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Why am I a vegetarian?

When I was 10 years old, I was accidentally trapped in a meat processing plant while on a school field trip....

Just kidding. 

I was born in 1979 in Melbourne Australia. Vegetarianism was popular. My mother opted to raise me on a vegetarian diet. When I was of a certain age (young? don't remember), she asked me if I wanted to try meat. Since I didn't know "what I was missing", I said no. And I've stuck with it. 

I do not eat meat of any kind, nor seafood. Veganism intrigues me, but I am not sure I could give up cheese. If you make a soup with chicken broth, I will eat it, but I draw the line at beef broth.

Don't ask me to "pick around the meat", or expect me to be ok with bacon on top of of my cream of potato soup. 

What about you? Are you a vegetarian, and why?

What does vegetarian mean?

According to Wikipedia.....

"Vegetarianism is the practice of following a diet that excludes meat (including game and slaughter by-products; fish, shellfish and other sea animals; and poultry).^[1][2] There are several variants of the diet, some of which also exclude eggs and/or some products produced from animal labour such as dairy products and honey.

The vegan diet is a form of vegetarianism which excludes all animal products from the diet, such as meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, eggs, and honey. Those who practice veganism for ethical reasons often exclude animal products from their diet as part of a larger practice of abstaining from the use of animals for any purpose (e.g. leather, fur, etc.), often out of support for animal rights.^[3][4] Most vegetarians consume dairy products, and many eat eggs. Lacto-vegetarianism includes dairy products but excludes eggs, ovo-vegetarianism includes eggs but not dairy, and lacto-ovo vegetarianism includes both eggs and dairy products."

I am a lact-ovo vegetarian.