Quote Originally Posted by Who
I will always be a meat lover, and personally I feel sorry for people that don't eat meat. Ya'll have no I dea what yer missin out on.
Most vegetarians/vegans do know what meat is like, we weren't born vegetarian and most have sampled meat in our lives. For me, it's not just the fact that meat comes from dead animals, but I personally hate the way it flakes up in your mouth. Even though I've not eaten meat for 6 years, I still remember that. But some people do like meat and that's fine with me.

I remember when I announced to my family that I would become vegetarian, and I was 8 years old. At first, they didn't believe me, and thought it was just one of those phases that 8-year-olds go through. My dad said that I'd probably been watching too much Animal Hospital and had become soft towards animals. When I was still refusing meat 6 months later, they really tried to get me to eat meat again, at first saying 'the animal doesn't suffer' or the more harsh 'you won't grow properly without meat'. Believe me, it's not easy to be a veggie in a family of meat eaters. You wouldn't believe the pressure. Going to family parties, and having to delay the meals being served because you need a vegetarian meal. Not being able to take part in the family Sunday roast. It doesn't sound like much, but it is. But strangely, I became more determined to not eat meat. Now I can't imagine myself ever eating meat, and never get any 'hunger' for it.

I know that a lot of people say it's OK to eat pigs, cows etc, but I've always seen it like this: the cows/pigs etc all are alive, just like dogs/cats etc, so it shouldn't be right to kill and eat certain animals. A lot of people will disagree with that, but that is my own personal approach to this subject.