I've been vegan for the last five or so years and it's been going great.
I just can't justify contributing to the harm of other beings when I'm just in a situation where I don't need to harm them. Considering the only thing that I've even had to go out of my way to get is vitamin B12 and that problem is solved very easily, there's really no argument for anyone who lives with modern day conveniences besides themselves liking the taste of animal products, and that just doesn't do it for me.
Really... No offense but I think Vegans have something wrong going in their mind. They are either insane or hypocrites at heart. If you were stuck in an island with only poisonous plants and cute bunnies that eat the plants which one would you eat?...
I, like every normal human, would eat the bunny. I'm wouldn't starve to death just because I think meat isn't meant to be eaten.
The entire point is that we're not on the island. If you're clinging to life and don't get much choice in available meals, you've got justification. When you call us hypocrites because of what the vast majority of us would undoubtedly do in the extreme situation you described, you completely fail to take into account any sort of context. The fact that we're not trapped on the island with a very limited selection of food changes what is ethically justifiable.
When you live in modern society and can choose between pretty much anything, and still choose to harm another sentient being because you like the taste then I'd argue that's not so justified. Especially when the very fact that raising animals for food and food production is a much less efficient use of land especially when you consider that the animals eat more food than they produce.
Sorry kids, if you don't eat meat you are gonna seriously screw up your figure and you life.
No, you're not. You have to pay attention to what you eat, but if make sure you get your B12 and Omega 3, and eat a multitude of different fruits, vegetables, and grains your diet is going to be more healthy than one that consumes animal products. The fact of the matter is that the only vegans who have health issues are the ones who are only eating a couple different things which is going to be a problem for anyone.
The only reason vegetarians exist is because of modern medicine.
Not so much medicine as much as other modern advancements. The meat eaters generally benefit more from medicine with their enhanced cancer risk and whatnot. Veganism certainly wasn't practically possible centuries ago and isn't for most individuals in third-world countries and some of the less fortunate ones in modern countries, but that argument doesn't change anything for the vast majority of people who are able to regularly access the internet such as ourselves.
Even then you are nowhere as healthy as a meat-eater.
Incorrect. Maybe if they ignored the wonderful family of beans and lentils that would be the case, but as long as a vegan pays attention to their diet they're generally going to be quite healthy. I'd argue vegetarians don't even really have to pay *that* much attention because B12 is easier to get when you include dairy products and such.
