Nov 17 2008
Flexitarian is just another word for omnivorous
Why can’t people call a diease by the name? An article in the Daily Telegraph about flexitarianism left me ‘gobsmacked’, as the British say. It was one of those attempts at trend-spotting, the trend here being the fact that 45% of British consumers are cutting down on their meat. While I welcome any shifts in consumer behavior away from the carnage, calling these people ‘the new vegetarians’ is just plain ridiculous. You can’t possibly combine meat and a vegetarian diet, it’s an oxymoron. And what they call ‘little’ sounds like a lot to me (dead flesh twice a week). Now, if people who are not vegetarians want to feel like they are, they must consider the veggie lifestyle very cool. So why don’t they take the plunge and stop supporting animal torturers? Go on guys, jump in ’cause the water is warm; come out of this silly flexitarian closet.
What about you? What do you think of the flexitarian label?
