Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.Why do people call themselves vegetarians?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Why do people call themselves vegetarians?),it will help you,my kids.
When they eat fish?
Fish were alive, they breathed, have eyes, ate things.
Therefore in my eyes, they are not vegetarians.
Answer:
Well, they're lying! Piscetarians eat fish but no meat. Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish or fowl.
You're absolutely right, they are not vegetarians, and god only knows why they label themselves so, maybe they think it sound cool
You're right, people who eat fish are known as demi vegetarians.
I've even heard some people call themselves vegetarians because they only eat chicken!
some don't eat fish.....but the other ones who do i have no idea. Cause they don't eat anything with a face and fish have faces. They are hypocryts
Vegitarians can eat fish, I dont get it either, Vegans are the ones that "dont eat anything with a face" to each his own man, I'll stick with beef.
no one can be 100% vegetarian, some people may eat wheat mites or lettuce worms unintentionally lol
Maybe they only eat things that can't walk properly. Like a drunk cow or a pig with athletes foot.
I'm a non smokers (except for cigarettes)
One of my daughters is a vegetarian and doesn't eat any animal, including fish.
I have no idea, and it annoys me too. Last I checked vegtables don't swim!
You are not likely to encounter a live fish in your day-to-day activities, stuck as they are underwater. You are far more likely to encounter land animals, birds, that sort of thing. If you do not eat a land animal you can say you are a vegetarian even if you eat fish because the fish are stuck underwater someplace and are unable to protest the lie.
most veggies that i do don't eat fish either
Sometimes it's just to make sure people don't try to feed you meat. Other times simply idiocy. I have an aunt who calls herself a vegetarian. She eats fish, chicken and sausages. And yes, we openly laugh at her.
vixen's right, if they eat fish then they aren't vegetarian they're piscetarian (pronounced pesk-atarian). Not sure if that's how you spell it though. my sister is one.
If someone eats fish but no other meat they are NOt a vegetarian, they are a Pescaterian.
As to WHY they would say they are vegetarians, most likely they say vegetarian because they know no-one knows what a pescetarian is! And maybe they don't even know that pescaterian is what a "vegetarian" who eats fish is called! Its not a commonly used word.
The reason some people think its OK to eat fish as fish is "not meat" is because in the catholic church when they didn't eat meat on fridays it was OK for them to eat fish, so that idea that fish was OK for non-meat eating catholic days transfered through time so some people who don't really understand vegetarianism think that vegetarians think its OK to eat fish... just like the catholics on a friday!
yes but fish is fish and vegetarians dont eat meat.
Well it is degress of separation. The point is when you eat an animal, you are eating flesh.
Cows and pigs are mammals. Human beings are mammals.
Birds and fish are removed in the animal family.
So some people have a natural averison to animals closer in the animal family.
And that is okay. People are allowed to live the best they know how and the best that they can. And all is not black and white. It is a form of vegetarianism. There are different kinds of vegetarianism. In fact, it says to me how much we are evolving where these different degrees of aversion exist.
Its not just in your eyes.
They are not vegetarians in anyones eyes.
A vegetarian does not eat any meat, fish, poultry or slaughter by-products.
This is the internationally accepted definition used by the vegetarion society, the International Vegetarian Union, Chambers, Cambridge and Oxford English dictionaries and just about everyone else.
It has been the definition for over 100 years.
And they can keep all thier semi / demi / flexi nonsense as well.
Is a cow "semi" dead ?
Is a cow dead only if a "flexi-veggie" kills it at the weekend ?
Am I a flexi-Muslim if i go to a Catholic Church on sunday ?
You are veggie, or not. There is no room for corruption of the word vegetarian just because people can't be bothered to get things right.
Its so simple, i have no clue as to why those fishy types seem to want to mis-use the English language.
wannabees ? Probably.
Insulting ? Definately
They normally use naff arguements like "its easier to say I'm veggie but eat fish"..
