This week in vegan overreach

[Jarhyn]

It's not a religion, just a healthier diet.

It kinda is a religion for them when they proselytize it by going to hospitals and making demandssuggestions that vegan meals be the default or onlychoice.

There, fixed it for you. Doesn't seem like as reasonable a characterization of their requests when phrased accurately as per the nature of the request, does it?

Since lots of religions have dietary requirements particularly relating to meats, asking vegan default satisfies a much broader set of dietary concerns, particularly when patients themselves are often not in a position to make the choices for themselves. So now, no vegan, Jew, Muslim, or Hindu will have to wonder if the thing in front of them violates their religion's strictures.

 

[TSwizzle]

It's not a religion, just a healthier diet.

It kinda is a religion for them when they proselytize it by going to hospitals and making demands that vegan meals be the default or only choice.

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Since lots of religions have dietary requirements particularly relating to meats, asking vegan default satisfies a much broader set of dietary concerns, particularly when patients themselves are often not in a position to make the choices for themselves. So now, no vegan, Jew, Muslim, or Hindu will have to wonder if the thing in front of them violates their religion's strictures.

I don't really care about other people's dietary needs whether it's based on superstitious mumbo jumbo or personal preferences based on firmly held beliefs that what is good for them is good for everyone else.

 

[ZiprHead]

I don't know of any hospitals anymore who have "default" diets unless the patient is on restrictions. Most hospitals nowadays have menus the patients pick from for their meals.

 

[Jarhyn]

I don't know of any hospitals anymore who have "default" diets unless the patient is on restrictions. Most hospitals nowadays have menus the patients pick from for their meals.

To be fair, sometimes the patient isn't capable of doing so, and has nobody available who is, at the time the order needs to be placed.

I can see lots of reasons (now, come to think of it, lactose intolerance is also a good reason...) why a default option that doesn't include meat or animal products should exist, even if they generally seek to get preference whenever viable.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

I don't know of any hospitals anymore who have "default" diets unless the patient is on restrictions. Most hospitals nowadays have menus the patients pick from for their meals.

That's been my experience, even back in the 70's.

Staff will prescribe the food based on the patient's condition, but it's assumed the patient can otherwise eat anything presented.

I didn't see anything in the OP that said anyone's options were going to be limited.