Being a Vegetarian sometimes feels like I'm standing on the corner of Wellington and Commissioners with the Pro Life people wearing a T-Shirt that says "Morgentaler is my Hero!".
The minute I say "I'm a vegetarian" noses scrunch up and the I'm bombarded with a passionate..."WHY???". I sometimes wish I could give a medical, or religious reason just so people wouldn't give me a hard time about it because apparently moral or ethical reasons are simply not a justifiable reason to not eat meat. Then I think, wait a minute...if ethics is NOT a socially acceptable consideration for making life choices then what the hell is????
People go on these misguided rants about why it's not healthy, and not normal to obstain from meat in an effort to convince me that I'm wrong. I'm not sure why they are so concerned with what I choose to digest but...whatever. My personal "BEEF" is with people who offer up snide remarks about the fact that I work for a company that serves meat. I wonder, do they ever say the same thing meat eating veterinarians or Humane Society employees?
Hmmm?
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