What rubbish. If they have a problem explaining thier diet to people they should fix that problem, not pass it onto vegetarians.
and well intentioned statements like "vegetarians that eat fish a re called...." NOT THEY ARE NOT. There is no such thing as a "vegetarian who eats fish". Why even use the word in any explaination of a fish-eater. You could say " A meat-eater who only eats fish is.....a peski-whetever"
what the **** is a "Fringe vegetarians"...(see several answers below. )
Lauren R is right in her summary - she is a fake. consider youself "resented". I don't care what you eat, thats not what we are talking about. I do care if you call yourself a vegetarian. As my mate Al would say "shame on you"
My new girlfriend is a vegetarian, which I thought might include fish, but she is strict vegy and I have to clear all the ingredients when I cook with her in case I make a meat eaters mistake.
Then they're not vegetarians. It probably makes them feel better about themselves to say they are that's all. You can't put a label on yourself and then change the rules of it to suit your purposes.
I wonder that all the time - surely fish die in the worst possible way too - by suffocation so it must be worst than the way other animals are killed. But I'm not hugely familiar with these things so perhaps I'm wrong.
I agree 100%. I think they like the sound of being different. Being a vegeterian can be used to get attention...grrrr...I hate that!
My dad says he is a vegetarian and he eats fish, too. Technically, vegetarians come in several categories. If I am correct:
Vegans are vegetarians who eat nothing that contains animal proteingor comes from an animal.
Vegetarians who are not vegans usually allow themselves to eat eggs, cheese, and butter.
"Fringe" vegetarians eat fish, also, seeing fish as less than animal because fish are animals that people do not usually have contact with-- you look in the eyes of a cow or pig or chicken and sort of fall in love, but most do not fall in love with fish or pet them or "humanize" them, therefore they are seen as less than animal by some vegetarians and taken to be fair game. A few also refuse to give up the health benefits of eating certain fish.
In a nutshell, people usually eat that which they cannot identify with-- and people do not often identify with fish.
They are not vegetarians if they eat things that had parents of faces!! They cant call themselves that!! Vegetarians don't eat any kind of meat but do eat eggs and milk! But vegans are total 100% animal product free!
Proud to be 100% vegan!!!
they're not.
vegetarians dont eat: meat (including FISH, it is meat, they are captured and killed too, they feel fear and pain too) they dont eat dairy products and eggs
Because if you research vegetarinism then you would find there are many many different types of vegetarians. There are a lot of catagories which people are still considered vegeterians but eat fish, or they eat dairy, or they eat white meat. That's just the way it is. The only ones that are true 100% vegeterians are vegans and I can't give up my milk and eggs, so I guess I'm just fake too.
it is okay to eat fish, cause they don't have any feet.
no really i feel the same way as you, sounds like hypocrisy at its finest to me. there is answer one them will probably give you, but sounds like a bunch of BS to me every time i hear it.
hey im a vegetarian and i dnt eat fish! -_-
They are called Pesco Vegetarians, as opposed to those who eat egg and dairy being ovo-lacto vegetarians, as opposed to those who eat no animals products and are vegans. Some vegans are "no-kill" vegans too and they won't even eat plants that have to die to be eaten, such as potatoes.
I was an ovo-lacto for almost 20 years but couldn't get my cholestrol under control and my nutritionist recommended that I become a pesco. Now I gag down a tiny piece of fish every week or so, and it really helped my cholestrol but man is that stuff skanky.
Absolutely agree with you. They're fishocrites!
Here are the diffrent types of veggies:
Flexitarian: Eats meat or fish 2 or 3 times a week
Piscaterian: Doesn't eat meet but does eat fish
Omni Lacto Vegiarian: vegi that eats dairy and eggs
Lacto vegetarian: Vegi that DOESN'T eat eggs
Omni vegetarian: Vegi that DOESN"T eat dairy
Vegan: NO meat, fish, dairy, eggs
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Kitty said: Yes.Why do people call themselves vegetarians?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Why do people call themselves vegetarians?),it will help you,my kids.
