Hypocrisy

[eumelia]

I'm a hypocrite.
Being at the Natural History Museum made it clear to me.
I'm a hypocrite.
How can I claim to be an Environmentalist when I'm a meat eater.
Okay, so humans are omnivorous and historically we used to hunt our game and grow it.
But you know what, I'm a grrl who has lived her entire life in the western world and has consumed (with great privilege and pleasure) all the west had to offer her.
I eat beef, I like hamburgers (real kind, I've not stepped into a Burger King in three years and a McDonald's in five years), I like kebab, shawarma, pargiyot, shrimp, salmon, lobster and tuna.
Yet I make sure all my face cleaning soaps, moisturizers and such are not tested on animals.
I'm a hypocrite.

I've often considered becoming a vegetarian, but it never seemed worth it because I love meat.
But in the past year my ideology (of which I had none during high school and most of my army service) is quickly solidifying, and in the past I used to think ideological vegetarians were cheating themselves.
I'm becoming aware that I'm actually cheating myself.
How can I be an advocate of animal rights, when I use them in such a disgusting way?
God the hypocrisy!

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't know that about the Dalai Lama. Interesting.

It does always strike me, being an archaeologist, how the human animal is perfectly evolved to exist best on a diet that our hunter-gatherer ancestors would have bad, which is to say, the diet that we've had for the longest period of our species existance. Fruit, nuts, meat, fish, etc.

And yeah, god, intensively farmed meat. Forutnately in the UK, or at least here in Scotland, we don't have much of that. Our meat is from animals that have big fields to live in, natural diets, and relatively minimal chemical additives. If i Lived in America... I would be very very cautious of their farmed red meat. Just with, all the nasty chemicals in.

And yup, I live in rural highland scotland. I even have my own chickens. Fresh free range eggs. Yum. :)

[fenchurch42.livejournal.com]

You're an Archaeologist? Cool!!

Stop it, You're making me long again.. Ah, Scotland.. The highlands and the green hills, and sheep everywhere.. And the fresh air..and fine ales..

We actually used to have three hens in our backyard, some while ago (about 6-7 years ago..) we used to let them walk about the garden every day, and at night they would go back to the henhouse to sleep (they were pretty clever, I don't care what they say..), and we had fresh eggs every day, it was nice..
Goodness, what am I going on about? I'm sorry, it's the hour and tiredness, I should get to bed.. :)

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Why don't you two just friend each other already ;)

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I was an archaeologist. That's what my degree is in. I'm not anymore.

And yes, I quite agree, chickens are quite smart.