'Meatless Mondays': LA urges residents to turn vegetarian one day a week

[phantom power]

Los Angeles is hoping to persuade people to become vegetarian – at least one day per week. Under a resolution unanimously approved by the city council this week, all future Mondays in the City of Angels have been declared "Meatless Mondays."

It's part of an international campaign to cut down on meat consumption for health and environmental reasons.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/10/15068169-meatless-mondays-la-urges-residents-to-turn-vegetarian-one-day-a-week?lite

[kestrel91316]

1. I think this is great. But now the whiners will pile on with how awful this action is.

[phantom power]

3. No doubt the wingnutz will associate it with fascism...

and communism, and the United Nations, and jack booted thugs, and attempts to corrupt their bodily fluids. Because that's how they react to everything.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. I think this is dumb. But now the whiners will pile on with how great the action is

[NoOneMan]

2. Great idea

I only eat what I kill anymore. I wish more people would try this, as it immediately works better than buying a shiny Prius

[limpyhobbler]

4. I likes me some bacon cheeseburgers (a little too much),

but it is about time people started looking at this issue.

[Mme. Defarge]

5. Orthodox Christians

refrain from eating meat, fish (except for shell fish), dairy - including eggs, and alcohol most Wednesdays and Fridays, as well as during Great Lent and multiple other fasting periods.

Since I am not a "cradle orthodox," I have learned to eat and enjoy many foods that otherwise I would not have tried. I have discovered that temporarily refraining from certain food pleasures helps to reverse the effect of diminishing returns. It also helps keep my weight down. Unspiritual benefits, perhaps, but still ...

[canoeist52]

6. How about for economic reasons? Do they not get it?

Who can afford to eat meat 7 days a week anyway? We've been doing this for years, now.