A Take on Vegetarianism

Blogging seems to have caught the fancy of many on the Net. And today I am a new joinee to the "Tribe" (if you don't mind that Term) of Bloggers. My First Topic is about something for which some people have a very Strong Feeling ;while some don't feel anything and some are quite casual about it . I am talking about the debate as to whether being a Vegetarian is better compared to being a Non-Vegetarian or vice-versa. A number of people say that in presence of abundance of Fruits and Vegetables and Leaves(like Coriander Leaves etc) used for Cooking ; we don't need to be a Non-Vegetarian . Opposed to it is a view that killing a few Animals and eating them may be good for "Food Chain" . One of my friends once said : "A Lot of Products in Markets are Adulterated . So it might be possible that Some of the Veggie Food available in the Market may already have Non-Veg Stuff in it ." But I see this as a desperate comment by a person who was fond of Chicken Soups and Mutton to show that he as a Non-Veggie was Superior. He might have been true to some extent but then if a person were to consume such an Adulterated Stuff ; he or she would do so in Ignorance and you can't blame them . Another one had an even more Laughable comment : "We provide Salvation to a Dead Animal by eating it . " My take is that eating Non-Veg is ok if done in limitation especially in Hot Climate countries of South Asia or in other hot countries. An Eskimo living in Greenland, a person in Cold Desert of Tibet or Mongolia or in other very Remote / Cold Areas are justified in having an almost "All Meat " diet because they cannot grow anything else. Even in England where I have been ; a lot of people eat a lot of Non-Veggie stuff inspite of the fact that they produce a Lot of Vegetables and Fruits . And there are people in India also who eat a lot of Meat ; even in 40 plus Temp Summers !! Then there is the debate as to whether some items fall in Non-Veggie or Veggie category : Egg and Fish are categorized as Veggie in many places . While it cannot be proved that Egg is 100% veggie ;I do relish my cakes and Pastries !
The debate can go on ; so I finally Summarize it as follows:
1: If a person has been Veggie or Non-Veggie due to Family Traditions and has been so for 40 to 50 years of his/her life ; they are most likely to remain so . 2: Climatic conditions play a very important role in a person's dietary habit . 3: A person may be totally unconcerned about this debate . 4: A switchover is always very difficult . Of course,this is unlike those New Scientific Studies that come up and all those Theoretical and Practical debates. Hope you would find it somewhat intersting and may be some comments will just fly in .