I'm of the opinion that most of the harm done would be vastly reduced if most people just ate a lot less animal products. It's unrealistic to expect everyonet to stop entirely. But it's taken a prominent part of our diet, and it truly shouldn't. Historically, it never did. Hunter gatherer peoples get most of their calories from plant foods.
I used to have a pin that said, "TOFU: The other white meat!" and I got more conversations started that way, and educated far more people, than if I had some animal rights pin, even a mild non-confrontational one.
Another fun way: Bring tasty food to work school etc. At PCC once I had brought this dish that was tempeh and all these veggies on rice. It smelled fantastic and everyone wanted to know what it was.
In general, I don't even tell people I'm a vegetarian/vegan unless it comes up in conversation somehow. "Why aren't you eating anything but what you brought and the salad?" "welll...."
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timeasmymeasure
Re: Sing it sister!
Date: 2005-02-16 04:04 am (UTC)I used to have a pin that said, "TOFU: The other white meat!" and I got more conversations started that way, and educated far more people, than if I had some animal rights pin, even a mild non-confrontational one.
Another fun way: Bring tasty food to work school etc. At PCC once I had brought this dish that was tempeh and all these veggies on rice. It smelled fantastic and everyone wanted to know what it was.
In general, I don't even tell people I'm a vegetarian/vegan unless it comes up in conversation somehow. "Why aren't you eating anything but what you brought and the salad?" "welll...."