That. The fact that he or she appears to see veganism as a cure-all-ills-of-the-modern-world path. In reality, although I agree we don't need that much meat anymore, eating meat is so deeply rooted in our cultures and habits that we can't possibly become vegans over night, at least not all of us. However, I have nothing against people who decided to embrace this diet or better said - life style. It is a bit extreme in my view, but each to their own. I can imagine myself not eating meat, but not even a nice omelette or a slice of cheese?

The other side of 'extreme' IMO is eating animals that have been raised in factory farms, subjected to cruel torture, injected with growth hormones and antibiotics, etc. - which have an enormous impact on the health of our bodies, ecosystem, planet, etc. There are 9 billion animals that will be subject to such treatment, slaughtered, and eaten this year - in the US alone. The combined weight of all of the animals being raised for food on the planet right now is estimated to be more than 50x that of the combined weight of all of the wild animals that remain.

https://mic.com/articles/84681/this-...als#.0PfMTwn3f

So although on one hand it may be extreme to be a 'vegan', from another perspective it is much more extreme to be a mainstream modern meat eater.

Back on topic, the phasing out of plastic straws in the EU just seems like a feel-good measure. Sure it's great not to have those straws in the landfills/ocean, etc. - but what about all the rest of the disposable product based economy? It is legal for HP, for example, to sell me a printer which has been programmed to quit working after a certain number of prints, and therefore become a huge chunk of plastic trash (which will break down into thousands/million of little plastic bits eventually), but I can't get a straw with my drink?

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you are being programmed

Then I should stop eating Tuna?

You're giving USA as an example for animal growing and meat eating habits...yeah, it's extreme there. I couldn't believe my eyes what a steak means in an American steakhouse. For me it could have been eaten by at least 2 hungry people, but hey ho, everything is bigger there. Anyways, as usual generalisations are being made and we tend to overlook the fact that many Americans are as concerned with where their food is coming from as we all are, and some of them choose the organic, grass fed etc meat and buy from local farms etc. And this trend is growing.

The problem is real though - the meat is artificially made too easily available, too cheap considering, and not only there....But we're not in any danger here in CH hehe, are we.

Of course. It is obvious that the biggest pollutants are coming from companies not from the general population. But it's important to start doing our part and pushing for changes in legislation...so we have to start from somewhere.
As your quote says

- first they ignore me
- then they laugh at me
- then they fight against me
.....and then I win. ;-)

exactly, we're already past the tipping point, so no point in trying any more. just eat all the meat we can before the earth becomes a dust ball!

I like this quote in the light of recent events. We're experiencing a test run here