12-18-2015, 10:40 PM
(12-18-2015, 03:48 PM)isis Wrote:(12-18-2015, 02:37 PM)Nicholas Wrote: The heart of the matter for me is why are soo many individuals not ready to become vegan?
Here's some possible reasons I could think of:
1: they enjoy the taste & texture of meat/dairy.
2: they're with a SO that really doesn't want to make the change & so consequently it'd be too much trouble for just them to do it.
3: they don't believe they're actually contributing to the problem. In other words, they may feel like their "vote" really won't count. When there's a large amount of voters it really is hard to feel like your vote counts. You can easily imagine the outcome of an election w/o your vote & more often than not it's irrefutable that your vote actually did do nothing bc 1 side never wins by 1 vote. (Sure if everyone thought that & they didn't vote then that'd be a problem but that's never the case.)
4: they think things will change for the better, & at the same speed, whether or not they take action to help make it happen.
5: they feel we shouldn't all have to go vegan to make the killing stop. They wonder: why does that have to be the only way, why can't the murderers of animals just stop killing & start waiting for the animals to die of old age or other natural causes?
6: they want to fit in with their friends & family & etc.
7: they feel like eating the animal is causing some kind of bonding with the eternal soul of the animal.
8: they feel like the animal chose to incarnate & suffer for the sole purpose of getting eaten by them since all is well & meant to be.
9: they find meat/dairy eating to be more convenient.
10: they're convinced their body needs it since it's always had it. they think they'll lose too much weight w/o it or get sick & etc.
11: they find meat/dairy to be grounding.
12: they give zero fcks.
I am not a vegan because I love to eat eggs, primarily. Isis, number 6 nails it for me personally because I don't like to go over old ground where my in laws are concerned. My father in law (soon to be) is a catering lecturer and effortlessly creates a 3 course meal while sipping on red wine. I once told him that I don't intend to be a bricklayer my whole life and he argued what was wrong with it. Obviously there is nothing wrong with building structures that protect against the wind and rain, but my lack of enthusiasm baffled him. So trying to explain to him that fruit, nuts and seeds are my favourite 3 course choices would merely invite more questions that I have yet to muster the energy to answer.
So I opt for eating what he places in front of me instead.