Few random thoughs

Howdy!

Today, I feel like talking about something I thought in class today. I don't remember exactly what made me think of this, but it was a really random thought. We were talking about ants cultivating fungus, or something like that, and I suddenly started thinking about how this one person was trying to guilt trip me into becoming a vegetarian.

This person is in a club I am in, and for some reason, he asked if I were a vegetarian. I said no, I eat meat. He goes on and asks if I cared for animals at all. This question made me laugh. If he knew me at all, he would know this is a silly question, because I absolutely love animals. I care for them more than a lot of people on Earth, I just happen to eat some of them.

Heck, I spent time over the summer in my free time between classes volunteering at a animal rehabilitation keep; taking care of the various critters they have by cleaning their cages and feeding them. This involved getting the crap slapped out of my by sea turtles, my fingers getting bit by pelicans, and getting pooped on by almost all the animals there. If I did not care for animals, why would I go through that? (no I was not doing it for community service)

Well, he went on about how I couldn't possibly care for any animals because if I did, then I would not eat them. This kind of hit home pretty hard. I had a dog for eleven years that died during the summer, which hurt just as bad as if a brother had died, and just the thought of someone implying that I didn't care for him is like a slap in the face.

Anyways, instead of getting mad at the guy I laugh it off as nothing. But it did make me think, why oh why do some vegetarians try to guilt trip us into living like them? I mean, I don't try to make them eat animals or anythinng, so why do they try and make me eat only veggies?