Response to Barry Moore's Week 2 post:
Barry,
I gotta hand it to you. That is the best response to vegetarianism that I have ever read. It is blunt and beautiful. I am a carnivore by choice and I enjoy every piece of meat I can sink my teeth into. The important thing is that it is our choice to be a carnivore as it our choice if we want to be a vegetarian. Although it is difficult to understand one's beliefs it is important to respect them. In my experience, the majority of the vegetarians that I have encountered are vegetarians due to religious conviction. These individuals have shown strong devotion to their beliefs and I have utmost respect for them. Most of those who are vegetarians by choice and not by religious conviction, again in my experience, tend to fall of the train and give into the urges to eat meat again. If I were to argue the point of vegetarianism with someone, I believe that the Jainistic point of view of the sacredness of life is a much better argument than that of Lane stating we can potentially inflict pain on an animal.
