Comments on: Vegediaries: Day 15 http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/2009/01/19/vegediaries-day-15/ Daniel Roy's blog about life and videogames Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Daniel http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/2009/01/19/vegediaries-day-15/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Daniel Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:47:59 +0000 http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/?p=206#comment-218 Hey Mathieu! First off: it's awesome to have you here. :) Second... I totally, totally agree with you. This was not apparent from this post alone, but this vegetarianism thing is really an experiment, not a decision. Here is where I talk more about it: http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/2008/12/01/the-vegetarian-experiment/ As you can see, I'm trying it out as an experiment, but I find myself in strong agreement with what you're saying about moving away from mass-produced meat to local, small-scale, grass-fed beef. Hey Mathieu!

First off: it’s awesome to have you here. :)

Second… I totally, totally agree with you. This was not apparent from this post alone, but this vegetarianism thing is really an experiment, not a decision. Here is where I talk more about it:

http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/2008/12/01/the-vegetarian-experiment/

As you can see, I’m trying it out as an experiment, but I find myself in strong agreement with what you’re saying about moving away from mass-produced meat to local, small-scale, grass-fed beef.

]]> By: Mat http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/2009/01/19/vegediaries-day-15/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Mat Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:37:36 +0000 http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/?p=206#comment-217 Going veggie for culinary reasons, to experiment with cooking and discovering new smells, tastes, flavours, textures, that I would understand. But for ethical reasons makes me wonder... Don't get me wrong, I do profoundly respect your choice - going veggie in general and eating the soup in particular. Some people around me are or were strict vegans for a decade, at least. I know the kind of self-discipline and caring it takes to live up to these standards. But it's been 8, 9 years now that I live off meat that comes cows and bulls raised no more than 10 miles from where I live. And it's not mass-produced plastic wrapped red-dyed proteins of unknown origins. All Swiss cows have names. They're cared for and, I'd dare to say, loved by their owners. It's pretty possible that, walking around the countryside, I crossed the path of one or two of them that ended their earthly passage in my plate, grilled and seasoned. Honestly, eating them or not is not, to me, an ethical question. Quite the contrary; avoiding industry-products built a bond, some kind of intimacy has grown between the cows, giving their lives, and me. And I would call it love. Carnal love. Cheers! Going veggie for culinary reasons, to experiment with cooking and discovering new smells, tastes, flavours, textures, that I would understand. But for ethical reasons makes me wonder…
Don’t get me wrong, I do profoundly respect your choice – going veggie in general and eating the soup in particular. Some people around me are or were strict vegans for a decade, at least. I know the kind of self-discipline and caring it takes to live up to these standards.
But it’s been 8, 9 years now that I live off meat that comes cows and bulls raised no more than 10 miles from where I live.
And it’s not mass-produced plastic wrapped red-dyed proteins of unknown origins.
All Swiss cows have names. They’re cared for and, I’d dare to say, loved by their owners.
It’s pretty possible that, walking around the countryside, I crossed the path of one or two of them that ended their earthly passage in my plate, grilled and seasoned.
Honestly, eating them or not is not, to me, an ethical question.
Quite the contrary; avoiding industry-products built a bond, some kind of intimacy has grown between the cows, giving their lives, and me. And I would call it love. Carnal love.
Cheers!

]]> By: Ben http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/2009/01/19/vegediaries-day-15/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Ben Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:15:03 +0000 http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/?p=206#comment-216 FAIL! FAIL!

]]> By: Audran http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/2009/01/19/vegediaries-day-15/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Audran Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:00:45 +0000 http://www.alt-shift.com/blog/?p=206#comment-215 hahaahah, you're hilarious! hahaahah, you’re hilarious!

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