Theos-Talk Archives (February 1997 Message tl00494)

At 08:51 AM 2/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>> From: ramadoss@eden.com
>>    I am just stating the facts. If you have read the latter part of my msg
>> you will understand. Some of my best friends and supporters of vegetarian
>> diet are meat eating TS members. Also one of the best physicians I use is a
>> Jewish person from Arkansas, USA who is an vegetarian. Vegetarianism stands
>> on its own feet.
>>
>Doss, I would be most grateful if vegetarianism stood on it's own two
leggies and
>wouldn't scream in my face.  Believe it or not, I have met some militant
>vegetarians in my time that have decided that their cause to make the world
>vegetarian meant that they could say any rude thing to me that came into their
>head.  This type of behavior is very close to what militant evangelical
Christians
>use when they collar you on the street corner and yell in your face.
>
>That kind of behavior just puts me on the defensive and makes me want to
>eat some meat, just for spite.  The most impressive vegetarians I have ever
>met are those that quietly and joyfully practice it, without saying a word,
offer
>me dish to try and then give me the recipe.  Enuff said.
>
>-AEB

I am not the militant evangelical type. My approach is to feed delicious
veggie food and tempt the eater to vegetarianism. Temptation is a strong
thing to resist -- in any kind of temptation!

MKR





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