i am a vegan.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Vegetarianism has its roots in the civilizations of ancient India and ancient Greece. Vegetarianism is the theory and practice of voluntary non-consumption of the flesh of any animal (including sea animals), with or without also eschewing other animal derivatives (such as dairy products or eggs). The earliest records of vegetarianism as a concept and practice amongst a significant number of people concern ancient India and the ancient Greek civilizations in southern Italy and Greece. In both instances the diet was closely connected with the idea of nonviolence toward animals (called \"ahimsa\" in India), and was promoted by religious groups and philosophers. Following the Christianization of the Roman Empire in late antiquity (4th-6th centuries), vegetarianism nearly disappeared from Europe. Several orders of monks in medieval Europe restricted or banned the consumption of meat for ascetic reasons, but none of them abstained from the consumption of fish; these monks were not vegetarians, but some were pescetarians. Vegetarianism was to reemerge somewhat in Europe during the Renaissance, and became a more widespread practice during the 19th and 20th centuries. The figures for the percentage of the Western world which is vegetarian varies between 0.5% & 4% per Mintel data in September 2006.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have been a vegetarian now for over 10 years. I love it and do not miss meat at all. I despise it now actually. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, you're joining a tradition with ancient Indian and Greek roots. Those civilizations also despised meat!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I have read into those histories. They believe that animals are also God creation and are His children as well and should not be killed especially for our own tongues."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Generally a policy of nonviolence toward animals, yes. But modern vegetarians advocate nonviolent treatment of animals for any purpose, not just consumption."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, that is a modern things for sure because in old history they also made things from animals but only after the animal died a natural death."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Its resurgence in the 19th and 20th centuries is likely due to the increased industrialization of the world. Greater food availability and all that."}, {"role": "user", "content": "You think? I would say that its resurgence is from all cruel slaughterhouses that are getting videoed for the public to really see what is going on to these poor animals. In the old days people killed their on farm animals and now people pay others to kill because they can't do it themselves."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You're thinking in much more modern terms: late 20th and 21st century. Calorically dense foods (meat) aren't as necessary with greater industrialized food production."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see. You are right. That makes sense. But people still eat too much meat anyways it seems."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It seems like we're due for a new food policy, influencing the operation of our agriculture systems to be more productive towards non-meat options."}]