Vegetarians: Is eating fish or other seafood ok? or…?

Not as an every day thing but every once in a blue moon, so to say.

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18 Responses to “Vegetarians: Is eating fish or other seafood ok? or…?”

1. admin Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
   It depends on why you're a vegetarian. If you do it for health reasons, it's probably all right to slip, once in a while: even a hamburger on the fourth of July and some Christmas ham won't do you much harm. If you do it because it's more sustainable, ditto: skipping meat 99% of the time is about 99% as good as skipping it all the time.

   If you're worried about animal suffering, there are some kinds of seafood that are probably better than most land meats, or even most fish. Mussels, oysters, clams, and scallops don't have the same sort of nervous systems as vertebrates like fish, birds, and mammals, and don't exhibit many human characteristics. Whether that means they can't suffer is a subject of some debate, so think carefully.

   But if you're a vegetarian because you're opposed to killing animals for food, there's really no way to squirm out. If killing a steer (or a cod) isn't something you can condone, it's not much of an excuse to say, "I only did it every now and again."

2. admin Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
   Someone who eats fish, even occasionally, isn't a vegetarian. Not because vegetarianism is an exclusive club, or because people who eat fish but no other meat are bad, but because it's a word with a dictionary definition, and that definition doesn't include eating fish or any other meat.

   In the same way, 'teetotaler' is a word with a dictionary definition, and someone who avoids all alcohol except for vodka isn't a teetotaler.

   People who eat fish but call themselves vegetarians can actually make things quite difficult for vegetarians; restaurants, caterers and private individuals often offer a fish dish as the 'vegetarian option' , because in the past they have had clients or guests who called themselves vegetarians and ate fish

3. admin Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
   By definition, vegetarianism involves the consumption of NO products that require an animal to die. This includes all forms of meat, poultry, and seafood, as well as gelatin, lard, tallow, etc.

   "Pescatarian" is just a stupid label to make "vegetarians" who want to eat fish feel better about themselves.

4. admin Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
   yes, it is okay if you yourself aren't vegetarian.
   There are no set rules of what you can and can't eat.. So if you really wanted to eat fish and are vegetarian.. no one is going to stop you.
   If you are a strict vegetarian with no exceptions then no, you shouldn't be eating fish.
5. admin Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
   If you are trying be a Vegetarian, then No, if your not a Vegetarian, than of course, but even if you did eat some meat once in a blue moon, that still would make you non-vegetarian, but would make you pescatarian, it's part of being a vegetarian.
6. admin Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
   technically its meat.
   i don't see a big problem.
   i'm transitioning into vegetarian. and i have been peeling my own crabs since i was 3.
   so i do not see a way i can survive without eating some once in a while.
   hahaaha
7. admin Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
   Some people don't eat fish because or there beliefs or there culture but some people eat fish because they need a little protein because fish isn't an animal it is in it's own category the fish category.

   I'm a vegetarian myself,
   Windsor Graham

8. admin Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
   If you are asking if Vegetarians eat fish, the answer is no.

   Vegetarians, by true definition, do not eat animals but can eat their by-products (like eggs, milk, honey etc.)

9. admin Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
   Humans beings are free to eat what they choose. Don't worry about labels. There is no vegetarian club you will be kicked out of if someone finds out you ate meat. Don't look for validation of your diet from Yahoo answers. Please.
10. admin Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
    Vegetarians don't eat fish or seafood.

    If you want to eat fish or seafood once in a blue moon, go ahead but you're not a vegetarian.

11. admin Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
    Vegetarians do not eat animals.
    If you choose to eat seafood, you are a pescatarian.
12. admin Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
    Eating fish would make you a pescatarian.

    Its a branch of vegetarianism.

13. admin Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
    Vegetarians will not eat any sea food.
14. admin Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
    Eat whatever you please; I couldn't care less.

    But it's annoying when people eat fish and say they are "vegetarian." What's wrong with having a word with a clear meaning?

15. admin Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
    no. vegetarians don't eat any animals what so ever.
16. admin Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
    No.
17. admin Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
    The American Heart Association suggests eating at least 2 servings of fish a week.

    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.j…

18. admin Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
    well it's all your own preference. I don't eat anything with like visible eyes(fish, tuna, shrimp, stuff like that) but i have eaten clams because i don't really consider them an animal.

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