Reflections from a departing vegetarian

There’s a story over at Kuro5hin by a guy who’s giving up vegetarianism after an 8 year stint. His reasons are his own, which I guess is why they don’t mean a lot to me, but anyway, he defends vegetarianism a fair bit in his “exit speech”, and mostly I just enjoyed this quote: “While there are some militant vegetarians, most don’t think they’re superior, or even give a damn that you’re eating meat, that you enjoy it, or think you could never live without it. Most won’t say ‘moo’ when you’re having that steak or hamburger. They are not a threat, so why do some people feel the need to justify their choices? Can’t we just ‘eat and let eat’? Most of the comments I heard were stupid, ignorant and boorish. Like telling the only black person at a party that you know some black people and even have some black friends, telling a vegetarian about how you could never give up meat (maybe even thought of it) just isn’t kosher.” Not that that ever happens to me. Every time I go out for dinner. Nope.