Survey #37(to the Vegetarians)?

1.why did you became a Vegetarian ? I saw a documentary on how animals are really treated on farms , and how they are slaughtered. It broke my heart, I love animals , so much so that i have more respect for animals , than i do for most humans. I became a vegetarian because I do not support animal cruelty.

2.do you have friends who are a Vegetarian? no

3.do you have friends that eat meat? yes, all of them do

4.does your friend respect you that your a Vegetarian? yes

5.are you proud to be a Vegetarians? yes i am

6.are you also a Vegan? I am in the process of becoming vegan , I made an appointment with a nutritionist for 2 weeks time. I'm going to do this properly , the healthy way.

7.how do you feel when someone kills an animal in front of you? that's never happened, but I would be disgusted , and lose all respect for that person. Also upset , because I love animals. When I see things on tv where people hunt animals, and the animal cries , I end up in tears for hours. If i saw that in real life i would be devastated . Frankly, I would rather see a human die in front of me , rather than the innocent animal.

8.Anyone in your family a Vegetarian? no, just me

9.do you want your kids to be a Vegetarian? I'm never having children so that will never be an issue for me

10.would you eat meat for 1 million dollars? No

1.why did you became a Vegetarian ?

Because I don't like the idea of killing animals.

2.do you have friends who are a Vegetarian?

Yes.

3.do you have friends that eat meat?

Yes.

4.does your friend respect you that your a Vegetarian?

Yes.

5.are you proud to be a Vegetarians?

Yes.

6.are you also a Vegan?

No. I try to not to use clothes and other products made from dead animals, but I do use dairy products.

7.how do you feel when someone kills an animal in front of you?

I wouldn't like it.

8.Anyone in your family a Vegetarian?

No. But my wife's family are mostly vegetarians.

9.do you want your kids to be a Vegetarian?

I don't have children. If I did, I would hope they would be vegetarian but it would be their choice.

10.would you eat meat for 1 million dollars? No. I wouldn't do anything that I normally wouldn't do just because somebody gave me money. It would be like being a prostitute as far as I'm concerned.

1.why did you became a Vegetarian ?

I saw a video showing how animals are treated on factory farms and slaughterhouses. I didn't want to contribute to animal cruelty every time I ate a meal.

2.do you have friends who are a Vegetarian?

Yes.

3.do you have friends that eat meat?

Yes.

4.does your friend respect you that your a Vegetarian?

Yes, although there is some playful teasing.

5.are you proud to be a Vegetarians?

Definitely.

6.are you also a Vegan?

Yes.

7.how do you feel when someone kills an animal in front of you?

This hasn't happened (that I can remember), but I would be upset by it.

8.Anyone in your family a Vegetarian?

Yes, my mom became vegetarian after I did.

9.do you want your kids to be a Vegetarian?

Yes, I want to raise them as vegetarians until they're old enough to make their own lifestyle choices.

10.would you eat meat for 1 million dollars?

Yes. I'd donate the money to an organization like Mercy for Animals and they could do a lot of good with it.

Great survey!!

1. Why did you became a Vegetarian? Various reasons, not just the one.

2. Do you have friends who are Vegetarians? Colleagues and family, but not specifically friends.

3. Do you have friends that eat animal flesh? Plenty.

4. Do your friends respect that you're a Vegetarian? They all do, otherwise they wouldn't stay friends for very long.

5. Are you proud to be a Vegetarian? In a way, yes. Proud that the number of animals killed annually for food, clothing, soap and other uses, has not been significantly increased by any contribution on *my* part. Proud that my health is better than it would have been if I hadn't been a vegetarian for such a long time.

6. Are you also a Vegan? Not yet. It's a possibility in the future though.

7. How do you feel when someone kills an animal in front of you? Unhappy. If it was deliberately done to upset me, then doubly so.

8. Is anyone in your family a Vegetarian? Mother, brother, sister-in-law.

9. Do you want your kids to be Vegetarians? It would be nice, but I would settle for just having kids that respect animal life as much as they do human life.

10. Would you eat animal flesh for 1 million dollars? No. Not even for a billion. There are several things I might do for that much money, but eating animals is certainly not one of them.

1.why did you became a Vegetarian ?

I was reading medical journals to research a paper, and came across a literature review about health implications of vegan diets. The evidence was pretty clear and compelling. So I became vegan.

2.do you have friends who are a Vegetarian?

Yes, several.

3.do you have friends that eat meat?

Yep.

4.does your friend respect you that your a Vegetarian?

I don't know, I've never asked them.

5.are you proud to be a Vegetarian?

Hell yes!

6.are you also a Vegan?

Yes, I'm vegan.

7.how do you feel when someone kills an animal in front of you?

That's never happened to me. If it did, I'd likely be horrified.

8.Anyone in your family a Vegetarian?

