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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-27-06 11:58 PM
Response to Reply #34
36. I'm an optomist
because a world full of selfish assholes sounds like a crappy place to live. I'm stuck here, I might as well do my best to improve the place. Even a small change is important to the animal helped, but I try to dream big. :)
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  -Do Vegetarians eat fish? Thtwudbeme  Jan-27-06 07:49 PM   #0 
  - Fish, no. Eggs and dairy, sometimes.  GOPisEvil   Jan-27-06 07:51 PM   #1 
  - You can be a lacto-ovo veggie  jpgray   Jan-27-06 07:52 PM   #2 
  - My sister is an ovo-lacto vegetarian.  Left Is Write   Jan-27-06 07:52 PM   #3 
  - The Friday fasting Christians have fish as the only meat.  robbedvoter   Jan-27-06 07:54 PM   #4 
  - Technically, that's not "fasting."  Common Sense Party   Jan-28-06 12:23 AM   #39 
  - Thtwudbeme, meet Can 'O Worms.  Blue-Jay   Jan-27-06 07:54 PM   #5 
  - At this time of night it should be "meet bottle of gin"  jpgray   Jan-28-06 01:34 AM   #51 
  - Good grief!  Thtwudbeme   Jan-28-06 01:33 PM   #72 
     - Incredible, isn't it?  tofunut   Jan-28-06 02:36 PM   #78 
  - Ms. OR is a...  Opposite Reaction   Jan-27-06 08:25 PM   #6 
  - A true vegetarian eats . . .  Floogeldy   Jan-27-06 09:15 PM   #7 
  - and lawn clippings.  Blue-Jay   Jan-27-06 09:36 PM   #9 
     - No  Floogeldy   Jan-27-06 10:04 PM   #11 
        - But, pea is a vegetable.  MrsGrumpy   Jan-27-06 11:55 PM   #32 
  - Definitely not fish  LeftyMom   Jan-27-06 09:35 PM   #8 
  - If you don't milk the cows...  jberryhill   Jan-27-06 10:54 PM   #12 
  - If you do not milk them thier milk dries up  LeftyMom   Jan-27-06 10:59 PM   #13 
  - Um pardon  Kali   Jan-27-06 11:29 PM   #19 
  - True, dairy cows are bred for a higher maximum capacity to produce milk  LeftyMom   Jan-27-06 11:34 PM   #22 
  - yes they will dry up if not milked, but big risk of mastitis and ruined  Kali   Jan-27-06 11:30 PM   #20 
  - Most dairy cows in the US have mastitis anyhow  LeftyMom   Jan-27-06 11:35 PM   #23 
  - If I'm what?  jberryhill   Jan-28-06 02:09 PM   #74 
  - Okay, how about if I did this...  jberryhill   Jan-28-06 02:32 PM   #77 
  - Reply to your edit  LeftyMom   Jan-27-06 11:04 PM   #14 
  - Actually they'd starve. There'd be no way to feed them.  alphafemale   Jan-27-06 11:36 PM   #24 
     - Did I in any way imply all dairy production would cease at midnight?  LeftyMom   Jan-27-06 11:40 PM   #26 
        - imo People, in general, are not going to be weaned off meat...ever.  alphafemale   Jan-27-06 11:56 PM   #34 
           - I'm an optomist  LeftyMom   Jan-27-06 11:58 PM   #36 
           - Good for you. We stubborn realists need you  alphafemale   Jan-28-06 12:16 AM   #37 
           - Improve?  jberryhill   Jan-28-06 02:14 PM   #75 
           - Many people are being weaned off meat.  friesianrider   Jan-28-06 01:06 PM   #67 
  - I guess I have the most problem with this -  Kali   Jan-27-06 11:42 PM   #27 
     - In egg production, the males are killed  LeftyMom   Jan-27-06 11:53 PM   #31 
        - Oh, the part that isn't true.  Kali   Jan-28-06 12:40 AM   #47 
        - us?  LeftyMom   Jan-28-06 01:10 AM   #49 
        - I also am about offering information.  Kali   Jan-28-06 01:28 AM   #50 
           - Correct some misinformation then  LeftyMom   Jan-28-06 01:35 AM   #52 
              - I have tried to correct several things you have wrong.  Kali   Jan-28-06 02:54 AM   #60 
                 - Okay, let's run down the list.  LeftyMom   Jan-28-06 12:16 PM   #64 
