I love all food, including meat. In terms of cooking for myself, I stick to fish because I believe fish to be extremely unintelligent and thus I have absolutely no ethical qualms about eating them....

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I love all food, including meat.  In terms of cooking for myself, I stick to fish because I believe fish to be extremely unintelligent and thus I have absolutely no ethical qualms about eating them.  Other meats i view as guilty pleasures.  Moderation is the key, I believe.

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Some of it is personal preference, some of it is nutritional, but the main reason is that I have severe sensory difficulties. As a child it wasn't merely a matter of exposing me to different...

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Some of it is personal preference, some of it is nutritional, but the main reason is that I have severe sensory difficulties. As a child it wasn't merely a matter of exposing me to different foods.It was that everytime I ate something with a particular texture,flavor, etc. I would throw up.My body would literally reject certain foods--many of them vegetables.

As I've developed I've been able to tolerate a wider variety of foods. I'm taking cooking classes now to find ways around the textures,consistencies, and flavors that set my body off. I've even been able to reduce my meat intake significantly--but to this day I'm still fairly limited in what I can keep down. A good chunk of which includes meat,milk, eggs, and cheese.

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It's a bit like asking me why I'm not a Presbyterian or a Free Mason. Nobody has articulated a particularly persuasive reason as to why I should become one, and, absent a persuasive argument on the...

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It's a bit like asking me why I'm not a Presbyterian or a Free Mason.  Nobody has articulated a particularly persuasive reason as to why I should become one, and, absent a persuasive argument on the subject, I'm at a loss as to why I would make such a major lifestyle change.

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... give me a minute, & I may be! I actually just posted a question, at http://www.opposingviews.com/topics/opposing-views , as part of an ongoing internal food ethics debate I've been having...

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... give me a minute, & I may be! I actually just posted a question, at http://www.opposingviews.com/topics/opposing-views, as part of an ongoing internal food ethics debate I've been having with myself.

Right now, I eat vegan about 99% of the time, but make specific exceptions based on my perception of 'the lesser harm', from an environmental standpoint (i.e. pet-chicken eggs, local honey, & local/ self-caught fish or shellfish).

I'm interested on others' thoughts about this... follow the link above for why I haven't completely gone vegan; I'm open to being talked into it, possibly, but right now it looks to me like in some specific cases, 'mostly-vegan' might be the least-harm choice..? Still thinkin', tho!

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Perhaps it's because I grew up eating these things, but I enjoy the flavor, consistency(ies) and experience of foods containing these ingredients.

I would , however, support changing agricultural practices to increase the diversity of foods available to the general public and therefore increase nutritional diversity in the western diet.

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I would , however, support changing agricultural practices to increase the diversity of foods available to the general public and therefore increase nutritional diversity in the western diet.

 

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I eat meat in relatively small quantities because it both tastes good and is a good source of protein as well as other nutrients.

I don't want to sound callous or anything, but I don't think that animals have the same rights that humans have, and I think that humans have a right to eat other animals. So, I guess that's why I...

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I don't want to sound callous or anything, but I don't think that animals have the same rights that humans have, and I think that humans have a right to eat other animals. So, I guess that's why I don't have a problem with eating animal products.

I don't feel particularly strongly about the issue either way.

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In a nutshell, I love cheese. Of all types. Swiss, cheddar, brie, irish cheddar, American, feta, parmasen, cream cheese, etc. I can't imagine life without eating cheese. I am a vegetarian so I...

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In a nutshell, I love cheese. Of all types. Swiss, cheddar, brie, irish cheddar, American, feta, parmasen, cream cheese, etc. I can't imagine life without eating cheese.

I am a vegetarian so I don't eat meat. However, I'm not eating an animal carcass when I eat cheese. There's a big difference, at least for me.

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