Why am I Vegetarian?

Well, I am a convinced vegetarian for the following obvious 4 reasons:

1- I don’t want to kill; killing animals is also killing and it is cruel.

“While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?” George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

“I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.” Leonardo da Vinci 1452 -1519

“As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” Pythagoras ?580-?500 BC


2 - I want to be healthy; so many medical researchers and famous doctors have confirmed it.

“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of 'real food for real people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.” – Dr. Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Washington, D.C.

“A Low-Fat Vegetarian Diet may not only Help Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke but also some of the most common Cancers, including Breast, Prostate, Colon, Lung, and Ovarian Cancers. Vegetarians also have Lower Rates of Osteoporosis, Adult-Onset Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity and many other Illnesses." - Dr. Dean Ornish, MD, Professor who has received many important Awards, physician consultant to President Clinton.

3- I want to protect the environment; the cattle industry is polluting and destroying the planet.

Environmental Impacts:

* Number of acres of U.S. forest which have been cleared to create cropland to produce a meat-centered diet: 260 million

* How often an acre of U.S. trees disappears: Every 5 seconds

* At present rate of deforestation, number of years before not a single tree will remain standing in the United States: 50

* Amount of trees spared per year by each individual who switches to a pure vegetarian diet: 1 acre

* Driving force behind the destruction of the tropical rainforests: American meat habit

* Amount of meat imported annually by U.S. from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama: 200 million pounds

* Amount of meat eaten by average person in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama: Less than the average American housecat consumes

* Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical rainforests and related habitats: 1,000 species a year.

John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America

4- I want to be intelligent; so many intelligent people have advocated a vegetarian lifestyle.

“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” ~Albert Einstein

“You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car. » Harvey Diamond

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. “ ~Paul McCartney

What did Gandhi say on nonviolence?

I do respect Gandhi a lot. I felt today like digging some quotes from his sayings. Here we go...

• nonviolence is impossible without humility
• nonviolence is the summit of bravery
• nonviolence requires great patience
• nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind
• nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and the bravest.
• mankind has to get out of violence only through nonviolence
• nonviolence which is a quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain
• nonviolence, when it becomes active, travels with extraordinary velocity, and then it becomes a miracle
• I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity
• all society is held together by nonviolence even as the earth is held in her position by gravitation

Love, friendship and music

Sometimes I think that love, friendship and music form a perfect triangle. Nobody can live happily without love. Friendships are also needed. Life without music would be boring like death. I feel the music of life is love and the sense of life is friendship. Or maybe our best friend is love and our soothing melody is friendship. Or maybe we came here on earth to learn love, make friends and create music. Or it could be that Music created us to sing Love in a Friendly manner.

Who knows what the truth is. The thing is we know we need love, we need friends and we need music. It means all three are connected, at least to our needs.

Some people say that because of a lack of love so many problems are created. Could it be, after all, that we don’t know where, what and how love is?

Why did I create this blog?

I feel like exploring the universe of blogs, to know interesting people, learn, exchange, make new friends and express myself. I am new to this but I feel it is a good way to find like minded souls. I am a translator, a musician, vegetarian, and a nice human being. I live in Quebec City and I like people, humour, life, peace, music and harmony.