Ive met vegetarians that kill bugs, hypocritical?!
Ive met vegetarians that kill bugs, hypocritical?
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4 months ago
jeremy it sounds like your making fun of the religion, thats not right. Theirs nothing wrong with respecting living things and believing they can be a reincarnated person. And in a way we are all one organism anyways.
4 months ago
no im not necessarily saying that it is hypocritical, I dont know myself, but Im asking what you think.
4 months ago
emily e that isnt rly true, I get what your saying but there are more than 2 kingdoms, we also eat fungi, some protists and bacteria in stuff like yogurt.
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4 months ago
jeremy it sounds like your making fun of the religion, thats not right. Theirs nothing wrong with respecting living things and believing they can be a reincarnated person. And in a way we are all one organism anyways.
4 months ago
no im not necessarily saying that it is hypocritical, I dont know myself, but Im asking what you think.
4 months ago
emily e that isnt rly true, I get what your saying but there are more than 2 kingdoms, we also eat fungi, some protists and bacteria in stuff like yogurt.
My entomology professor, an ardent bug-lover, said that we should kill flies and roaches on sight, because they spread diseases that are extremely harmful (and there's PLENTY to go around, even if you kill as many as you can!)
I take spiders outside. Also ants (which I think are cute.) If I see a fly or roach, it's going down! Also centipedes, because they can sting (and I don't want Kitty eating one and getting sick.) There's a big difference between not killing a food animal (which you could live without) and an insect that could quite easily give you some disease that would kill you.
It's all about protection. Of course, if you died from a roach or fly disease, you WOULD be saving a lot of animals since you wouldn't be eating, well, anything at all...no. Kill dirty bugs.
Save clean bugs.
ummm sort of u could say
I feel sorry for all the plants that they kill.
No - not necessarily. Some people choose vegetarianism for health reasons.
whatever. most vegetarians have lots of reasons for not eating meat. for many it is not because of 'killing' or whatever. educate yourself on the facts around food and food production and then you will be a way more enlightened human.
Not all vegetarians are animal rights activists... (or in this case, bugs)... but yeah, I agree with you, they are living creatures as well...
Vegetarians who are vegetarian for the sake of not killing animals have something mixed up period, regardless of whether they kill bugs. It's the first step towards Hinduism, where every blade of grass you step on could be an ancient relative. "Don't burn that wood- it could be great-great-great-great-great aunt Harriet!"
Depends on their reasons behind being a vegetarian. We are veggies for health reasons, so smashing a bug doesn't go against my beliefs, therefor not hypocritical.
Others are veggies because the want to do no harm to animals and living things with a mind. If one of them smashed a bug, I'd consider it hypocritical. (since a plant has no "mind", I wouldn't call them on the plants they eat!)
Woah woah woah woah am standing up for Vegetarian rights here!! we are not mixed up!! vegetarians have different reasons for not eating meat, not just because they think its wrong to eat another living thing, thats veganism!! honestly dont go critising other people for their choice of diet!!
n i dont find it hypocritical to kill bugs, they arent meat!! theyre just stupid little bugs no one cares about, or wants!! lol
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I am a vegatarian and I own the most amazing leather coat! :) As others mentioned some don't eat meat for health reasons. Me, I am allergic to meat and therefore do not consume it. I am all for killing animals and bugs...
yes, it sounds hypocritical. they rebel against killing animals (well the tree huggers do). last time i checked bugs are animals to.
I am a vegetarian as well as a Hindu and I really don't think it's hypocritical. Jeremy's remarks have not offended me or my religion in what so ever way. He may say that every blade may be my ancestor. But I believe that everything contains god. It may not be my great aunt but it has feelings that it doesn't express when you step on it. But its not like I walk on my tippy toes all day trying to avoid squashing bug. Yes of course I kill bugs on accident but definelty don't try to do it on purpose. So I don't think its hypocrtical.
Vegetarians are hypocritical by nature. If you don't eat meat because of the cruelty involved, then why do you drink milk, eat eggs, buy things tested on animals.. etc.
There's nothing cruel about meat that isn't applicable to milk. They're all sent to the same slaughterhouse.
Nope, not at all. I just see them as bugs. Your going to step on them anyway, killing them. So thats like saying Im a vegatarian and I have to watch my step, so I dont squash bugs, or Im a hypocrit.
Oh and if you still consider us hypocritical, not all vegatarians are tree huggers. Im not either. I dont eat meat because I think its totally cruel and am a "tree hugger" or because its a trend. I just dont like meat, aits gross, it looks nasty and ew. Just thinking about it makes me sick. I dont know, I guess thats just how I am.
Vegetarians are ppl who don't eat meat. We consider meat being cows,chickens,pigs,rabbits,and even horses (I'm sure there are more). Normal people such as a meat eater or even a vegetarian don't usually include insects or bugs in their diet. Being a vegetarian most of us don't eat meat meat because we don't like the thought of killing animals for food when we can find the supplements we need in a different source or that it is just disgusting eating meat. There are to kingdoms, the plant and the animal kingdom. Sure bugs and animal animals are in the same kingdom they are totally different.
So I guess there shouldn't be a hypocritical thought/question er what ever about veggie ppl killing a bug.
hope that helps
Maybe you should do a search on "Jainism"! That might give you some insight to the question. As far as them being hypocrites? Are they eating them? That could/would qualify them as hypocrites!
It depends why you do it. If you're a vegan because you don't like the abuse of living, non-plant, animals and insects then yes, it's hypocritical. If you're doing it for health reasons and don't care for animal rights then no, I wouldn't say it's hypocritical.
Not really..but I can't go into it now.
What is more hypocritical is those who claim to love animals and then eat them.
I personally kill some bugs, though I try not to usually, mosquito's drive me nuts (and I feel I'm protecting myself from any diseases they spread.) However many bugs do not have a brain or a developed nervous system to feel pain like most animals do. As well bugs are in a larger population then any other species including humans (there are hundreds of bugs for every 1 human).
These are not the BEST reasons but they are some reasons. No one is perfect, It is impossible to not hurt something, every single choice you make has an effect.
EX: The shoes you need to keep your feet from getting frost bitten were created in a factory whose pollution hurt an animals habitat.
Saving one life however is better then saving none.
I think it is more about TRYING to be good and make more positive choices. If someone TRIES not to hurt a bug/animal/each other then they are making a positive conscious choice and a difference in the world, even if its a small one.