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I'm glad to see so many people have such 'wonderful' opinions of vegetarians. I am a vegetarian. I don't eat meat. I don't call meat eaters ignorant, or criticize them for eating meat. It blows my mind that so many people think it is okay to be so rude about what is essentially an eating habit. I don't eat meat... get over it! As for the 'carrots can hurt too' theory, which I have heard so many times, I can only say that I choose to eat a vegetarian diet without worrying so much about the vegetables life, as you eat meat without worrying about the animals life. No one is any better than anyone else when it comes to food... we all need it to live.
About the book Fast Food Nation (which interestingly enough has nothing to do with vegetarians and the author is not a vegetarian and claims to eat about as much fast food as anyone else in this country), I thought it was a very interesting view of the meat packing industry, fast food, and just the general overview of life in america. I liked how it wasn't skewed by a prejudice vegetarian view (someone who already thinks the meat packers are wrong). I got a lot out of the book and it made me think about the quality of food I eat, but if I wasn't already a vegetarian I don't think it would have made me stop eating meat. Then again, that wasn't the point of the book....
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