Why I am not a vegan

[Diana]

I think it might be a good idea to step back and take a deep breath. I have just read a lot of name-calling.

I will say this: being vegetarian is difficult in this world for so many reasons. I feel that I must be so much more patient, allowing, tolerant, careful of my words and wording, and generally on guard all the time from being attacked by the mass population still ingrained in the system of raising animals for food.

At the same time I deal with the suffering because I am here and can't get away from it.

Putting aside for a moment the idea of having compassion for animals, I just don't see much compassion for vegetarians here at all. It's all about having compassion for those who choose to eat meat, and their free will, and how they handle it.

I, for one, would like to see a little empathy and understanding for the vegetarian point of view. I feel I have gone so far out of my way (which is good) to understand and "hear" and discuss with intention to really listen, all of the opinions here on this thread and others like it, from viewpoints that are not my own current ones.

I would love a little love here.