newagecarny Was Here Two Weeks Ago Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 42495
August 23rd, 2007 at 03:39pm
xXxAndreaIsCoolxXx:
Ellaisonfire:
xXxAndreaIsCoolxXx:
Too young? What does age have to do with anything? =/ That makes zero sense.
There are pills and foods to help with anemic problems. Talk to your doctor.
It does actually. Children or teenagers are not encouraged to become vegetarians because the protein meat contains is important for their development.
There's a LOT of ways to get the same amount of protien.
Hummus, fake meat, tofu, tempah, nuts, eggs, dairy....
Try explaining that to parents.
newagecarny Was Here Two Weeks Ago Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 42495
August 23rd, 2007 at 05:53pm
xXxAndreaIsCoolxXx:
Hey, if a kid chooses to stop eating meat, parents can't make them without abusing them. It's either force feed or get over it and educate yourself. If a parent is narrow-minded enough to refuse to listen, it doesn't really matter. Unless they strap their child down and shove food down their throat (which they would be arrested for) it's not really up to them.
So a child is supposed to cook its own lunch while the parents eat a nice roast? Trust me, parents think it's ridiculous and will do anything to prevent this from happening. At least parents who are not vegetarians themselves. It's not that simple, and I know from personal experience.
newagecarny Was Here Two Weeks Ago Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 42495
August 23rd, 2007 at 08:04pm
xXxAndreaIsCoolxXx:
the parent has 3 options: allow it, allow your child to starve and be arrested, or force feed your child and be arrested.
You can't go to jail for making your child eat meat.
xXxAndreaIsCoolxXx:
Pretty much anybody from age 13 (at least) and up is perfectly capable of preparing their own meals.
But they shouldn't have to.
Matt Smith Admin Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 31134
August 23rd, 2007 at 09:34pm
xXxAndreaIsCoolxXx:
You can for force feeding a child.
There's a HUGE difference between providing meat and shoving it down a child's throat. Hence why I said force feeding.
Then I'm surprised both my parents aren't in jail, because they put food in my mouth when I was a baby. Literally. o_O
Force feeding is not the same as feeding.
Force feeding is a form of abuse.
Not always, actually. My cousin had a disorder where she constantly gagged and choked when she was eating until she was like 5 months old. She could still breath, but she couldn't swallow. So yeah, you had to force feed her or she would have died of starvation.
newagecarny Was Here Two Weeks Ago Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 42495
August 24th, 2007 at 12:37pm
xXxAndreaIsCoolxXx:
Forcing pork, beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, or anything else down a person's throat simply because you don't want them to eat tofu is abuse.
Still, the police officers will laugh in your face when you come up to them with that story.
wild at heart Idiot Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 983
September 6th, 2007 at 06:41pm
i was a vegetarian for about ... 2 months and a weak i think, anyway ... i just got really skinny and pale so, it's just wrong not eating dairy products or meat ...
Anji Basket Case Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 6th, 2007 at 07:15pm
I had to go back to the previous thread to see what the former posts were all about, but I don't think that parents can go to jail for caring about their daughter's diet, is what I managed to get though the conversation has become increasingly non-lateral.
As far as we know and can assume, they aren't forcing anything down her throat. Potentially, she could stop eating meat if she liked to on her own, though there would be consequences from her mother, however shoving food down her throat isn't one of them, we can all presume. It's up to the individual, really, though sometimes some individuals are doing it for completely idiotic reasons.
i thinks people should stop to criticize veggies! i eat what i want, i don't criticize you for your eating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE IPOCRITES they said! i'm not ipocrite, you're eat what you want, so do i............. you feel dirty and it's my fault because i don't eat cow?
Anji Basket Case Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 6th, 2007 at 07:42pm
'Ipocrite' is spelled 'hypocrite.
greendea:
i thinks people should stop to criticize veggies!
That sentence should be written:
I think people should stop criticizing vegetarians.
I think...
'Think' is the verb used for the first person or for 'I'. 'Thinks' is for 'he/she'.
Criticizing
The present tense for the verb to criticize. 'They are criticizing vegetarians.'
Minority_Under_Dog Falling In Love With The Board Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 6967
September 10th, 2007 at 02:36am
It's a choice. It's probably not for me because I love some meat and I would loose protein and other important nutrients. Yeah I could take vitamins but I am rather fond of eating.
i was a vegetarian for about ... 2 months and a weak i think, anyway ... i just got really skinny and pale so, it's just wrong not eating dairy products or meat ...
Probably because you weren't making up what nutrients you lost when restricting your diet, it wouldn't be 'wrong' for other people if you're pale and skinny you might not have been getting enough protein and iron, and that's easily made up with vegetarian food.
I think you have to be adventurous and enjoy food to enjoy a restricted diet really. I get extremely bored of my diet sometimes, particularly when eating out, as it's all pies, paninis and pasta in restaurants now, but I love food and I love trying new foods, as long as my intestine allows obviously XD so as long as you're experimenting with food and enjoying it, and your body gets what it needs, vegetarianism is fine, if you're passionate or religious.
i was a vegetarian for about ... 2 months and a weak i think, anyway ... i just got really skinny and pale so, it's just wrong not eating dairy products or meat ...
do you really think that have dead things in your stomach help you? you eat everyday rubbish food and you really think that good food didn't work for you?
i was a vegetarian for about ... 2 months and a weak i think, anyway ... i just got really skinny and pale so, it's just wrong not eating dairy products or meat ...
do you really think that have dead things in your stomach help you?
Oh yeah, because those dead thing include proteins and stuff.
NeoSteph Basket Case Age: 37 Gender: Female Posts: 16494
September 10th, 2007 at 10:32pm
greendea:
lostgrenade:
i was a vegetarian for about ... 2 months and a weak i think, anyway ... i just got really skinny and pale so, it's just wrong not eating dairy products or meat ...
do you really think that have dead things in your stomach help you? you eat everyday rubbish food and you really think that good food didn't work for you?
my doctor made me congratulations!
you need meat for protein and dairy for calcium. the reasons he wa sweak was because she didn't take supplements so wasn't getting enough energy and also her bones would have been weaker.
you really need to do your research before acting like you know it all.
YOU HAVE TO EAT ALL THE THINGS( VEGETABLES, PASTA, PULSE VEGETABLES, STUFF LIKE THAT) WHERE DO YOU THINK ANIMALS YOU EAT TAKE PROTEINS?
I'm not sure I know what you were trying to say...
There are sources for protein other than meat. Dairy, tofu, tempah, fake meat, etc...,
YEAH. SINCE I HAVE BEEN VEGAN I HAVE MORE COLOR IN MY FACE, I HAVE MORE ENERGY, I AM MORE INTELLIGENT( I HOPE) AND I AM HAPPY WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD
if you're pale and skinny you might not have been getting enough protein and iron, and that's easily made up with vegetarian food.
SINCE I HAVE BEEN VEGAN I HAVE MORE COLOR IN MY FACE, I HAVE MORE ENERGY, I AM MORE INTELLIGENT( I HOPE) AND I AM HAPPY WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD