Blogging from A to Z: V is for vegetarianism

opinions and ideas
Written 4.6.2015
I don't know how many of you know that I'm a vegetarian. It's a thing that I mention sometimes, at least if it's needed and I'm okay with explaining the reasoning behind my choices. But it's not something that I'm actively telling to everyone. But this time I'm going to talk a bit about it.
So I've been some kind of vegetarian since the end of 2010 I guess. I was around thirteen when I decided that I won't eat meat anymore. And that's because it didn't really taste good anymore and I felt it was disgusting. So I left other meat than fish and poultry. And I was really strict with how my foods can be cooked and so on - I didn't want the meat to touch anything that I'm going to eat.

Then after a year, somewhere in 2011 I decided to stop eating poultry, even though chicken has always been one of my favourite foods. Then a few years passed by and here I still am. Nowadays I'm not too strict, I'm okay if my foods are cooked next to something that I don't eat. And I've tasted some special things that I know I most probably would love if I only was eating meat. So basically I could say that I eat meat once or twice a year - and the amount is less than one forkful. So yeah, I've been a vegetarian for a while.
But why? First I was disgusted  by meat. Then it pretty quickly changed so that I don't want to eat meat just because I'm against mass production of it. I don't think that any creature deserves to live in poor conditions without possibility to act as it naturally would. I don't want to support that kind of actions, I don't think it's right to breed animals just for food. Then in the other hand I don't see anything wrong in hunting or fishing or so. That's the way nature is working and it's okay. If I would start eating meat again I wouldn't see any problem in it if I ate e.g. moose that has been shot from the forest and I can assume that it has lived the way it should. 
And do I really think that I can make a difference? That's the thing that I hear a lot, "it doesn't matter what you're doing because you're only an individual". I know, if I'm the only one it doesn't really matter. But I bet there's lot more people than just me and the changes start from small. I don't say that everyone should stop eating meat, no. But I recommend everyone to think what kind of meat you want to eat and how often. Do I really have to get that animal into my plate everyday, or would it be okay to eat just veggies once a week? And do you want to buy the cheapest option, because it's quite often the worst option - less money you pay, less money is used to pay for the workers and less money is used to guarantee the wellbeing of the animals.
So here you go, a few of my thoughts related to the topic. These pics are just some random shots I took some time ago for the new banner - not really related to the topic but hopefully you can handle it... :D

Is any of you vegetarian, or vegan? Or have you considered becoming one?