MEAT: To Eat or Not To Eat?
[that is the question]
[that is the question]
I've recently come to decide that I'm going to be a VEGETARIAN. Yes, I said it. A vegetarian. A Herbivore, Plant Eater, whatever you wanna call it.
It's only been a recent decision, but it's a decision I've been thinking about for awhile now. And it's because I didn't want to just "try it out" like it's some sorta phase I go through or something. I really want to make this a lifestyle change. Why, you might ask? Well, let's see, there's many factors that key into it. I first got the idea in my head when, earlier this year, I went on vacation in the Philippines and I witnessed a pig being stabbed to death. It was horrible the way that the people man handled and shanked it. I really didn't mean to witness any of it at all. I was just passing by and the back door to a butcher shop was open. Then I heard the poor pig squeal at the top of it's lungs while a man stabbed it repeatedly in the neck..
I was so traumatized by what I saw; for the rest of the day the image of the dying pig kept haunting me.. I ended up refusing to eat any of the meat from the very same pig that we had at a party that day. My family found it odd that I didn't eat any of it, and they kept telling me to have some because a whole roasted pig is a delicacy in the Philippines. But to no avail, I chose to have everything else BUT the roasted pig.
That was back in May this year, the image of the poor pig doesn't haunt me as much as the thought of how morally wrong it is to have animals die for our own survival. Which is the second factor for my wanting to be a vegetarian. I feel that animals deserve to live, just as humans do. It just doesn't feel right for me to eat them.
There's a third and final reason why I want to be a Vegetarian. But I kind of don't want to discuss it. It's personal and this is public. Feel me?
So here goes, I'm officially starting today [09.01.09] to be a Lacto/Ovo Vegetarian: eggs and dairy product eating vegetarian. I'll also be eating fish and other seafoods though just no red meat/animal meat. It's going to be tough since my family eats all types of meats. They support me though, since I told them about my decision. But I'm gunna try and turn them around too!
someone informed me that the official term for my diet is Pesca-Vegetarianism. (:
It's only been a recent decision, but it's a decision I've been thinking about for awhile now. And it's because I didn't want to just "try it out" like it's some sorta phase I go through or something. I really want to make this a lifestyle change. Why, you might ask? Well, let's see, there's many factors that key into it. I first got the idea in my head when, earlier this year, I went on vacation in the Philippines and I witnessed a pig being stabbed to death. It was horrible the way that the people man handled and shanked it. I really didn't mean to witness any of it at all. I was just passing by and the back door to a butcher shop was open. Then I heard the poor pig squeal at the top of it's lungs while a man stabbed it repeatedly in the neck..
I was so traumatized by what I saw; for the rest of the day the image of the dying pig kept haunting me.. I ended up refusing to eat any of the meat from the very same pig that we had at a party that day. My family found it odd that I didn't eat any of it, and they kept telling me to have some because a whole roasted pig is a delicacy in the Philippines. But to no avail, I chose to have everything else BUT the roasted pig.
That was back in May this year, the image of the poor pig doesn't haunt me as much as the thought of how morally wrong it is to have animals die for our own survival. Which is the second factor for my wanting to be a vegetarian. I feel that animals deserve to live, just as humans do. It just doesn't feel right for me to eat them.
There's a third and final reason why I want to be a Vegetarian. But I kind of don't want to discuss it. It's personal and this is public. Feel me?
So here goes, I'm officially starting today [09.01.09] to be a Lacto/Ovo Vegetarian: eggs and dairy product eating vegetarian. I'll also be eating fish and other seafoods though just no red meat/animal meat. It's going to be tough since my family eats all types of meats. They support me though, since I told them about my decision. But I'm gunna try and turn them around too!
someone informed me that the official term for my diet is Pesca-Vegetarianism. (:
