Comments on: Growing Up Quick http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/ A Gringa Writes About Life In Cancun, Mexico Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:36:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lisa http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 Lisa Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:29:48 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/#comment-1076 OMG! That's horrible. Whatever happened to those simple trips to the aquarium or to see a musical downtown? I don't know if I'm keen on the vegetarian thing though. I'm almost to the point of thinking that everything we put in our mouths is either filled with environmental chemicals or processed with pure sugar. I believe that one of our big problems in the future will be food. -Lisa :) P.S. Your daughter seems to be a really smart girl, good job mom! OMG! That’s horrible. Whatever happened to those simple trips to the aquarium or to see a musical downtown?

I don’t know if I’m keen on the vegetarian thing though. I’m almost to the point of thinking that everything we put in our mouths is either filled with environmental chemicals or processed with pure sugar.

I believe that one of our big problems in the future will be food.

-Lisa :)

P.S. Your daughter seems to be a really smart girl, good job mom!

]]> By: RiverGirl http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 RiverGirl Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:01:12 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/#comment-1060 Nancy - Thanks! How are the baby parrots doing? Love the videos. Nancy – Thanks! How are the baby parrots doing? Love the videos.

]]> By: NancyD http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 NancyD Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:51:34 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/#comment-1059 I've been a vegetarian for more than 25 years. It started when my son was about 10 and he picked up a chicken leg with the thigh attached and asked me "is this how it walked?" Then I started reading. Yikes. I could never eat meat again. And one of the main reasons is that we don't need meat to provide ourselves with adequate nutrition. If I had to provide for myself in the wild - like our cavemen ancestors did - I would eat it because how else would I survive...but that's not the case now. I just don't want anything to die so I can live if I can help it. Your daughter sounds like a smart, sensitive person, just like you. I’ve been a vegetarian for more than 25 years. It started when my son was about 10 and he picked up a chicken leg with the thigh attached and asked me “is this how it walked?”

Then I started reading. Yikes. I could never eat meat again.

And one of the main reasons is that we don’t need meat to provide ourselves with adequate nutrition. If I had to provide for myself in the wild – like our cavemen ancestors did – I would eat it because how else would I survive…but that’s not the case now.

I just don’t want anything to die so I can live if I can help it.

Your daughter sounds like a smart, sensitive person, just like you.

]]> By: RiverGirl http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 RiverGirl Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:45:15 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/#comment-1056 Fned - Thanks for the support. I do have mixed feelings about my kid being put in this position at her age. But I'm proud of her outrage. We raised her a vegetarian because of our beliefs. I'm glad she's had an experience that now makes them her beliefs too. I want to read that Skinny Bitch book, I'll be on the look out for it. Fned – Thanks for the support. I do have mixed feelings about my kid being put in this position at her age. But I’m proud of her outrage. We raised her a vegetarian because of our beliefs. I’m glad she’s had an experience that now makes them her beliefs too.

I want to read that Skinny Bitch book, I’ll be on the look out for it.

]]> By: Fned http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Fned Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:21:39 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/04/08/growing-up-quick/#comment-1055 OMG I so get your post. A coincidence surely, but last night there was a show on TV that researched "what do we really eat?"... they talked about organic eggs, OGMs, farm eggs vs free range eggs, farm fish vs free fish, AND slaughterhouse meat among other topics. They tried to show that slaughterhouses aren't so barbaric even showing how they put classical music on the speakerphone for the cows so they can relax before the killing (although they did admit it was more in order to obtain "stress-free- quality meat than out of kindness)... I tried to watch but I just couldn't. I'm one of the sissys that just can't see blood or open bodies or intestines spread out on the floor... and so I had to cover my eyes when that part of the show came on. However I did read the book "skinny bitch" some time ago and it made me definitely cross over to the "vegetarian" camp. I don't agree with everything the authors say but reading what happens inside slaughterhouses did something to me and I'm not sure I could ever go back to eating meat again. And last night's show or posts like yours only comfort me in my decision. I guess it's true what Linda Carter used to say: If slaughterhouses were made of glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. You did good with your daughter, she is lucky to have such a great mom like you. And my respects to you for raising awareness on such a horrifying topic. Fned. OMG I so get your post.

A coincidence surely, but last night there was a show on TV that researched “what do we really eat?”… they talked about organic eggs, OGMs, farm eggs vs free range eggs, farm fish vs free fish, AND slaughterhouse meat among other topics.

They tried to show that slaughterhouses aren’t so barbaric even showing how they put classical music on the speakerphone for the cows so they can relax before the killing (although they did admit it was more in order to obtain “stress-free- quality meat than out of kindness)… I tried to watch but I just couldn’t. I’m one of the sissys that just can’t see blood or open bodies or intestines spread out on the floor… and so I had to cover my eyes when that part of the show came on.

However I did read the book “skinny bitch” some time ago and it made me definitely cross over to the “vegetarian” camp. I don’t agree with everything the authors say but reading what happens inside slaughterhouses did something to me and I’m not sure I could ever go back to eating meat again. And last night’s show or posts like yours only comfort me in my decision.

I guess it’s true what Linda Carter used to say: If slaughterhouses were made of glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.

You did good with your daughter, she is lucky to have such a great mom like you. And my respects to you for raising awareness on such a horrifying topic.

Fned.

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