dee
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Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 12:27
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Can anyone explain this?? I know quite a lot of veggies who never used to, but now eat fish!! Whats this all about?? What have the fish done to deserve this??I think it sucks personally, leave the fish alone!!!!!
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anthonyqkiernan
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Re: Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 12:37
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Well, for a start, they're not vegetarians. Just picky eaters dressing it up a conscience. You don't eat meat because you don't like it? Fine. Becasue you don't like the idea of it? Fine. Just don't try and claim some moral high ground.
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dee
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Re: Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 13:00
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Yeah, i read Merricks article and i agree, ive been vegan for 16 years..
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anthonyqkiernan
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Re: Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 13:11
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Hats off to you. See, you can take the moral high ground.
I suppose there is the argument that every little helps or something. (NB. committed carnivore)
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ron
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Re: Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 13:23
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any thot's on insects?
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grufty jim
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Re: Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 13:24
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anthonyqkiernan wrote: Well, for a start, they're not vegetarians. Just picky eaters dressing it up a conscience. You don't eat meat because you don't like it? Fine. Becasue you don't like the idea of it? Fine. Just don't try and claim some moral high ground.
Hmmmm. I really don't think you can generalise. I was a quite strict vegetarian for 17 years (longer than I'd not been one) and was then told that my health problems, while not caused by my vegetarian diet, would be eased by eating fish regularly.
I spent a fair while considering the dilemma. In the end I decided to put my health before my morals. That was a difficult - and weird - decision to have to make. It hasn't been a miracle cure of course, but two years after putting fish back into my diet I've noticed very clear benefits.
These days I don't describe myself as "a vegetarian" (as I'm clearly not walking the walk). All the same, I do still talk the talk. Politically speaking I'm vegetarian (if that makes sense). If asked, I will argue passionately in favour of vegetarianism. There's no doubt in my mind that it is the correct ethical and environmental choice. My personal decision to prioritise my health doesn't change that. So I certainly don't feel like a "picky eater dressing it up in a conscience".
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Note: if you are going to eat fish it is possible to be more and/or less ethical in your choice. For information on sustainable fisheries, the following websites are good starting points...
http://www.fishonline.org/
http://eng.msc.org/
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dee
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Re: Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 13:25
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Thanks, although i dont really want to take any moral higher ground, i just wanted to know why there are so few real veggies out there.....eating fish seems very fashionable.....I only started this thread cos i noticed one of my work colleagues eatiing prawns and tuna.....she told me she was veggie...hmmm
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dee
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Re: Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 13:27
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Mmmm...I fancy a nice bowl of crispy wasps with rice milk!!
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FourWinds
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Re: Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 13:32
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The main dietry benefits of fish are Omega Oils & Calcium aren't they? Surely these could be supplemented easily*?
*Unless your needs were not either of the above, natch.
N.B. Easy for me to say as I'll eat anything that isn't green.
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anthonyqkiernan
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Re: Vegetarians who eat fish..
Oct 09, 2006, 13:34
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grufty jim wrote: These days I don't describe myself as "a vegetarian"
Which was sort of my point. Unfortuntely I of course expressed this in my usual cack-handed manner.
I used to go out with someone that insisted they were vegetarian and ate chicken.
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