Why I am not a vegan

[Monica]

Fighting it is useless, you can only succeed at fighting yourself.

True. Raising awareness, however, is quite useful and quite effective. It's having a profound effect on society. New vegan products and restaurants are popping up all over the place! Even vegan prisons and vegan schools! More and more doctors are recommending a plant-based diet, as well as celebrities, who in turn affect others. There is now irrefutable scientific evidence that a vegan diet is Not only healthy, but optimal for the human body, and the UN recently stated that meat causes cancer. All of this translates to a reduction in the number of animals suffering, to the tune of news reports saying that meat demand has (quote) plummeted. We have a loooooonnnnnng way to go, but the vegan/plant-based diet is rapidly gaining in popularity and acceptability.

Indeed, raising awareness is quite useful and effective.

The choice of doing or not is personal and isn't relevant to any level of spirituality.

Then would you agree with this:

The choice of raping women or not is personal and isn't relevant to any level of spirituality.

It will be good for some to become vegan to evolve spiritually while some aren't bounded with such catalyst. Maybe one day everybody will become vegan but I feel compassion has a better way of spreading understanding about it than making people who eat meat feel bad about it. So far vegan/meat eaters thread have only been mirrors of lack of compassion. It is better to learn from it's result than suffering from it.

It's impossible for anyone to make anyone 'feel bad' about something, if they truly believe that what they're doing is harmless and healthy. You could never, ever, ever make any vegan 'feel bad' about eating bananas or lettuce. Can't be done. The very fact that meat-eaters can and do 'feel bad' is an indication that deep down, they KNOW that what they're doing is wrong.

...