The other issue is also that I am made to feel apologetic about choosing to eat meat. That makes me feel worse!
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Zainab Bawa <bawazaina...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is problematic when vegetarianism is imposed on my by force, in both > subtle and not-so-subtle ways. That I am viewed as lowly, meat eating > person, simply because some cultures believe that it is more moral and > superior to eat vegetarian food. There are personal choices, social choices, > ecological choices for eating vegetables over meat. That is fine as long as > it is not imposed on me. There is a fundamental issue of freedom at stake > here. > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Pranesh Prakash > <the.solips...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 15:06, Zainab Bawa <bawazaina...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > What you eat is both a cultural preference and a personal one. >> > Vegetarianism, the way it is spoken of in various discourses and >> practices, >> > is laden with overtones of morality. I find this problematic. >> >> What is a healthy choice for one might be an ecological choice for >> another, and an ethical or moral choice for yet another. All these >> individual/social choices are reflected in the discourses around >> vegetarianism. (It's not as though ecological horrors are not >> highlighted to make room for the morality play that many construct out >> of vegetarianism.) Why is that problematic? >> >> > > > -- > Zainab Bawa > Ph.D. Student and Independent Researcher > > Between Places ... > http://zainab.freecrow.org > -- Zainab Bawa Ph.D. Student and Independent Researcher Between Places ... http://zainab.freecrow.org
