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Originally Posted by sugarmouse0707

I guess it would depend on how desperate I was for money (that is benefits not being stopped, or an actual wage).
I have been unemployed before, when I was not up to doing my usual job. I didn't claim benefits-it might be seen as a moral highground why not-I just thought I am able bodied and I am not totally skint, so I am not sponging off the government



Lol!
There are loads.Well -I am a vegan, I have been vegan 12 years and not eaten meat since I was 11. If I was put to work in a slaughterhouse, butchers, McDonalds, leather shop, fish market, any shop that encourages cosmetic testing (such as certain make up stalls or working for a corporation such as unilever) then I would likely appear in the Daily Mail shortly following.

Other examples I can think of, anybody who is precious about sex-working in any part of adult entertainment.
Pacifists working for anything to do with the army or other armed forces?



There are more absolute personal ones as well-we were speaking about the H'sborough disaster on another thread-am pretty sure none of the victims would be happy working in a shop that sold The S*n, or working for the same-just an example. People whose relatives have died from lung cancer, working in a cigarette factory? Working in an off license if you're strictly teetotal.
There's a line between morality and pride. Not taking a job you are over-qualified for is the latter!


Lol by that definition I have no morals!
Actually though, I often say veganism IS a religion as by the sociological definition. It's a set of beliefs and values that people live their life by, collectively or otherwise. It amounts to the same. It was a personal decision though.

Good question/good thread!

My son's girlfriend, Martina, was a vegetarian and tried to be a vegan for some time -in the end she had a load of problems with allergies and her health was suffering (she's intollerant to zinc anmong other things) so her doctor advised her to return to a "normal" diet without many things which contain zinc - she will now eat lean meat but nothing on the bone or with fat -sort of squeamish I suppose. Her reason for becoming vegetarian was a moral one against the battery rearing of animals for food and connected mis-treatment.

You say you are a vegan - was it a conscious choice or just something that happened over time. Do you wear leather, do you eat cheese made with rennet or just the veggie sort, will you drink milk, I suppose you won't eat eggs. Not trying to be polemic just to understand how you can follow through such a difficult choice of lifestyle...

Forgot to mention I have a friend who gave up eating meat as a student 'cos she coulnt afford it and has never eaten it since (30yrs) -that's what I mean by it just happenng over time...