links for 2006-01-10
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“I get the vegetarian meals because they have a decent selection you can choose from,” said ninth-grader Jessica Fortney, 15. “Otherwise, I would have to eat the disgusting pizza every day.”
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Well, that’s good. But this line is baffling to me: “I probably won’t become a vegetarian because of it, but it probably deserves to live. When one breaks out of the pack, it’s so touching.” Believe me, Ms. Garde, they all want to break out.
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A great post from Eric about vegetarians that may not have developed a total revulsion towards the smell and sight of animal products. He says everything I’ve been thinking recently on the issue.
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(via BoingBoing)
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Regarding the article on the smell of cooking meat, it’s the seasonings you smell, not necessarily the flesh being cooked. What REALlY smells vile is cooking fish, no matter what they put on it; with fish, you can smell the flesh cooking, and it nauseates me. I also hate the smell of fast food emanating from a bag in someone’s hand or wafting through the office.
My theory with long-term vegetarians not being repulsed by the smell of cooking meat is that we are societally trained to think it smells good, but our logical minds think, yeah, it smells good, but unfortunately, that’s a dead, mutilated animal cooking. Responding to cooking smells is only human; choosing not to eat the food that is being cooked because it involves exploitation is what makes us vegan.
I’m lucky that there are pizza joints in my area that don’t charge extra to use the Follow Your Heart.