Ok—so you are confused because you think there might be “want-to” vegetarians who like mock meat. Do you know anyone like that? I once dated someone who was vegetarian since a very young age, for cultural reasons, and if I remember correctly, she couldn’t stand meat-like veg dishes.
If vegetarian social circles consist of both need-to and want-to vegetarians, I am not sure what is there to be confused about—it’s just regular old tolerance.
I am unhappy about the need/want distinction, because it smacks of Freud. There are generally more than two things going on.
Ok—so you are confused because you think there might be “want-to” vegetarians who like mock meat. Do you know anyone like that?
Hm. Probably not personally. Are you saying such people do not exist?
I am unhappy about the need/want distinction, because it smacks of Freud. There are generally more than two things going on.
Of course there are more things going on. It’s only a model, to quote Monty Python, and as I said it’s a rough approximation.
However I think it’s a useful rough model. Anders_H who commented in this thread is a good example of a need-to vegetarian—he actually craves meat but doesn’t eat it for animal-suffering and environmental-consequences reasons.
Ok—so you are confused because you think there might be “want-to” vegetarians who like mock meat. Do you know anyone like that? I once dated someone who was vegetarian since a very young age, for cultural reasons, and if I remember correctly, she couldn’t stand meat-like veg dishes.
If vegetarian social circles consist of both need-to and want-to vegetarians, I am not sure what is there to be confused about—it’s just regular old tolerance.
I am unhappy about the need/want distinction, because it smacks of Freud. There are generally more than two things going on.
Hm. Probably not personally. Are you saying such people do not exist?
Of course there are more things going on. It’s only a model, to quote Monty Python, and as I said it’s a rough approximation.
However I think it’s a useful rough model. Anders_H who commented in this thread is a good example of a need-to vegetarian—he actually craves meat but doesn’t eat it for animal-suffering and environmental-consequences reasons.