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Quote by: Matt  Hey everyone,
I'm new the the forums, and since I'm keenly into animal rights and vegetarianism, I thought this would be a good place to start posting.
I'm 13, and I'm vegetarian (maybe become vegan in the future..parents wont allow it now). I love animals, and I hate seeing them abused or killed.
One of the big myths about being vegetarian is you'll not get enough protein, which is false. You can get protein from soy milk, tofu, nuts, eggs, beans, ect.
The fact is...humans do not need meat to live anymore. Alot of people say "humans were made to be omnivores, and they should eat meat". But we were also made to be racist, sexist, ect. and years ago it was cosidered ok. Now we know being racist or sexist is not OK (most of us) and it is wrong. It took us hundreds of years to get that though. I think soon (in the next 50 years or so) we'll start to see killing animals isn't that good either.
People have the right to do what they want. I just think if you don't have to kill something with brains to live, why do you do it then? |
Welcome to the forums, Matt.
I wish you the best in your vegetarian endeavors. It sounds like you have already done the research that puts you beyond the point of no return. Your points are sound and if you look at my past posts you can see I frequently have fleshed out similar points.
Dealing with friends and family will get much easier with time and there is no better time than now for alternate choices. When I became vegetarian fifteen years ago (don't worry, my avatar is a character from a movie called Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.
) there weren't many choices. Now I can get great veggie, non-salad, options every place I eat.
Again, welcome. Hopefully you have fun debating with us!