If you are a vegetarian, what would you think of a vegetarian restaurant that advertised serving turkey, fish and beef?

Asked by Kardamom (33294) February 14th, 2019 from iPhone

I am a vegetarian. To me, being a vegetarian means that I do not consume any meat, including beef, pork, dogs, cats, fish, chicken, turkey, human beings, insects, or any other creatures that were once alive.

I really don’t care what anyone else eats. Everyone has to make their own choices. But I would be disappointed, disgusted, and horrified by a restaurant that adverised/presented itself as a vegetarian restaurant that served the flesh of dead animals.

I am a vegetarian, and that means something. There are definitions of words for a reason, to clarify things.

I do not care if some people like to eat meat every single day, or only on holidays, but it makes my life, and the lives of vegans (for ethical, or religious reasons) more difficult, when weekend vegetarians want to jump on “the bandwagon”.

We are not a bandwagon. We are vegetarians, and we don’t eat meat, or fish, or fowl, ever. That is the definition of a vegetarian.

I don’t care what anyone eats, because there isn’t a damn thing I can do about it, but it gives me pain, and causes me a lot of problems and difficulties when people want to “play vegetarian” and confuse the hell out of non-vegetarians.

I have spent the better part of my life trying to explain to well wishers, concerned relatives, ignorant relatives, and militant naysayers why eating the bodies of animals that have been killed, is a bad thing (for me).

I can’t make anyone switch to a vegetarian lifestyle. People have to make their own decicions regarding what is ethical, to them.

If you don’t want to be a vegetarian, that is your choice. If you want to eat lots of veggies, but still eat meat, please say that. Please say that you don’t like to eat a lot of meat, but please don’t say that you are a vegetarian or a vegan, because that makes our lives even more difficult than they already are.

I only eat at vegetarian/vegan restaurants with people who are vegetarians and vegans. We need to have some places that we feel confident and safe, where we know there will be no animals that were killed for the food we will eat.

In every other restaurant we still have to ask lots of questions, and are never sure that we are being served truly vegetarian or vegan food. People who are not vegetarians or vegans don’t have to worry about this, because occasionally eating animals is OK for them. For us it’s not.

I can’t even suggest to anyone that they should become a vegetarian or a vegan, but please respect that vegetarians and vegans do not eat animals that have been killed for food.

If you want to eat meat, and fish, and fowl, that is your choice, but please don’t try to confuse people by calling yourselves vegetarians, because it makes our lives much more difficult and much harder than it needs to be.