Hi everyone,
I am taking a survey of vegan answers for an Ask The Vegan booth at burning man this year. Visit me at Veg Camp and get a treat.
If you are not vegan what would you like to ask a vegan?
As a vegan what would you like to ask somebody who is not?
Posted Answers
A:q- what do you eat, where you going to get your protein from! you're gonna die!! your body wont operate!!
a- we don't need protein, its a myth and i've been veg for years now, my body operates fine :)
q- god put animals here for us to eat
a- read gospel of peace, gospel of nazarenes, in both jesus condemns meat eaters and states they are slaves of satan whom he will require their blood
Answer by Cyanide
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 10:06pm — Cyanide
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A:You know what my real problem is? I do not preach or condemn anyone for anything they consume or purchase, but then they start asking and get all P.O'd at my reasons. I didn't push my lifestyle on you so don't ask me and then get all defensive.
Answer by MollyMormon
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 9:20pm — MollyMormon
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A:But .. But why are you vegan ..?
my response, because i like to be awkward...!!!
soon shuts them up..!!
Answer by BonniE
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 5:38pm — BonniE
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A:OMG??? What do you eat? How do you get your protein? "I absorb it through osmosis. I'm actually a cannibal. I swallow cotton balls. Sometimes I'll just tell them to go watch earthlings, or find out some other way. I've gotten tired of repeating myself. Or I've gotten tired of people saying "I love me a good steak. I couldn't live without meat, I love meat."
Answer by Anonymous
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 1:07pm — Anonymous
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A:well i explained to my in-laws and family why im vegetarian and why i am transitioning into veganism. the first thing that popped out of my mother-in-laws mouth was "sooo can you eat fish or chicken??"
and my mom i had explained it too and she seemed to think it was great and understood everything i explained, then the other day she told me to make my veggie burger taste better i should cook it in beef broth! then tried to argue with me and tell me that beef broth doesnt have beef in it! lmao :P
so so far that is my most annoying questions, people reffering to animals AS vegetables. since when did chicken , fish, or beef broth become a freakin vegetable lol!?
Answer by hippiegirl88
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 12:04am — hippiegirl88
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A:Q: Why do you think God put animals here?
(I don't believe in 'God', but...)
A: To LIVE!
-OR, if I would ever feel scathingly sarcastic-
A: To eat the humans to keep them from overpopulating.
Answer by smilesforthesun
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 11:52pm — smilesforthesun
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A:I like lifting weights. and eating a lot. so I'm pretty big "why are you so big?" or "and you still look like that?"
Answer by OxTxUxS
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 8:58pm — OxTxUxS
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A:I'm not vegan but my friends to pick on me they like to ask me "If we weren't meant to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?"
Answer by shoogie
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 4:04pm — shoogie
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A:Q: Where do you get your protien?
A: Same as the other animals, plants.
Answer by Micah Perry
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 3:57pm — Micah Perry
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A:"I eat animals cause they aren't as smart as us and don't feel pain as much."
So its ok to eat retarded children then...? This is an incorrect and speciesist assumption humans are socialized to believe via propaganda from the meat and dairy industries which have a lot to gain or lose.
All the critters and even bugs have intelligence and language which we don't readily percieve. Unless they are being fucked with animals in nature are pretty fuckin happy all the time. And they have a sense of time-past, present, and future. Wasps can do complicated tasks and even return to them the next day if incomplete. Bees can communicate distance, time of day, direction, and how long it would take to fly there- among other things.
Answer by Micah Perry
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 3:45pm — Micah Perry
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A:If you are clinically starving to death and were in say the arctic and came upon a human and a seal at the same time it would be ethically ok to attack either one for food. I'd likely eat the human cause they would have less chance of survival anyway.
Answer by Micah Perry
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 3:31pm — Micah Perry
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A:I've had a few people ask me if i still eat animal crackers. =P
Answer by bonnierenee
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 2:50pm — bonnierenee
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A:I hate the hypotheticals: What if you were stranded on a desert island? I say first I'd probably be dead from a bug bite and sun. If I were still alive, I'd be looking for bananas and free organic avocados. Fishing is not an option without tools, and I wouldn't even know what part to eat on a sea creature. Vegans and especially raw foodists can survive quite well on seaweed and fruits.
Id like to respond to them : What about if you were stranded on the moon....
Answer by veganinblack
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 12:06pm — veganinblack
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A:most annoying: "so what do you eat?" my answer (because i know what they're trying to say): the usual vegetables have almost everything you need, nutrientwise. you get your protein from stuff like beans, tofu, nuts, wheat gluten, quinoa, etc. really rich, flavorful meals, not side salads 'n shit.
i'd like to an non-vegans what they would say to the animal who was born into slavery and then murdered for their breakfast.
or whether they'd accept a dare to raise, slaughter and butcher their own animals for a month.
Answer by represent
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 10:32am — represent
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A:"Oh my god, what DO you eat?!" i wanna be like "it's crazy, have you ever heard of these things called vegetables?!"
Answer by TaraEdge
Wed, 08/06/2008 - 6:33am — TaraEdge
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Tue, 08/05/2008 - 2:46pm — veganinblack
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