Chase ([info]angryhaiku) wrote,
@ 2008-10-18 20:16:00
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Meat-Eating Amnesty
I am thinking of declaring Meat-Eating Amnesty Day on my birthday. After two and a half full years as a vegetarian and five years as a non-red-meat-eater, I feel like I have earned a cheeseburger. (And, if the cheeseburger doesn't make me sick, also some samgyupssal.) But at the same time, I've been so fucking sanctimonious about being a vegetarian. And being a vegetarian is so much a part of my identity -- somewhere after "American" and somewhere before "bookworm."

So I guess my question is, what do you think, Friendslist? Am I a giant hypocrite if I eat a cheeseburger? Or can I have Amnesty Day and still think of myself the same way? Don't tell me what I want to hear, tell me what you actually think.


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[info]persnickety_er
2008-10-18 12:09 pm UTC (link)
Since I'm about 99% sure you'll just puke it up in about 30 minutes, I say why the hell not? It doesn't count if it doesn't digest completely, right?!

:D

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[info]angryhaiku
2008-10-19 09:47 pm UTC (link)
Hahaha, accurate! Aww, remember that time we had to rush home on the subway so I could blorch?

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[info]madonnadellatte
2008-10-18 12:42 pm UTC (link)
I think it depends entirely on how sanctimonious you've been and also why you're being a vegetarian - for example, if you're vegetarian because Meat is Wrong, then yeah, there may be some giant hypocrisy present.

If you're vegetarian because you feel it's a healthier choice for you, then it's like cheating on your diet and probably not that big a deal. You may still feel guilty; it depends on how sense-making the justification is?

If you're vegetarian because meat isn't inherently wrong but the way it's harvested is contrary to your ethical or environmental mores, then it's a bit more of a grey area... you could try to get a very well-researched cheeseburger (I don't know, meat from a small farm somewhere that doesn't have huge processing plants - cooked at your own home. That's probably hella hard to find, though, unless you live in a cow... uh, harvesting... area).

There are other reasons for being vegetarian... I guess I'd say that if it's more a dietary choice, it's more flexible, whereas if it's more moral, it's touchier.



I would personally have the burger, but then I am awful at resisting delicious temptation.

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[info]madonnadellatte
2008-10-18 07:18 pm UTC (link)
p.s. my brother recommends hunting your own deer. AVAILABILITY OF ETHICALLY-RAISED MEATS: REASONS TO LIVE IN CANADA.

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[info]hopechan
2008-10-18 02:29 pm UTC (link)
You're pro-choice! Just pretend it's a sacred little baby you're eating.

P.S.: SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN KOREA. NOT THAT I'M, LIKE. EFFING EXCITED. AT ALL.

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[info]teamkaren
2008-10-18 10:41 pm UTC (link)
Do it! I fuckin' hate cows.

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[info]teamkaren
2008-10-18 10:51 pm UTC (link)
:)

No, not hypocritical. I wouldn't think you any less awesome. Enjoy your birthday.

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[info]bebitched
2008-10-19 02:12 am UTC (link)
Hmm. I think that you could eat meat for one day and it wouldn't have to be a big deal unless you let it be - though I've heard horror stories about people eating meat after being a vegetarian and becoming violently ill. SO... there's that.

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