My husband is becoming vegetarian, and only eats vegan at home.

9.do you want your kids to be a Vegetarian?

Yes, our children WILL be raised vegan.

10.would you eat meat for 1 million dollars?

No. My ethics aren't for sale.

1.why did you became a Vegetarian ? Environmental, health, and ethical reasons.

2.do you have friends who are a Vegetarian? Yes, my best friend and her husband are vegetarians, as well as a few of our other friends.

3.do you have friends that eat meat? yes, lots of them, and most of my family eats meat

4.does your friend respect you that your a Vegetarian? Of course

5.are you proud to be a Vegetarians? yes

6.are you also a Vegan? nope

7.how do you feel when someone kills an animal in front of you? I can't say anyone has ever killed an animal in front of me, but if they did i would be upset and sad

8.Anyone in your family a Vegetarian?

9.do you want your kids to be a Vegetarian? I don't know

10.would you eat meat for 1 million dollars? Yes

1.why did you became a Vegetarian ? For ethical, environmental and health reasons

2.do you have friends who are a Vegetarian? Yes

3.do you have friends that eat meat? Yes

4.does your friend respect you that your a Vegetarian? Yes

5.are you proud to be a Vegetarians? Yes, I suppose

6.are you also a Vegan? Yes

7.how do you feel when someone kills an animal in front of you? This doesn't even happen, but if it did I'd feel disgusted, angry and horrible

8.Anyone in your family a Vegetarian? Yes, my sister

9.do you want your kids to be a Vegetarian? My kids will be raised vegan

10.would you eat meat for 1 million dollars? I like Maggie's answer and I'd like to think that maybe I could gut it out for the greater good, but I can't even imagine how hard it would be to put that piece in my mouth...

1.why did you became a Vegetarian ?

Killing when we have the option not to is wrong.

2.do you have friends who are a Vegetarian?

Yes.

3.do you have friends that eat meat?

Yes.

4.does your friend respect you that your a Vegetarian?

Yes.

5.are you proud to be a Vegetarians?

Yes.

6.are you also a Vegan?

Yes.

7.how do you feel when someone kills an animal in front of you?

It hasn't happened yet, but I would probably feel like beating the cr@p out of them, I do muay thai.

8.Anyone in your family a Vegetarian?

Yup, my sis.

9.do you want your kids to be a Vegetarian?

I don't want kids period. Vile filthbags.

10.would you eat meat for 1 million dollars?

No.

1. I was always disgusted by meat and never liked the taste either.

2. Very few..

3. Most of them eat meat.

4. Being a friend involves respecting someone's lifestyle, doesn't it?

5. I am at ease, and sure to have taken the right decision.

6. Yes

7. Luckily I have only seen it in films and it was bad enough.

8. We are all vegan,

9. My children grew up as vegetarians and we are all vegans for years now.

10. Certainly not!

1.why did you became a Vegetarian ?

Lots of reasons... environmental, political, personal.

2.do you have friends who are a Vegetarian?

Not many, but a few.

3.do you have friends that eat meat?

Yes, they outnumber the ones that are vegetarian, but it's not a conflict or problem in any way.

4.does your friend respect you that your a Vegetarian?

The basis of friendship is respect for one another, they wouldn't be my friend if they could not accept such a basic part of who I am. =) So yes, the friends I have all accept it.

5.are you proud to be a Vegetarians?

Yes.

6.are you also a Vegan?

Yes.

7.how do you feel when someone kills an animal in front of you?

I haven't seen that in a long time, but I have seen pigs and chickens get slaughtered, and I never liked looking at it. So I'd say I probably feel much the same now as I did then.

8.Anyone in your family a Vegetarian?

A random distant cousin and one of my uncles as far as I know, but I have family scattered across 3 different continents so there's parts of my family I've never even met.

9.do you want your kids to be a Vegetarian?

Yes, or at least limit their meat consumption, but I don't think that would be a problem, even the people in my family that aren't vegetarian try to eat as little meat as possible because it's expensive and because it's really improved their health. This might be the first generation of my family that doesn't die of heart disease - I can't even count on one hand anyone in my family that died of any other reason but heart attack, diabetes or complications from obesity. As long as my daughter at least eats a somewhat healthy diet, even if she decides to have meat be a part of it, that's all I could ask for. Just like I wish she would never drink alcohol, but realistically I know that everyone will eventually try and experiment with whatever their parents teach them not to do. But in the end hopefully I'll raise my kids right and my daughter will make healthy choices as an adult.

10.would you eat meat for 1 million dollars?

Yes I'd probably eat a piece of meat for a million dollars, and I wouldn't keep a dime of it, I'd donate the whole thing to a local children's hospital and other organizations I appreciate. It won't kill me to have a bite and it could help a dozen families pay off their children's hospital bills.