From: pbj@yabbs
To: NJDEVIL@yabbs
Subject: re: BAck to meat vs nomeat
Date: Wed Jul 13 20:36:23 1994

okay i can see i started something and i thought that maybe since we ARE 
all adults here or at least should diplay some semblance of maturity  i 
would explain that not all vegitarians are vegitarians because of the 
killing of animals (ethical or not?) or because of the health benefits or 
more widely recognized reasons for the lifestyle.
    I for one am studying to be a chef and i do not refuse to prepare 
dishes including meats and other animal bi-products.  I am a  heavy  
smoker as well so it could not possibly be for the first two reasons i 
stated ... the reason that i do not eat meat is because i do not like the 
way it tastes..no i'm not a rabbit-like salad eater ( no offense to those 
that like salad) i am a vegitarian who happens to eat junk-food non-stop

Lately here on yabbs i have noticed a definite shift in the additude of my 
fellow Yabbsers and frankly i find it quite unsettling....IMHO i agree 
with HT and think that, as previously stated, we should be a ble to 
conduct ourselves as adults and treat each other with a little common 
courtesy.  Just because we cannot see each other as we "speak" does not 
mean that the words used in this forum of communication do not touch the 
person they are being directed towards....Frankly i was hurt when i was 
referred to as an anti-meater...
    Well i have said my piece

Colleen Marie