VEGETARIANISM?!??!? (Feb 10 2005)
Being such a "meat-a-saurus", I always wondered how people could go vegetarian and you will all laugh at me for the following post. I just happened to watch Meet Your Meat, a video (done by PETA, so it's obviously meant to shock and cause this very kind of reaction) that portrays the inhumane cruelty that animals suffer in the food/clothing industry. While I never really wore fur, I eat animals constantly (beef, chicken, pork).. and after watching the video I felt extremely upset about it.
It's not so much that I think animals shouldn't be eaten at all; my problem is with all the suffering that goes along with it. Olivia knows what I'm talking about; she was a vegetarian for 5 years before coming to Rhodes and having to eat what the Rat gives you. So I've decided to at least cut down. It's better for me, and I can vote with my dollar, right? Maybe you're thinking this is stupid, but that's all right. I'm not preaching to anyone. I'm just trying to do with my life what I think is right, or something like that.
I have made it one day without meat. Had cheese and milk, but that doesn't really count for me. Maybe I will get around to buying organic or free range stuff.
I'm really too tired to think clearly. I know there's more I want to say about this, so when I think of it and can say it more articulately, I will do so.
I know this is kind of a serious entry, but I'll follow it up with a "mad cheerful" one (thanks, Deb.)
P.S. PETA in St. Louis in the 80s.
