In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

I've been vegetarian for a year or more, but when my hemoglobin was down to 7.9, my doctor advised me to eat meat.

I'm sorry to hear you were given incorrect advice. Typically, doctors aren't very knowledgeable about diet. It isn't necessary to eat meat to get hemoglobin up. There are ways to do that with vegetarian sources.

Besides , I have yet to meet one perfect person.

Well, as the saying goes, Jesus was supposedly perfect, and look what they did to him!

My main point is, people who eat meat do so for a myriad of reasons, and discussions of food choices because it is such a volatile topic for some, would be better without the character judgments.

I admit, I took offense when I read "cognitive dissonance" "weak-willed" and "jealous", I know it wasn't personally directed at me but it seemed generally directed at those who eat meat.

It's very difficult to discuss volatile topics without using words that someone 'might' be offended by! That's why they're called volatile!

Awhile back, in another thread, I made a very academic, dry statement about childhood cancer statistics being on the rise. Guess what? A couple of people got offended because "there might be members who had children with cancer."

We're all trying to be considerate and sensitive, but we have to remember that this is a volatile topic. And, if we feel a strong reaction to something someone says, there is something in it for us to examine.