[84] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
Re: Veggie-Dogs.... [alt.psychotic.roommates #466]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (espiekos@MIT.EDU)
Tue Jun 14 23:29:51 1994
From: espiekos@MIT.EDU
To: vsg-summer@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 14 Jun 94 23:13:18 -0400.
<9406150313.AA07076@w20-575-44.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 94 23:29:35 EDT
------ From cs911035@ariel.cs.yorku.ca (CHRISTOPHER M. ACKNEY)
What looks like a hot dog, smells like hot dog feels like a hot dog...
a VEGGIE-DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's the point....
[snip...]
P.S.
I don't mind vegatarians, just meat-eating wannabees
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to which elsiedee@mit.edu replies.
I dunno, I don't mind a good veggie-dog once in a while
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I'm not sure what a vegatarian is, but as a vegetarian, I have found myself
invited to a BBQ on short notice and been 'saved' by the existence of this
convenient food. I don't think of it as a meat substitute, just soy, seitan
or whatever in a grillable form.
As far as the bigger picture goes, 'meat substitutes' have helped wean a
number of people from eating animals, so I think they're great. Face it, we
(Americans) have been socialized into eating meat products. Foods like this
help reduce the fear-factor of making a diet switch which is fairly radical for
many people because they can still eat modified versions of things which
are familiar to them.
<<ESP>>
P.S. I'd prefer to be surrounded by meat-eating wannabees than by real live
(but sooner dead, statistically speaking) meat-eaters anytime. I'm sure
Mother Earth and her animals would agree.
