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Posted on August 9 at 2:09 p.m.
While I would agree that there are a number of different types of vegetarians, and that vegetarians have difference reasons for their lifestyle choices, the one point that you seem to miss is that none of them eat animals. What is a fish if not an animal?
The people that have commented here aren't debating what it is to be a "good" vegetarian, they are clarifying what it means to BE a vegetarian. I think all vegetarians can whole-heartedly agree that that by any logical definition they don't eat animals. (Thanks to the Catholic church & Fridays during Lent, people seem to have forgotten that fish are animals, too.) I might even go so far as to say "not eating animals" is the BROADEST term for a vegetarian, not a narrow definition as you call it.
Some of these comments may seen snarky or uppity to you, but vegetarians deal with these misconceptions every day of their life. It's frustrating when a journalist perpetuates them.
Sorry, but I was under the impression that any respectable journalist had a responsibility to their reader to present the truth. Don't you do ANY research before writing articles? Any vegetarian resource would tell you what we are pointing out to you now. I don't understand what there is for you to debate. Did you write this article with the impression that your vegetarian readers would shower you with praise? Are you really defending your incorrect definition of vegetarianism or are you defending your pride?
Posted on August 9 at 9:55 a.m.
As the previous commenter said:
By definition, you are NOT a vegetarian. You are a pescetarian.
As a journalist, you have a commitment to integrity, accuracy, and truth in your writing. Calling yourself a vegetarian, especially when you have a large base of readers, is false and irresponsible. This isn't a matter of a techinicality, or being picky.
There is no such thing as a vegetarian that eats fish when it's convenient, or eats 1 hamburger every 3rd new moon, or only eats hot dogs when attending the world series. You may be health conscious, environmentally conscious, have a diet that consists mainly of non-meat products, be a pesctarian, and so on, (which is commendable) but you are NOT a vegetarian.
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Posted on August 10 at 9:34 a.m.
i hope grant got to read my comment, i think it would have really helped out his writing career. :(
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