I think once you start eating people you should stop claiming to be a vegetarian, even if you only eat bad people.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If you eat people you lose the right to claim vegetarianism, regardless of who they are.
- In plain terms
- Eating humans makes you not a vegetarian even if they are bad.
- What can you take from it?
- Labels depend on actions, not excuses.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you be a vegetarian who eats people?
- Do actions define labels?
Another view
The premise involves cannibalism which is not a practical real-world scenario.
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