My research so far as been as to what makes a vegetarian a vegetarian. Since I grew up in the modern age the first thing I did was to check out the wikipedia page for vegetarianism.
As it turns out there are a lot of different religions/religious groups that abstain from meat:
Sikhs
Buddhists
Hindis
Rastafarians
Hare Krishnas
Now why these are each important to the world of vegetarianism they really don't fit with what I want to be becoming. Their rationale is based on the shared spirituality of every living being or to simply encourage non-violence in all things. They could probably each have a week or two of their own.
So I've decided to call this style I'm going for 'American Vegetarianism' because I don't want to spend two weeks being spiritually connected or non-violent quite yet.
My main ethical drivers will be what I can find on pro-vegetarian websites. Which so far seem to be: to respect the rights of animals, to lessen enivornmental damage by reducing the usage of land for meat production, to limit the assumed health effects of poor quality and modified meats.
Those'll be the main adopted reasons behind my actions this coming Monday and for the two weeks after.
