Time Magazine Weekday Vegetarians–It’s Some Or Nothing For Progress
Written by Vegetarian Star on August 16th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Flexitarian, Food & Drink.
Time magazine is featuring a short article on the practice of flexitarians, or people who eat vegetarian sometimes, but not completely.
Green lifestyle website Treehugger‘s founder Graham Hill and his “Weekday Vegetarian” concept is discussed, as well as praise for the movement by people involved with animal rights like Animal Liberation author Peter Singer and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal’s president, Ingrid Newkirk.
“Absolute purists should be living in a cave,” says Newkirk. “Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can’t take the position that it’s all or nothing. We have to be pragmatic. Screw the principle.”
“The surge is due to a sense of a plateau,” Singer said. “You’ve already reached out to the base of strict vegetarians, and it’s hard to get beyond those numbers. People should go further, but it’s progress in the right direction.”
More at Time.
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