Why I am not a vegan

[anagogy]

I don't feel badly, as you will see if you reread my post. I don't think anyone's intent was "to be mean to me." First of all, I don't really care about that. Secondly, I was speaking in general for the sake of the thread and its efficaciousness.

There were some "mean" posts of late (in my opinion) which seemed to be very attacking to the vegan standpoint. I'm not trying to place blame, just pointing out that we might get further if we all take responsibility for our own reactions and feelings.

I agree with you, which is why I wanted to point out that often we inadvertently choose to interpret alternate perspectives as attacks, when in fact they aren't.  The second we interpret a perspective as an attack, we've set ourselves at enmity with other.  

It just provided an opportunity to remind everyone that opposing perspectives or interpretations are not an attack, regardless of what side of the vegan/omnivore side of the fence we fall on.