                 - So, basically you can't back your claims up, huh?  friesianrider   Jan-28-06 01:13 PM   #69 
        - Who is imposing their agenda on other people?  friesianrider   Jan-28-06 01:10 PM   #68 
        - Do wild animals suffer?  jberryhill   Jan-28-06 02:26 PM   #76 
           - You know what  LeftyMom   Jan-28-06 02:39 PM   #80 
              - You know what  jberryhill   Jan-28-06 02:41 PM   #81 
                 - LOL...so, basically you have nothing of substance to say...  friesianrider   Jan-29-06 01:48 PM   #83 
  - There are different types of vegetarians........  caty   Jan-27-06 09:38 PM   #10 
  - Is a fish a vegetable?  Dangerously Amused   Jan-27-06 11:19 PM   #15 
  - Dizackly!!!!!  Floogeldy   Jan-27-06 11:24 PM   #16 
  - No, but neither are:  jberryhill   Jan-28-06 02:37 PM   #79 
     - Oh, how clever! Fungus doesn't fit the formal definition of "vegetable."  Dangerously Amused   Jan-28-06 05:11 PM   #82 
  - there are those who claim to be vegetarians  nickinSTL   Jan-27-06 11:25 PM   #17 
  - Am an ovo-lacto vegetarian  Whoa_Nelly   Jan-27-06 11:25 PM   #18 
  - If they do, they're not much of a vegetarian, are they?  Redstone   Jan-27-06 11:31 PM   #21 
  - What about shrimp?  Blue-Jay   Jan-27-06 11:39 PM   #25 
     - Even if I wasn't allergic to shellfish, I don't think I'd be eating any  Redstone   Jan-27-06 11:43 PM   #28 
     - Do you try to swallow fireflies when you're riding on the bike trail?  jobycom   Jan-27-06 11:47 PM   #30 
        - You sir, have never seen Alice in Wonderland...Those baby oysters  MrsGrumpy   Jan-27-06 11:56 PM   #33 
        - Well, yeah, THOSE oysters....  jobycom   Jan-28-06 12:17 AM   #38 
        - It's all a matter of degrees, isn't it?  Blue-Jay   Jan-27-06 11:58 PM   #35 
        - I love oysters.  BikeWriter   Jan-28-06 02:01 AM   #53 
           - They are lovable  jobycom   Jan-28-06 02:18 AM   #54 
              - Uh, I love to eat them.  BikeWriter   Jan-28-06 02:27 AM   #55 
                 - Hey, man, what you choose to do  jobycom   Jan-28-06 02:33 AM   #56 
                    - ...and clams.  BikeWriter   Jan-28-06 02:37 AM   #57 
                       - Together with the oysters? And they go for that?  jobycom   Jan-28-06 02:47 AM   #58 
                          - ...snails  BikeWriter   Jan-28-06 03:04 AM   #61 
  - There is no controlling legal authority, as Al Gore might say.  jobycom   Jan-27-06 11:43 PM   #29 
  - There will be meat-free options at my super bowl party.  GOPisEvil   Jan-28-06 12:25 AM   #40 
     - Burgers?  Blue-Jay   Jan-28-06 12:26 AM   #41 
     - Possibly.  GOPisEvil   Jan-28-06 12:30 AM   #42 
        - Sounds good. Wish I were in the neighborhood.  Blue-Jay   Jan-28-06 12:32 AM   #45 
           - We had quite a good time here last year.  GOPisEvil   Jan-28-06 12:35 AM   #46 
     - I make a mean meatless chili  jobycom   Jan-28-06 12:30 AM   #43 
     - Ahh...mine is a 3 bean chili.  GOPisEvil   Jan-28-06 12:32 AM   #44 
     - Good for you!  friesianrider   Jan-28-06 01:01 PM   #66 
  - I'm an ovo-lacto vegetarian.  Borgnine   Jan-28-06 12:57 AM   #48 
  - Yes  Swamp Rat   Jan-28-06 02:49 AM   #59 
  - traditionally, no  buddhamama   Jan-28-06 09:26 AM   #62 
  - I'm sort of a vegetarian because I do eat seafood.  RebelOne   Jan-28-06 09:39 AM   #63 
  - Many do, but I'm not sure why.  friesianrider   Jan-28-06 12:59 PM   #65 
  - there are several reasons to be a vegetarian  orangepeel68   Jan-28-06 01:27 PM   #71 
     - I agree...  friesianrider   Jan-28-06 01:38 PM   #73 
  - French ones do  orangepeel68   Jan-28-06 01:21 PM   #70 
 

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