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Originally Posted by gberardi  LOL! Has that actually happened to you? |
Yes, however it wasn' t thanksgiving and it was with close family, my sisters' children. I actually used the term dead bodies, rather than dead animals. And when my sister who is vegetarian friendly walked in the room her daughter told her what I had said. And she agreed, saying yes it is from a dead PIG body. Then when my other sister's husband walked in, his daughter asked, "When I die are you going to eat me?" He just told her not to listen to uncle Jaben.
After that meal we had icecream. I set my chocolate soy dream on the counter and the adults were serving the dessert and bringing it out to the children. I served my son chocolate soy dream and the other's all go vanilla Bryer's. When I brought my son's plate the other children asked why they didn't get a choice of chocolate or vanilla. I asked them to bring that up with their parents.
It's amazing how emotionally tied to cow and chicken secretions people can be. Young children don't have those preconceptions.
Have you ever told someone who was eating an Oreo cookie that it is vegan or ask if the icecream bars they are offering are vegan? They'll say something to the effect of you never know these days, everything is being substituted with cheap imitation ingredients
I've been pretty open with my opinions, especially with my close family. But, if I were to become vegan all over again I think I would be more tactful and also avoid the words vegan or vegetarian in most social settings. I think most people will embrace the idea of increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables but are very turned off by those two words. Refering to meat and dairy as dead animals and reproductive secretions is so much fun though
... I've already employed Steve's pet chasing joke and I'd like to use the term puss burger and mucus shake some time too
