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I've never liked 'vegetarian' or 'vegan' as nouns, because vegetarians aren't a different species from meat-eaters! I eat a primarily vegetarian diet, for health reasons and because eating plants directly is a more efficient use of the planet's resources. However, I do end up eating turkey or lamb or fish about once a week on average, when my body announces it needs concentrated protein, or when it just seems delicious.

I think that a largely vegetarian diet is one that should be encouraged, but that the occasional serving of well-prepared meat (as opposed to factory-farmed mystery hamburger) shouldn't necessarily be discouraged. I imagine that if 50% of the population ate meat once in a while, instead of at every meal, the reduction in cruelty and resource use would be greater than if 5% of the population held to a religious vegan diet.

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I'm spending my hangover fretting over the fact that while I think that Hillary Clinton would make an excellent president, Democratic voters seem to be forgetting that many conservatives have an almost pathological hatred for her. I think that the number of people that would vote AGAINST Clinton makes a win for her impossible.

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