Originally Posted by
jrolland1975
Ok, I don't know if this belongs here or what, but since I am really pissed and I want to let it go, here is what happened to me on a FRA-SFO last week, seating upstairs in C class
Dinner was the standard united short ribs. I have. The woman next to me starts looking funny so I ask her what is wrong.
And then she starts asking me if I realize how much suffering I am causing eating meat and how much water was needed to produce that piece of meat and that meat is unhealthy all the condescending stuff.
And it's not the first time it happens and I am really FED UP with moralizing bigots telling what I should eat or not eat
So is there to anybody's knowledge any organization that takes care of producing unbiased stories that prove that meat is NOT unhealthy and that vegans are actually killing themselves by eating nothing but salads.
Alright now I spat it out
I think you should be free to eat whatever you want. And I do eat meat myself. I also think it is wildly inappropriate to lecture people on what they are eating, or for that matter more or less anything else. Minding ones business is a lost art and I would have probably told the person so in no uncertain terms.
Having said that, it is wrong to confuse that freedom with thinking that it is good for you. I suspect a little meat is fine in the diet, but I think it is pretty clear that more fruits and vegetables and less meat is healthier in almost every way from cardiovascular disease risk to cancer risk.