The Smug Beach Diet
21st May 2012
The biggest problem with vegetarians, and their most Puritan variation—Vegans—is not so much their holier-than-thou attitude (after all, most enthusiasts, from fitness freaks to fundamentalists, have the same attitude), but the barely concealed will to power to impose veganism on the rest of us. It is another form of the totalitarian temptation.
May 21st, 2012 at 11:00
I’ve asked several vegans to explain to me why they feel it’s necessary to try to convert everyone to their diet. In every case, the vegan was highly (nearly violently in one case) offended and indignantly proclaimed that he/she had done no such thing. I pointed out that they had indeed tried to push veganism and that it appeared to be more of a religion than a diet. That just made each one angrier.
Those of us who are omnivores – as God intended! – do not try to “convert” vegans. First, it’s not really my business and second, it leaves more bacon for me.