When they eat fish?
Fish were alive, they breathed, have eyes, ate things.
Therefore in my eyes, they are not vegetarians.
Answer:
Well, they're lying! Piscetarians eat fish but no meat. Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish or fowl.
You're absolutely right, they are not vegetarians, and god only knows why they label themselves so, maybe they think it sound cool
You're right, people who eat fish are known as demi vegetarians.
I've even heard some people call themselves vegetarians because they only eat chicken!
some don't eat fish.....but the other ones who do i have no idea. Cause they don't eat anything with a face and fish have faces. They are hypocryts
Vegitarians can eat fish, I dont get it either, Vegans are the ones that "dont eat anything with a face" to each his own man, I'll stick with beef.
no one can be 100% vegetarian, some people may eat wheat mites or lettuce worms unintentionally lol
Maybe they only eat things that can't walk properly. Like a drunk cow or a pig with athletes foot.
I'm a non smokers (except for cigarettes)
One of my daughters is a vegetarian and doesn't eat any animal, including fish.
I have no idea, and it annoys me too. Last I checked vegtables don't swim!
You are not likely to encounter a live fish in your day-to-day activities, stuck as they are underwater. You are far more likely to encounter land animals, birds, that sort of thing. If you do not eat a land animal you can say you are a vegetarian even if you eat fish because the fish are stuck underwater someplace and are unable to protest the lie.
most veggies that i do don't eat fish either
Sometimes it's just to make sure people don't try to feed you meat. Other times simply idiocy. I have an aunt who calls herself a vegetarian. She eats fish, chicken and sausages. And yes, we openly laugh at her.
vixen's right, if they eat fish then they aren't vegetarian they're piscetarian (pronounced pesk-atarian). Not sure if that's how you spell it though. my sister is one.
If someone eats fish but no other meat they are NOt a vegetarian, they are a Pescaterian.
As to WHY they would say they are vegetarians, most likely they say vegetarian because they know no-one knows what a pescetarian is! And maybe they don't even know that pescaterian is what a "vegetarian" who eats fish is called! Its not a commonly used word.
The reason some people think its OK to eat fish as fish is "not meat" is because in the catholic church when they didn't eat meat on fridays it was OK for them to eat fish, so that idea that fish was OK for non-meat eating catholic days transfered through time so some people who don't really understand vegetarianism think that vegetarians think its OK to eat fish... just like the catholics on a friday!
yes but fish is fish and vegetarians dont eat meat.
Well it is degress of separation. The point is when you eat an animal, you are eating flesh.
Cows and pigs are mammals. Human beings are mammals.
Birds and fish are removed in the animal family.
So some people have a natural averison to animals closer in the animal family.
And that is okay. People are allowed to live the best they know how and the best that they can. And all is not black and white. It is a form of vegetarianism. There are different kinds of vegetarianism. In fact, it says to me how much we are evolving where these different degrees of aversion exist.
Its not just in your eyes.
They are not vegetarians in anyones eyes.
A vegetarian does not eat any meat, fish, poultry or slaughter by-products.
This is the internationally accepted definition used by the vegetarion society, the International Vegetarian Union, Chambers, Cambridge and Oxford English dictionaries and just about everyone else.
It has been the definition for over 100 years.
And they can keep all thier semi / demi / flexi nonsense as well.
Is a cow "semi" dead ?
Is a cow dead only if a "flexi-veggie" kills it at the weekend ?
Am I a flexi-Muslim if i go to a Catholic Church on sunday ?
You are veggie, or not. There is no room for corruption of the word vegetarian just because people can't be bothered to get things right.
Its so simple, i have no clue as to why those fishy types seem to want to mis-use the English language.
wannabees ? Probably.
Insulting ? Definately
They normally use naff arguements like "its easier to say I'm veggie but eat fish"..
