Listening nad reading various points of view about vegetarian/vegan diets has been interesting. There are those who believe that this is the only way to eat. It is not just a diet, it is a life-style.
Then there are those on the other side who, for whatever reason, have taken it upon themselves to make sure that anyone and everyone who eats a vegetarian/vegan diet knows they think that eating vegan is idiotic. It is often pointed out, over and over, by meat-eaters that they believe vegans to be too pushy, arrogant, and/or defensive.
Vegans often point out that their diet and life-style if a more compassionate, healthier choice.
Meat-eaters point out all of the reasons that eating meat is how it is suppose to be.
Another blogger pointed this out and how the China Study leads to logical conclusions, statistically - which I found to be an interesting approach - also pointing out the common excuses vegans are often met with - http://plantbasedodyssey.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/statistically-speaking-the-china-study/
So back to my question - Which came first? Are vegans defensive and pushy about their life-style because meat-eaters are constantly trying to put them down for their choices. Or are meat-eaters putting down vegans because vegans are pushing their life-style on everyone else.
I know these are generalization and not all vegans are trying to convert everyone else, nor are all meat-eaters threatened by the vegan life-style. I think that changing the minds of generations of meat-eaters is a slow, slow process that is going to continue to be met by resistance - like altering the course of a large boat, it takes a slow, wide turn to change directions.
So which came first cilantro or the coriander seed? (OK, OK, I'm working on it)
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