In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

I think if you feel that someone shouldn't be allowed to do something then you don't love them. They are the doer of what you disapprove of.

When you tell your children to not lie or steal, you aren't loving them?

Monkey, don't you tell your children to be good people and not cheat/lie/steal because you love them and want to teach them properly?

Now, taking it back to topic. If I put a mandate on meat eaters that I do not like the choices they make, I do not love them. No, I expect them to change and get on board MY ship before I love them. Because they eat animals....

Well that's you.

Please don't assume that others feel as you do.

Just because you cannot love someone you disagree with, doesn't mean I can't.

I would guess that meat eaters are offended because they wouldn't say "you shouldn't "not eat meat". Which seems to be the premise when vegetarians say "you don't need to eat meat!"

Please re-read those 2 statements:

"you shouldn't "not eat meat".

"you don't need to eat meat!"

What's different about them?

The 1st uses the word should. It's an opinion. It's subjective.

I have never told anyone that they should or shouldn't do anything. That is for them to decide.

The 2nd says "you don't need" which I have never said either.

What I did say is that most humans do not need to eat meat. Unless they have an unusual medical condition, they don't need meat.

This isn't an opinion. It is fact. It has been scientifically proven.

I have no idea whether the person I'm talking to has an unusual medical condition, so I would never tell them they shouldn't eat meat. I will only say that most humans don't need meat.