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Which celebrity do you most associate with vegetarianism?
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Celebrity you most associate with veggieness?
Paul McCartney
31%
 31%  [ 10 ]
Tony Benn
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Morrissey
3%
 3%  [ 1 ]
Pamela Anderson
3%
 3%  [ 1 ]
Thomas Jefferson
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Andy Warhol
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Mohandas Gandhi
12%
 12%  [ 4 ]
Clint Eastwood
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Hitler
28%
 28%  [ 9 ]
Other
21%
 21%  [ 7 ]
Total Votes : 32

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ella



Joined: 17 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Definitely Macca.
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tzechuk



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isn't Madonna a vegetarian?
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Bramble



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tzechuk wrote:
Isn't Madonna a vegetarian?


She may have been one 20 years ago, but the last I heard, she wasn't.
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oneofthesarahs



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought of Alicia Silverstone first, but I think that's just because she's been doing a lot of PETA ads recently.
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merkurix



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Newbie wrote:
I would have said Richard Gere. Only cuz he's the first Hollwooder I think of when it comes to Buddhism.


EDITED: Nevermind
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Draz



Joined: 27 Jun 2007
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bramble wrote:
Draz wrote:
Only one vote for Pam? (And it's mine.) I had no idea any of those other people were vegetarian. Except Gandhi, but eeeeh. It's related to deeper beliefs which makes it different from "vegetarianism" in my mind. Vegetarianism has always struck me as being basically frivolous. Sorry vegetarians.


Kindly elaborate on the nature of these "deeper beliefs."


I don't remember hearing about Gandhi making a huge deal of animal rights. He's more of a human rights figure in my mind. I don't know a ton about it, but I consider the idea of non-harming in general to be WAY bigger than vegetarianism.
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browneyedgirl



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Which celebrity do you most associate with vegetarianism Reply with quote

Big_Bird wrote:
Well, who pops into your mind when you think of a famous veggie?

I just think of random naked people. When you stop eating meat you get that magic call from PETA and all your clothes fall off and you end up in a thoughtfully planned photo spread.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rosie o'donnell
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endofthewor1d



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sjrm wrote:
rosie o'donnell


that's a good one, as most of the vegetarians i've ever met have been fat and obnoxious as well.
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The Bobster



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thatwhitegirl wrote:
Yeah, Hilter was a vegetarian.

I've met a few other scary vegetarians, though I do respect the choice when it's honestly made as a personal one, rather than something desired to the imposed on others. (Never met Hitler, though. Just wanted to say that.I'm sure his mother liked him, at leaste when he was a child.)

pastis :
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Brigitte Bardot.

Another racist nazi. Wasn't aware that she's a vegetarian, just that she doesn't like people (or countries) who eat puppies. Also doesn't like people from races and faiths outside of the ones she believes are the right ones, fined by her own govt for hate speech ... another truly scary person.

Actually, the number of scary people who are also vegetarians is suprisingly - um, scary.

tzechuk :
Quote:
Isn't Madonna a vegetarian?

Heard she's been known to enjoy a bit of tube steak from time to time ...

Sorry. Just couldn't resist. Okay, it's Sunday morning, and I should be in church, but I'm talking about I'm talking about fellatio on the internet instead.

Bad Bobster! Bad, bad Bobster!

Anyway, I voted for Gandhi.


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Bramble



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Draz wrote:
Bramble wrote:
Draz wrote:
Only one vote for Pam? (And it's mine.) I had no idea any of those other people were vegetarian. Except Gandhi, but eeeeh. It's related to deeper beliefs which makes it different from "vegetarianism" in my mind. Vegetarianism has always struck me as being basically frivolous. Sorry vegetarians.


Kindly elaborate on the nature of these "deeper beliefs."


I don't remember hearing about Gandhi making a huge deal of animal rights. He's more of a human rights figure in my mind. I don't know a ton about it, but I consider the idea of non-harming in general to be WAY bigger than vegetarianism.


He was definitely motivated by concern for animals, and was influenced by the philosopher Henry Salt. He was raised as a religious vegetarian but started eating meat as a young adult, then returned to vegetarianism after reading about Salt's philosophy of animal rights.

Human rights were his claim to fame, but that doesn't mean they were more important to him than animal rights.


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Rteacher



Joined: 23 May 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

From among those on the list who are still living I personally would associate Paul McCartney the most with vegetarianism - although I can see why many who were fans of the Smiths would pick Morrissey based on this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vecCZsHlYEc&mode=related&search=

Here's "Happy Cow's" list of 500 famous vegetarians:
http://www.happycow.net/famous_vegetarians.html

Paul became vegetarian later, and his activist late wife Linda's vegetarian line of products is still available in some places (outside Korea...) When he toured the U.S. with his next activist wife, Heather, he provided gourmet vegetarian meals for his entire crew, and he devotes a segment of his 2002 USA Concert DVD to promoting the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle.

Sir Paul McCartney sums it all up: "If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty."

Actually, George Harrison should be prominently listed since he early on (based on his association with Krishna devotees) influenced many other musicians and celebrities (including Madonna) to at least try becoming vegetarian, and he was happy to hear that Paul eventually got into it (even though they weren't on speaking terms for a while over business dealings...)

In the 20/20 interview promoting her "Wonderful Today" book (relating her love triangle with George and Eric Clapton) former model Pattie Boyd noted that although George apparently quickly forgave her and Eric, he was "horrified" when he visited them for a holiday dinner, and he saw that she was no longer vegetarian...

Pic taken shortly after they met...

This one, obviously taken later on, is interesting:


I think this one shows that she looked pretty healthy as a vegetarian:

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Rteacher



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder what happens to celebrities who aren't vegetarians in their next lives? ...
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd class Linda (RIP) McCartney more of a veggie that PMcC. In England she has her own veggie range. SO that's why I'd say her.
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