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In reply to the discussion: She wouldn't touch my bacon. [View all]hunter
(38,301 posts)No, actually it really bothers me. Intelligent animals treated inhumanely in "farms" that are very damaging to the natural environment.
So maybe I'll buy a mislabeled endangered species fish caught and processed by slaves... nope that's no good either.
Shopping ethically is difficult, adding religion to the mix makes it very, very difficult.
Sometimes I myself will buy food that I'm not quite comfortable with, and yes, it's usually a matter of money, or sometimes a matter of conforming to the expectations of family.
My wife is a vegetarian, I don't eat much meat, but I'd be a hypocrite if I claimed that was the only way to live. We have dogs, all adopted from the animal shelter, and I don't expect them to be vegetarians.
I have a high degree of respect for people who are surviving as best they can in this crazy world with what they know, in whatever culture they were raised in.
The cashier in the grocery store is not forcing her beliefs on anyone, she's not in any position of legal authority, and moving my own bacon across the scanner would be no big deal to me.
I see people doing many things I disagree with every day, but if I felt I had to "correct" everyone I'd be one of those spittle spewing street preachers you find standing on the corner in many American cities.
One of my favorite mentally ill local people (sadly now deceased) used to stand on the corner yelling obscenities at passing automobiles while throwing little bits of litter at them; wadded up gum wrappers, plastic bottle caps, cigarette butts, that sort of thing.
Some days I feel like that, and this feeling reminds me to be kind to others.