Weakminded vegetarian

Originally posted by stocken
No, my protest is against animals suffering to become my food. My sister and her husband has a farm where animals aren't mistreated. I could buy meat from her only. But that won't sustain me a full year. So, since I have no idea where the meat comes from in the stores, or how well the animals producing milk are treated, I'll go vegetarian (eventually vegan I ...[text shortened]... a plant would suffer much, since it has no brain. But then again, I could be wrong. 😕

What about free-range eggs? What about animal rennet? Gelatin? Where does the line go?

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
What about free-range eggs? What about animal rennet? Gelatin? Where does the line go?

This is something one needs to set for him- or herself. A vegetarian does not consume what is made of animals where the particular animal needs to be killed for. This means eggs and milk are okay. But lots of vegetarians refuse milk and eggs because buying this still is an aid to investments of milk and eggs producing companies, who do not live on milk and eggs alone. Animals that produce the milk and eggs will be discarted after their economical livespan. Most males of these animals won't be making it to full grown age. Most ladies that survive won't be making it past middle age.

Conventional cheese usually is being made with the help of a part of one of the stomachs of kalves (is that the correct word for young cows in English?). They will not survive this, so ordinary conventional cheese is besides the milk that is needed for it out of the question for vegetarians because of this part of the stomach. There is a vegetable alternative, however. But this is of some debate among vegetarians.

The same goes for gelatin, which is used widely in products, such as many deserts. It is made of bones, so one can argue it is not to be consumed by vegetarians. Most vegetarians draw the line themselves.

Drawing the line themselves, that is the key phrase for vegetarians. To be a 'true' vegan, the lines are quite strict, though.