| HoloDust said: I've been vegetarian for some 23-24 years - and the worst thing I've seen in all those years are zealots on all sides of topic trying to sell you on their lifestyle and/or prove their way is the only right way - seems uncanny familiar with certain other topic. Live and let die. |
I hear you, I really do. My veg-positive journey was 27 years long, so it behooves me to be humble. :)
I do think the environmental reality should be lighting a fire under us, though. If you believe the overwhelming scientific consensus on the environment (and I certainly do), we don't have the luxury of a lot of dilly-dallying on the subject. And changing our diets to be more veg-centric is the number one way to do that. We still need to heat our homes, and transport ourselves around, so our ability to move the needle on those other points is pretty limited. However, our ability to make a dramatic and immediate environmental impact from forgoing animal products is huge. And that's true for dairy and eggs as well.
So it's not quite as simple as saying people should do whatever they want, as each person's actions affect the rest of the planet whether they like it or not. And it's fair and reasonable to communicate that to people, in my opinion. But there are better ways to communicate it, and worse ways, of that I completely agree.
