> > That's what I thought. Ovo vegetarians eat eggs. Ovo-lacto vegetarians also drink milk. What kind of vegetarian eats fish, anyway?
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> > I believe the term is pesco vegetarian.
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> I know a couple of people who say stuff like "I'm a vegetarian except for fish", or worse, "...except for chicken and fish".
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> My stock reply is "Really? I'm a non-smoker except for cigarettes".
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> The way I see it, a vegetarian doesn't eat meat, and the last time I checked, fish and chicken were made out of meat, so the term I would use is "non vegetarian".
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> winter"Just waiting to be flamed over this"mute

Easy enough. Those people who mouth the strange comments that you mention about "I'm a vegetarian except I eat fish and chicken" are simply Pseudo Vegetarians, as you say. They're simply clueless non-redmeat eaters, who have no idea what the term 'vegetarian' means in its obvious sense (and of course, it doesn't sound hip to the clueless to claim Pseudo Vegetarianism in any way, shape, or form.)

I think there is some validation to the vegetarian position in general. If you check Genesis 1:29-30, there is an indication that God's ideal decree for a perfect world -- before the Fall, mind you -- originally would have been for vegetarianism amongst humans and animals. No killing, and no blood being spilled.

Wolf "On the other hand, I have to admit I find the *Fruitarian* proponents to be a bit fruitcake, though. Even if a carrot does get killed when you pull it up, when's the last time you saw a carrot put up a bigger fight than an apple? Couldn't one equally argue that picking the apples off the 'Mama tree' is no different than 'stealing' and 'murdering' her 'babies'? Rather specious logic. Feh." spirit