A few years ago I decided to stop eating all animal products and became a vegan. Things have gotten better, and a growing number of restaurants and supermarkets sell an ever-increasing selection of vegetarian foods as more people request them. Or check out my list of links to vegetarian-related web sites. Vegetarians do not eat flesh, whether from land, air, or water creatures. People who eat any of these creatures as part of their diet are not vegetarians, even if many of their meals are vegetarian.
Language is a wonderful tool, and accurate communication aids in mutual understanding.
I look around and see somebody has bombed the World Trade Centre, an airplane, or a Federal office building. I see one group of people enslaving or murdering another group of people simply because they have different beliefs or look different. I see parents abusing or murdering their children. I see people mistreating animals. When I see all this, I have to wonder whether humans truly are the most highly evolved animals on this planet.