When I was very young (before my teens) I decided, based on my love for animals, that I would no longer eat most types of meat. I would not eat any animal that I considered cute or that I wasn't willing to kill myself. Considering that almost all animals are cute at some point or another in their life-span; it left chickens, turkey, and fish as the only animals that I would consider edible. My mother and my father were very supportive of this. Their support consisted of, "here is dinner - just pick out what you don't want to eat." They, like most parents, figured that it was a phase I would eventually grow out of - I didn't. It has been over 20 years now and I still do not eat most meats. |