Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Vegetarian Predisposition


The Cullens calling themselves "vegetarians" is really a clever way to think about it. Though they still drink blood, drinking the blood of animals rather than humans, seems a more appropriate way to live as a vampire when considering the rather gruesome alternative. But would a lifestyle choice to be a vegetarian as a human make it easier for a vampire to deny themselves the calling of human blood after their turning? It has been a topic of debate in recent decades that eating meat is inhumane when the treatment and raising of the animal being served as dinner is questioned. Claiming that vegetarianism is more humane in reality (because it is), would it then be correct to assume that vegetarianism as a vampire is the lesser of two evils? The Cullens believe it is, as do fans of the series. So keeping that in mind, would consuming no meat as a human, make it easier to be a "vegetarian" as an immortal due to the parallelism between the two moral choices?

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