Letters to the Editor
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Veganenvangelists
I have no problem with people being vegetarians/vegans. None whatsoever. And maybe it WOULD be a better world if we all were--though pretty much the only reason for domestic pigs, cows, sheep and so forth to exist is to provide food/clothing for people--if we all foreswore meat, milk, eggs, leather and wool, those species would die out. What's annoying, though, is the pose of superiority immediately assumed by people who make this choice (and who should know better). They're nearly as annoying as the BARF (for dogs) diet evangelists
For the most part, being a vegetarian/vegan and doing it RIGHT (getting all your nutrients) requires money and time, so I would dispute that vegetarians/vegans are necessarily healthier or thinner than meat eaters. I know vegetarians who eat a LOT of highly processed food which can't be particulary good or healthier than eating meat.
A research doctor where I used to work once told me that cancer is %80 genetic and %20 what you do. So it seems almost like magical thinking to try to use your diet to ward off certain diseases.