Yesterday (as I hope you'd know) was Earth Day. At our school cafeteria, there's a bulletin board on which students were encouraged to write suggestions on how to be "Green"er. Naturally, my fianceé and I wrote "eat a vegetarian diet," since, without being biased, we know it is one of the best things a person could do for the environment and themselves.
A single meal later, someone had the nerve to write "eww!" underneath! I was offended on the basis that being vegetarian is a difficult (but rewarding) lifestyle choice, a sacrifice made on an ethical, nutritional, and environmental basis that is (unfortunately) often laughed at and ridi