Comments on: Caprica Star Eric Stoltz Went Vegetarian To Piss Off Parents

By: Michael d'Estries

Michael d'Estries — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:06:39 +0000

Are you saying he didn’t say it? That MNN made it up?

By: Susan Stoltz

Susan Stoltz — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:00:25 +0000

If they printed it it must be true is that what you’re saying?

By: Michael d'Estries

Michael d'Estries — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:21:17 +0000

Susan,

We didn’t make it up. As you can read in the article, he said that to MNN in an interview. Obviously, it’s a tongue-in-cheek comment.

By: Susan Stoltz

Susan Stoltz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:19:38 +0000

This article is a bunch of hooey. Eric never did anything to deliberately piss off our parents. It’s unfortunate that people like you have to make stuff up to get any sort of recognition.

By: VeggieTart

VeggieTart — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:36:54 +0000

A public figure wanting to be known for his acting abilities and not anything in his personal life deserves praise. I appreciate that Eric Stoltz is modest about his private life. But one can be an advocate for a cause or many causes without it consuming his/her public image.

By: beforewisdom

beforewisdom — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:02:02 +0000

This is similar to my experience. I went vegetarian at the age of 14 as an ego thing and as a rebellion thing. A girl-friend in highschool encouraged me to keep with it. I did. I felt much better. I eventually became vegan. I learned about the other aspects of it which really expanded my world view. Physically I’ve held up better over the decades than my peers. I look younger than my age and the only health issues I have are old sports injuries.

By: David

David — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:10:41 +0000

I commend those in Hollywood that choose to be recognized for their genuine abilities instead of flashiness and scandals, but being veg is not something we need to be modest about.

The author may be confusing modesty over one’s diet with effective advocacy. Many veg*ns are blamed for being pushy with our diets because those that haven’t made the commitment view recognition of the problems with eating animals as threatening to their way of life. This is unfortunate since they’re the ones we need to convince. Taking this into consideration, I think it’s crucial that we learn how to advocate most effectively so that we are seen as supportive, non-judgmental (most of us once ate animals and shouldn’t treat others as evil for doing so), sane, healthy, etc.

This does NOT mean that we should not be persistent advocates. Every time someone learns of the connections between healthy/friendly/normal people and veganism and/or between animal cruelty/environmental destruction/poor health and eating animals, they are brought one step closer to making this most important of commitments.

Being veg*n is something to be proud and public about because it saves lives. If you want to save even more, think about what’s most effective in convincing others that they want to be like you.