What rubbish. If they have a problem explaining thier diet to people they should fix that problem, not pass it onto vegetarians.
and well intentioned statements like "vegetarians that eat fish a re called...." NOT THEY ARE NOT. There is no such thing as a "vegetarian who eats fish". Why even use the word in any explaination of a fish-eater. You could say " A meat-eater who only eats fish is.....a peski-whetever"
what the **** is a "Fringe vegetarians"...(see several answers below. )
Lauren R is right in her summary - she is a fake. consider youself "resented". I don't care what you eat, thats not what we are talking about. I do care if you call yourself a vegetarian. As my mate Al would say "shame on you"
My new girlfriend is a vegetarian, which I thought might include fish, but she is strict vegy and I have to clear all the ingredients when I cook with her in case I make a meat eaters mistake.
Then they're not vegetarians. It probably makes them feel better about themselves to say they are that's all. You can't put a label on yourself and then change the rules of it to suit your purposes.
I wonder that all the time - surely fish die in the worst possible way too - by suffocation so it must be worst than the way other animals are killed. But I'm not hugely familiar with these things so perhaps I'm wrong.
I agree 100%. I think they like the sound of being different. Being a vegeterian can be used to get attention...grrrr...I hate that!
My dad says he is a vegetarian and he eats fish, too. Technically, vegetarians come in several categories. If I am correct:
Vegans are vegetarians who eat nothing that contains animal proteingor comes from an animal.
Vegetarians who are not vegans usually allow themselves to eat eggs, cheese, and butter.
"Fringe" vegetarians eat fish, also, seeing fish as less than animal because fish are animals that people do not usually have contact with-- you look in the eyes of a cow or pig or chicken and sort of fall in love, but most do not fall in love with fish or pet them or "humanize" them, therefore they are seen as less than animal by some vegetarians and taken to be fair game. A few also refuse to give up the health benefits of eating certain fish.
In a nutshell, people usually eat that which they cannot identify with-- and people do not often identify with fish.
They are not vegetarians if they eat things that had parents of faces!! They cant call themselves that!! Vegetarians don't eat any kind of meat but do eat eggs and milk! But vegans are total 100% animal product free!
Proud to be 100% vegan!!!
they're not.
vegetarians dont eat: meat (including FISH, it is meat, they are captured and killed too, they feel fear and pain too) they dont eat dairy products and eggs
Because if you research vegetarinism then you would find there are many many different types of vegetarians. There are a lot of catagories which people are still considered vegeterians but eat fish, or they eat dairy, or they eat white meat. That's just the way it is. The only ones that are true 100% vegeterians are vegans and I can't give up my milk and eggs, so I guess I'm just fake too.
it is okay to eat fish, cause they don't have any feet.
no really i feel the same way as you, sounds like hypocrisy at its finest to me. there is answer one them will probably give you, but sounds like a bunch of BS to me every time i hear it.
hey im a vegetarian and i dnt eat fish! -_-
They are called Pesco Vegetarians, as opposed to those who eat egg and dairy being ovo-lacto vegetarians, as opposed to those who eat no animals products and are vegans. Some vegans are "no-kill" vegans too and they won't even eat plants that have to die to be eaten, such as potatoes.
I was an ovo-lacto for almost 20 years but couldn't get my cholestrol under control and my nutritionist recommended that I become a pesco. Now I gag down a tiny piece of fish every week or so, and it really helped my cholestrol but man is that stuff skanky.
Absolutely agree with you. They're fishocrites!
Here are the diffrent types of veggies:
Flexitarian: Eats meat or fish 2 or 3 times a week
Piscaterian: Doesn't eat meet but does eat fish
Omni Lacto Vegiarian: vegi that eats dairy and eggs
Lacto vegetarian: Vegi that DOESN'T eat eggs
Omni vegetarian: Vegi that DOESN"T eat dairy
Vegan: NO meat, fish, dairy, eggs
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