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Join Date: Jun 2012
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 353
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I feel concerned about what Alicia has done to her body in terms of plastic surgery, and her clear obsession with altering herself in this way. However, I am perturbed at the level of derogatory criticism she seems to be attracting on this forum in terms of her beliefs she upholds for a meat free diet.
I am a vegan, and have brought all my children up as vegans, one of whom is now a highly intelligent, strapping, burly adult, who has never had any health issues. The others are happy, healthy and strong, and do not 'miss out' on what other children have – they just have a tasty alternative that is markedly better for their health. I have always informed my children that once they reach an appropriate age, that they could choose for themselves whether or not they want to introduce meat etc to their diets. So far, my eldest has chosen not to, because he has educated himself to the health benefits, and also understands the cruelty involved in many farming practices, and the extra nasties often added to the final products.
Anybody who thinks that vegans live on lettuce and sticks of celery these days, needs to re-educate themselves with the progression of what dietary options are available. There are very tasty and wholesome alternatives to meat and dairy for just about everything nowadays, from nuggets to burgers to sausages to pizza to cheese.....the list is endless.
When I was growing up, my parents were avid meat eaters, and thus, brought me up on such a diet, with bread and dripping to boot. I was not asked my preference as a child, as to whether or not I chose to eat meat, and despite my gagging on meat at dinner time, I was not offered any other alternative. In fact, I'm sure my parents would have been horrified at the very thought! Therefore, at the tender age of 16, when I could do so, and when my parents allowed me to, I became vegetarian, with the progression very quickly to becoming vegan.
The point here is that as children, we generally do as our parents see fit, and are brought up to that effect. I was not given the option of being brought up as a vegetarian when I was a child, because I had to eat what my parents put before me. It wasn't my choice, but theirs. They felt it best that I ate meat, so I had no choice but to do so. The same applies the other way round, and it is therefore perfectly acceptable and appropriate for vegetarian or vegan parents to bring their children up as they see fit, according to their own lifestyle, beliefs, morals and ethics. The same would apply to religious parents who choose to bring their children up according to their beliefs. That alone does not make a parent weird, odd, cruel, nut job or otherwise. Just different to the 'accepted' norm. Perhaps it is ignorance about vegetarianism or veganism that affects the majority of people who seem to have clear issues with a parent who feels it beneficial to provide meat free diets for their children.
Whatever the case, it is not cruel to bring a child up on a completely meat or dairy free diet, and I take exception to those that insist otherwise. I would never dream of berating or inflicting my views on the parents I meet on a daily basis who are carnivores, and inform them that I think they're cruel or inhuman for delivering plates of meat to their offspring, despite what I might feel about it, and I would expect the same respect from them to me.
Katie was downright insensitive and vicious with her comments to Alicia regarding this issue, and I wonder whether this lies with her own insecurities regarding people of differing beliefs to herself.
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Alexander O'Neal,
..)..she did confront Katie...in fact she seemed to want to discuss her more but Katie more or less dismissed her...
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