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Hi all, I've recently had a friend turn to vegetarianism (a few months ago), and I've noticed several changes in his attitude and was just wondering if you guys could clear some things up for me....
He was never big on eating red meat or fish really, and had some bad episodes with chicken as well that prompted him to try life without meat products. At first he was very convenial about it, saying that he was enjoying his new diet, but still remaining open minded to his friends about their own dietary choices. As time went on though, he became less and less understanding. After a few months he completely admonished us for eating meat and told us that it was "wrong" and people "weren't meant to eat meat." We can ignore the physiological evidence that humans were meant to eat meat (our type of teeth, and eye positioning), my main concern is that he is all of a sudden high and mighty and looks down on everyone else as if we were heathens all of a sudden.
Not only that, but he's now gotten further into the not eating meat. Now he's taken himself off of animal by-products such as cheese and eggs, and says that it's not right that we eat and use animals for such purposes.
The worst part is that this is all completely hypocritical, since he still does very little in the way of reducing wastes and takes part in polluting our atmosphere by using a vehicle and countless electronics, which, in great parts contributes to the deaths of many animals.
So basicaly he's distancing himself from all his friends and close ones with his new way of life, and we don't know what to do?
He was never big on eating red meat or fish really, and had some bad episodes with chicken as well that prompted him to try life without meat products. At first he was very convenial about it, saying that he was enjoying his new diet, but still remaining open minded to his friends about their own dietary choices. As time went on though, he became less and less understanding. After a few months he completely admonished us for eating meat and told us that it was "wrong" and people "weren't meant to eat meat." We can ignore the physiological evidence that humans were meant to eat meat (our type of teeth, and eye positioning), my main concern is that he is all of a sudden high and mighty and looks down on everyone else as if we were heathens all of a sudden.
Not only that, but he's now gotten further into the not eating meat. Now he's taken himself off of animal by-products such as cheese and eggs, and says that it's not right that we eat and use animals for such purposes.
The worst part is that this is all completely hypocritical, since he still does very little in the way of reducing wastes and takes part in polluting our atmosphere by using a vehicle and countless electronics, which, in great parts contributes to the deaths of many animals.
So basicaly he's distancing himself from all his friends and close ones with his new way of life, and we don't know what to do?