Esmay
Perhaps we should be Jains .
Their diet is strict.
Even pulling up rooted vegetables offends them.
It's fine to be vegetarian or a vegan if you manage to function and don't lecture other people on your saintly existence !
My daughter's ling term ex was a Vegan .
He refused to eat out least the crockery and utensils be contaminated with "products of the flesh . "
I found catering for him tiring and thankless .
Ill tempered,volatile and moody -he was ill all the time and spent most of his time resting in bed.
My daughter was absolutely exhausted trying to hold down a full time job,run a home and raise their child.
I try not to eat meat and fish ,but I don't always find it easy.
The most effective message to get out to the public is that it's good to have smaller helpings of flesh , and have meat free meal sometimes.
It scares people too much to suddenly stop eating flesh and they don't like to even imagine animal suffering at all. So the new public conscience evolves slowly but surely.
