Bill Maher not a vegetarian!?

[friesianrider]

He was just on Larry King and someone called asking about the horrible treatment of farm animals, and LK asked him if he was veg and he said no! I thought he was...but he did say he rarely eats meat.

Nonetheless, Bill did of course say he was a board member of PeTA, and denounced the treatment of farm animals and referenced the antibiotics, hormones, etc in meat.

[SeanQuinn]

1. Hm. I'm with him.

I'm at such an age <12> where it's hard to just give up meat. I think so much animal cruelty exists today, and I'm with Bill on this one.

[smbolisnch]

2. WHAT?

How can this be?? :cry:

[shockra]

3. Bummer.

I always wonder what people mean when they say "rarely." Once a week? Once a month? Twice a year? :shrug:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

7. Has to be at least once a month, otherwise they would get sick

My body began reacting badly to meat about 2 weeks after I kicked it 8 or so years ago. It doesn't take long. It's like your body is saying "you'll never take me back, I'd rather die than go back!"

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I know exactly what you mean. Your body gets so it can no longer digest it

When I was very ill, and anemic, my mother insisted that I eat some meat that she'd cooked because she said I needed the iron. Yikes! Within the next couple of hours, I was so sick. I stopped at the store and left my friend and my groceries at the checkout to run to the rest room. It hit me so suddenly that I didn't even have time to explain. This really ought to tell you something. It sure did me.:puke:

[CrispyQ]

4. I was surprised to hear that too!

I will say he states the message about the cruel treatment of animals more than many of the veg celebrities do.

[flvegan]

5. I read somewhere a while ago that he eats fish/seafood

I don't know about what other animals he eats. He's done a lot for animals, what with his work with PETA and The Genesis Awards.

[Catchawave]

6. I think he went through a "phase" a few years ago

...but it isn't necessary to be vegetarian to abhor animal cruelty, especially on factory farms.

I try and keep my talking points with non-vegs focused on animal cruelty, human health and alternatives to factory farming. Here's a good site:

http://www.factoryfarm.org/

[4_Legs_Good]

8. I've never liked Bill Maher

and I always found his show highly annoying.

Oh well. I know most people disagree with me.

david