[lbo-talk] good morning my fellow ecosystems

[Mike Beggs]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:33 AM, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I'm a vegetarian, but rarely discuss it.
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> Several years ago when my youngest cousin discovered I was a vegetarian, he began quietly eating all-meat dinners whenever I >would come over to eat. Felt very pasive-aggressive, and he did so silently. I never said anything. That kind of stuff is common. >*shrugs*

Ha, me too. I go to great lengths to avoid discussing it, partly out
of incredible boredom with the argument, but mainly because for some
reason it's hard for some people not to take it personally. A certain
kind of person - and it's not a rare kind - seems to take it as a
personal slight. Vegetarians _must_ be judging me. Vegetarians must
have some smug sense of superiority... They think they're better than
me? etc.

Mike Beggs