |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I like your attitude. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I like your attitude. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I like your attitude. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Thanks. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Meat doesn't sit well with me |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. I was a vegetarian |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. Hated meat since I was a tyke. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. That's awesome! I have a twin who hates vegetables. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
16. I wanted to lower my cholesterol level. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. Started cooking vegetarian meals in 1970 in college partly for |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. I started reading into buddhist teachings |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. You sound like me, a bit |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. gristle |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. For me it started with the news that the rainforests were being torn down |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I've been worrying about that health benefit lately. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. Kinda corny |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. The thought of eating animal flesh has grossed me out |
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Hun Joro (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. What a great thread. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. It was just a natural progression for me.... |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. Oh, I also want to say to all the veggies posting here.... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. NIce to see who's here. I worry, though, whether our names |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. I was vegetarian for like 2 months |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. Mostly for health reasons. |
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Treclo (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
41. Live and Let Live. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Great post Treclo... |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. One day, out of nowhere, meat disgusted me. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. I stopped eating meat. To see if I could. I discovered I had mroe energy |
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