Vegetarian Star

Jonathan Safran Foer‘s Authors@Google discussion covers all the points you would expect from the younger generation’s father of factory farming education on how everyone should reduce their meat intake–from less livestock emitting gases into the environment to the public health crisis being created by the use of so many antibiotics on farms to the cruel and painful ways animals are treated.

You can’t read through Eating Animals, read an interview or listen to a speech by Foer without realizing you should at least partake in Meatless Monday. But what about those who are afraid to call themselves the big “V” word in fear of criticism when they fail?

Safran suggests avoiding using the word vegetarian or vegan in conversations when you fear being asked why you have leather on your sneakers or just stomped on a roach. Say you’re trying to eat less meat, dairy or animal products. And for many vegetarians, the amount of “less” will usually be 0%.

It’s a convenient way for those trying to eat to make a difference who fear they’ll give into a cheeseburger every now and then. Foer illustrated how this thinking cripples us.

“I was a vegetarian for six years but then I find myself at a bus station at 2 in the morning and the only thing that was open was KFC and all they had left were chicken things and so I ate them and that was the end of my vegetarianism,” said Foer, giving an example of how failure happens. “I’ve heard a lot of that. As if the slightest encroachment means it’s time to stop trying.”

“If you imagine trying to applying that standard to any other realm of decision making. It’s foolish. Crazy.[It’s like] “I used to be someone who tried to tell the truth. Then, my mom came down the stairs in a dress on her way to a party and asked if she looked nice and I said “yes” so now I lie at every available opportunity.”

Good points. Watch the clip for more.

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