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Methinks Rupert has gone off his rocker for a bit.

I know you do and I really appreciate it

If this guy (apparently a public figure – who isn’t one these days?) had said he gave it up because he didn’t follow a proper vegetarian diet and thus felt weak, I wouldn’t even have commented on this post!

However, what he said was that being a vegetarian made him weak and that I do not accept. That’s what pissed me off!

If meat eaters have an unbalanced diet they also become weak, but I don’t see anyone give up being a meat eater because (s)he is feeling weak…
That was my point, that’s all.

It’s these kinds of statements (especially coming from public figures) that keep many people away from vegetarianism or veganism!

You know, during all the time I have been a vegetarian (now almost 100% vegan) – approximately 12 years – I’ve always had to justify myself because of the choice I had made. I had to constantly explain to people why I had chosen this path and they kind of judged me for being a vegetarian… They always questioned me somehow as if I was doing something wrong. Most people saw this attitude of mine as an extremist one! I got so sick and tired of it that I began hiding I was a vegetarian, almost ashamed of it!! It’s ridiculous but it’s true! One day I just said: “F***! Enough! I’m not doing anything wrong. If anyone is doing something wrong are meat eaters.” And from that point on, I proudly assumed myself as a vegetarian! You could say I came out of the veg closet
I also began to snap at people at the first sign they were ready to question (=judge) me because of my diet.

That’s one reason why I react more harshly when the veg*an diet is ‘attacked’!

Another reason that explains why I snap at certain people here on Ecorazzi is that I hate it when they accuse me of being rude, arrogant or unpleasant, and also when they actually insult me – cowardly safe behind their computer screens; something I’m sure they wouldn’t have the guts to do in my face -, when they themselves do just that as well! This has happened many times before. That’s one of the reasons why I stopped signing my comments with my real name and also why I stopped coming to Ecorazzi for several months.

I later on came back under ‘Whoever’ but I’m getting a little bit tired again of the number of people who just come here not to share their thoughts and opinions or have a healthy debate, but instead to insult and point fingers at veg*ans, environmentalists and activists. These people are the same people who rudely insult us with a lot of hatred – the ones I now call ‘evil defenders’!

Finally, I sometimes snap, indirectly because of my direct involvement in Animal Rights activism and my volunteer work at the local animal shelter.
You have no idea the number of animals (including kittens and puppies) WHO are abandoned at the entrance of the shelter. Most of them, although abused, are the sweetest creatures I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. They are just ‘angels’! I cannot say the same about the monsters who abandon them (sometimes in the cruellest of manners – we have a camera that registers everything). Unfortunately in my country abusing animals isn’t a crime!!!

So, from all my experience with animals and people, I prefer animals. Actually, the more people I know and the more I know people, the more respect and admiration I have for animals!
Therefore, if I ever have to choose between animals and the environment and humans, I definitely choose the first two.

Call me an extremist, an animal lover, or a tree-hugger, and I will reply: “Yes I am, proudly!!!!”

You know I always stick up for ya, but the thing is; he might have just given up meat, not eaten properly and could have definitely been left feeling weak. I’m not stickin up for ole Rupert (barely know the bloke myself) but I’m just sayin’ lots of people don’t eat properly when eating vegetarian. Let’s remember that eating twinkies or candy all day can be vegetarian.

He might not have been consuming a proper healthy balanced vegetarian (or vegan) diet. He could have eaten bread all day (lots do this initially) since they don’t know what to eat when giving up meat.

I think his “weakness” was two fold. He probably ate a diet that wasn’t balanced and full of fresh organic veggies etc AND he probably couldn’t handle givin’ up the beef

I have ten times more energy being veg and encourage others to at least try it.

Do wheat grass and all greens for ten days (and maybe a few nuts) oh and some green juices and smoothies. You might find yourself a bit hungry the first day and a little weak (you’re detoxing) but in a few days you’ll be so full of ENERGY and getting the toxins out you will be BOUNCING off the walls. First time I did this I bitched the first day but after that………omg it was the best I have ever felt… and I mean EVER!

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What’s good for the blood is good old vampires’ bane, what most people call GARLIC. But onions and other allicin vegetables will also help.

Place nice or I’ll make you hug it out.