Limited diet & Food in general

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I once made the mistake of taking "forced" literally too. That's why I was a fanatical Libertarian for a while after graduating university. It's the same way I'm not technically "forced" to have a job. I'd just lost my apartment and would be condemned to a miserable existence. It's also similar to one company I know that has "voluntary" social gatherings. Sure, you aren't forced at gunpoint to go but you can kiss your career there goodbye if you keep missing them.

So...I mean, what does it mean to be "forced" to eat something, then?
In terms of your examples, I have no idea how not eating XYZ food would result in anything I'd consider on par with loss of one's livelihood or shelter....

How can you possibly mix morality and food? Just how is beyond me.

Sit your boyfriend down and tell him to get some meat in him and hit the weights. Humans are predators, if there was a greater predator than us, we would simply one lower in the food chain.

I know in my case people automatically assumed in the past because you have special food needs that you are somehow a defective person or are just anti-social and not willing it admit it. It's not so bad now but to make a long story short, it likely cost me a chance at a high paying job. Granted it's probably for the best but never underestimate the ignorance of people when it comes to differences!

I can't get into any details due to privacy, but yes, I know of career paths (not a chef or food related) where not eating XYZ WILL result in the loss of one's livelihood. Sad, but unfortunately in my experience true.

How would food be exempt from the general ethical principles people live by? I don't understand...

I said nothing about having a boyfriend, or whether he ate animal products. I do have one, and he's been vegetarian since he was in seventh grade...but why did you presume both of those, and what does he have to do with Aspie food tendencies?
And why would I command him to do something we both find sensorily disgusting and in violation of our most basic morals?
Or something neither of us cares a stitch about ("hitting the weights")?

You're not making any sense...

Last edited by ValentineWiggin on 23 Jul 2012, 12:17 pm, edited 4 times in total.

Wow that's interesting/sad. I'm sorry.