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": "assistant", "content": "I am thinking about starting a vegetarian diet. This means I would not consume the flesh of any animal."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That sounds healthy!  What are the advantages of a vegetarian diet over eating animal protein?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm not sure of the specifics, but health is only one reason for adopting a vegetarian lifestyle. Other motivations are political, cultural, or economic. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "What would be an example of some of these reason?  Is it cheaper to eat a vegetarian diet?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes and no. While many people save money from not buying meat, supplementing the vitamins and protein meat gives you can be expensive."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is true.  Supplements are crazy expensive.  What political reasons are the for this kind of diet?  Is it because people don't want to harm animals?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "People argue that animals have the same rights as humans. There is an activist movement, eco feminism, that believes oppression of animals and women are linked. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Really?  I had never heard that before!  Do you know the reasoning for their thinking that it is linked?  Seems like a stretch to me."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The philosophy is that oppression of animals is similar to the privileged dominating others. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow!  That is an interesting correlation.  Seems hard to prove but to each their own.  What is your reason to become a vegetarian?"}]