The arguement topic.

So today I got asked what a Vegan was. Well I figured more people knew what it was or what it required. Unfortunately, people who DO know what it is only want to argue with you about why you are wrong. The majority of people respect your opinion about religion, politics, and abortion but NOT Veganism. I have had people go as far as telling me "Jesus ate meat so you should too." or "You are going to die." My other favorite is "It is the life cycle and you are supposed to eat meat." Even better, many people after you explain to them the lifestyle say "I am going to go out and kill a whole cow and eat it." But my number one FAVORITE vegan comment is "You need vitamin B12! and you cannot get it anywhere but from animals." My question is, do people think I am attacking them by not eating it myself? Are these just ways of them justifying their actions to themselves? I have never ever told anyone "quit eating animal products," so why do they feel they need to down my lifestyle? Or like customers at my bar who have had 3 beers and a whole pack of cigarettes and feel as though I need nutritional advice from them. I wish I didn't work at a corporate restaurant and I could just tell them "Really? because the 10 chicken wings you just ate have 1765 calories." Oh, and add in 250 for the shit you dipped them in too. Another good one - Your veggies grow from cow shit."
Now - it is not that I completely disagree that you can eat animals, but have you ever looked at pictures of a slaughterhouse? If you haven't, then believe me it is in your best interest not to. People get grossed out by in the movie "waiting" when he puts pubic hair on the plate... like I said if you knew where your meat came from you probably wouldn't want it anymore. Now, aside from coming from possibly the grossest place known to man... there are over 500 chemicals in your meat products :) Quite a few of these are also cancer causing (yay!)
Another classic is, "You need milk or your bones will become brittle"
Well then, why no dairy? A mother cannot drink alcohol while she is breast feeding, so do people think "pasturizing" will kill ALL of these chemicals for you? Humans are the only species that drink the milk of another, and since we are not cows we can only absorb 25% of that calcium anyway. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/calcium-and-milk/
The good ole' vitamin b12 - that "only comes from animals." b12 is a bacteria!!!!! not some kind of complicated only animal forming DNA. My fake meats have more b12 than the majority of your animal products. People look at me like im a freakin leper when I say this and usually only respond with "no it doesn't, if it does then its not vegan because it comes from an animal." (ugh)

So in being asked what a vegan was, I said "I don't eat anything that comes from an animal." People STILL don't get it after that... most times I get a "So do you eat eggs?" or "Not even chicken?"... last time I checked a chicken was an animal... just throwing that out there.

Most people tell me "I don't know why you torture yourself" Well, I haven't even had as much as a stuffy nose since I began eating this way (which by the way is a little more than a year). When you eat the chemical crap they put into your food, your body's immune system is weakened because it is constantly fighting off these things, therefore cannot REALLY defend against viruses and such. My whole body feels good on a regular basis, so how am I REALLY torturing myself? Recently, I was in a situation where everyone at work got this awful virus, except me. I was the ONLY person who didn't get sick.

Now, everyone has their questions and arguements ( def. arguements) so feel free to ask if you wish.