I'm probably preaching to the choir, but I find vegetarians annoying. That's not to say all of them. The ones that can keep quiet and be normal while refraining from meat are fine. I have absolutely no problem with them. If you don't want to eat meat, that's perfectly fine. You're missing out on some great food, but that is your own decision.
The ones that annoy me are the missionaries that chastise people for murdering countless animals and butchering chickens. I find their lack of acceptance extremely off putting, especially given their minority status in the meat market of America. I understand that they may consider it wrong to eat an animal, and if I sat down with them and talked to them about my diet then I would love to hear their argument. But when I just got off a ten hour no food bender and I'm inhaling a chicken sandwich, the last thing I care about is how they slaughtered the chicken. I'm not one of those ass holes that says "Whatever they did, it's delicious!" But I do try to let them know that they have given an opinion without asking.
And therein lies the issue at the heart of the matter. I think those people chose vegetarianism for the debates, much like the dentist from Seinfeld choosing Judaism for the jokes. When I see somebody wearing an Ed Hardy shirt, I most definitely think he has some self confidence issues and was probably raised by a neanderthal with a thumb up her ass, but I don't approach the individual and tell them that. It's called polite society. So why should somebody attack me when I'm eating a sandwich with some meat in it?
And by the way, a plant is just as much a living organism as an "animal," it just doesn't have furry ears and make cute noises.
I find it repulsive when I see someone eating a chicken sandwich because it's like they're eating a baby chicken. You may as well have reached into it's mother's womb, ripped that egg out, cracked it open prematurely, and shoved the baby between two pieces of bread so you could shove it down your fat gullet as soon as humanly possible. Seriously it's like taking an innocent newborn baby and putting it's placenta covered body into a ciabatta and inhaling it like a neanderthal. I think you eat the meat just for the arguments.
Posted by: Grant | 05/31/2010 at 08:09 PM