Am I a bad veggi?
Posted by Youkaiyami on Aug 03, 2009 · Member since Dec 2008 · 63 posts
I draw many things, and someone once commented on a work I had:
Saying I was bad at being a vegetarian because the "person" had feathers and leather on them. Am I really going against what I believe by drawing these things?
I think it's not bad, but something in me just wonders.
My vote is no, not unless you eat them for supper.
That was my original idea. Then they brought up that I was supporting hunting.
That's stupid.
Draw whatever you want, it's IMAGINARY.
Sounds like they are trying to stir up trouble to me.
Only you know what you believe, so you should be the one to decide if you are going against what you believe.
I'm new to the whole vegan thing but the simple answer is that's up to you. Personally I feel satisfied for now not killing animals to eat.
Of course you could always rationalize that the feathers had fallen out naturally and it was faux leather if it bothers you...
You're not a bad person and that's being nitpicky.
However, vegans don't wear leather, so drawing leather might be seen as some sort of approval, if one stretches their imagination.
I'm not even sure how you would draw leather. It could be pleather, couldn't it? Anyway......you will find that everyone wants to be the vegan police and make sure everything you do is vegan. I've had people at work pick up a package or can and read the ingredients trying to catch me in a slip up
oh the vegan police get really testy when you're a raw foodist and they see you eating something like, natural popcorn...i just laugh at them bc obvi they've got some inner-conflict issues. feel sorry for them and be glad you're not them.
its just like with gays/ lesbians...everyone else that has the problem with it, aren't gay/lesbian. hmm.
Hahaha, a pleather deer, sorry I just laughed when I thought that.
Thanks everyone for support!
haha, I thought you were drawing people wearing leather and feathers....
why in the world would drawing animals not be vegan???
WORD. "Leather" when confined to the original animal it comes from is not leather, but its natural skin. If you are drawing animals, they are in their skins, and anyone who has a problem with it just hasn't thought enough.
and what work was that??
My opinion is that one never need justify yourself to others. Are you ok with your drawings? Then its fine.
Just ignore the crazy people that try to hold you to such a high standard that you can do nothing but fail just to make themselves feel better because they dont even try.
Pour your beer on their head.
It's someone wearing leather and feathers. I just thought it was strange to think of the loincloth as pleather, in a funny way.
I tried to confront the person on it, they haven't gotten back to me.
@ Cali: Thanks.
@ Secondbase : Hahaha
@ Wera, this is the piece they commented on(not on that site). http://youkaiyami.deviantart.com/art/Sha-Kruge-Master-of-the-Forest-131796729