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RE: I´m going VEGAN (almost) – And I could REALLY need some help! (A Steemit experiment)
I hear ya man! I'm going through my own meat-less dilemma right now, but moral implications being the primary driver. All the things you listed though are spot on. Hope to see some posts in the future of your success :) All the power to you and best of luck!
Thanks for you support man!
Yeah, I definitely do this for some moral reasons as well. I didnt want the first post of this experiment to be too long, but I´ll probably will touch on this in an upcoming post.
What are your primary moral reasons? And have you started eating less meat already?
Would love to hear about your progress as well, if you want to share :)
I try to live by the non-aggression principle. It has come to my attention that maybe animals (for multiple reasons...they feel pain, they are vulnerable, they don't want to die) should also fall in the category of those I should not aggress against. Questions posed to me were "why be against eating dogs, but not chickens"?, "if your cat died, why wouldn't you eat it?"...and so on. It made me think....which is a good thing!
I have been trying to cut down on what I specifically purchase. My wife is going around telling people we're vegan now, and I just laugh. Like, this is not an overnight thing for me, it's going to take time. Same with my political belief journey, it wasn't a quick thing. It progressed over time.
I'm still consuming meat when it's offered, but I have definitely cut down which at least is a step in the right direction. Been trying out some new stuff at the grocery store and have had good luck with some new items. Also found a new shop called the "Herbivorous Butcher", which looks just like a deli but all the 'meat' is made from vegetables and other things. Pretty neat idea.
Thanks for sharing. Those are some interesting thoughts.
I too live be the non-aggression principle. Regarding animals I´m in a bit of a re-boot regarding what I´m thinking. Will be interesting to see where I land..
"Herbivorous Butcher" - what an awesome name! :)
And sounds like a good place to get what you need. So, are the products there any good?
They have 'cheese', 'hot dogs', 'burgers', breakfast sausage', all sorts of things. Those are the few items we tried. I wouldn't say I preferred it to the real thing, but it wasn't a bad substitute. I am sure they won't be the only place doing this in the near future.