Post by moondoggie on Apr 17, 2009 18:54:32 GMT -5
Ok, I going to give a warning, this is going to be long. I wanted to share this.
A couple of days ago I purchased some miso soup with tofu in it. I assumed it was safe since it seemed made for vegetarians. After I looked in the ingredients before I was about to put it in my shelf and I noticed it contained powdered bonito...which is made out of fish. The market did not do refunds on food. I thought about eating the miso soup anyways. I saw people posting on the Peta2 message boards about how they messed up and ate a burger because they were hungry and too lazy and poor to buy a meatless meal. They often got sugar coated response on how it's ok, we are not perfect, just try not to do it again, blah blah blah.
And technically I could get away with it. After all, who would know? I could eat it in secret and not be called out for it.
But I didn't eat the miso soup after all.
I made an oath to go vegetarian and never go back. I haven't strayed since then, even going as far as to make sure my snacks were free of gelatin and that my noodles contained no animal broth (Something that most people don't care to check for).
Why mess it up for this?
And yes, no one would know but it's not about that. Would someone cheat on a test or on a lover just because they could get away with it? What does that say about the person who doesn't care? It would be quite heartless in a way.
You can't lie to yourself. And the truth is if I ate the miso soup I would of felt haunted with guilt. I would feel like a liar, a fake, an all around shady person.
I do not want to be one of those people who calls themselves a vegetarian or vegan but does not truly follow the belief. You can't shut off your beliefs just for soup.
And as for people who pick and choose when to be vegetarian... I guess they need to do their own soul searching. We can't be perfect but we can't use imperfection as an excuse to eat off limit cuisines. Believe in the cause.
So discuss.
A couple of days ago I purchased some miso soup with tofu in it. I assumed it was safe since it seemed made for vegetarians. After I looked in the ingredients before I was about to put it in my shelf and I noticed it contained powdered bonito...which is made out of fish. The market did not do refunds on food. I thought about eating the miso soup anyways. I saw people posting on the Peta2 message boards about how they messed up and ate a burger because they were hungry and too lazy and poor to buy a meatless meal. They often got sugar coated response on how it's ok, we are not perfect, just try not to do it again, blah blah blah.
And technically I could get away with it. After all, who would know? I could eat it in secret and not be called out for it.
But I didn't eat the miso soup after all.
I made an oath to go vegetarian and never go back. I haven't strayed since then, even going as far as to make sure my snacks were free of gelatin and that my noodles contained no animal broth (Something that most people don't care to check for).
Why mess it up for this?
And yes, no one would know but it's not about that. Would someone cheat on a test or on a lover just because they could get away with it? What does that say about the person who doesn't care? It would be quite heartless in a way.
You can't lie to yourself. And the truth is if I ate the miso soup I would of felt haunted with guilt. I would feel like a liar, a fake, an all around shady person.
I do not want to be one of those people who calls themselves a vegetarian or vegan but does not truly follow the belief. You can't shut off your beliefs just for soup.
And as for people who pick and choose when to be vegetarian... I guess they need to do their own soul searching. We can't be perfect but we can't use imperfection as an excuse to eat off limit cuisines. Believe in the cause.
So discuss.
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