RE: RE: Hypocrites, the selfish and vegetariens

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Making mistakes about non-vegan food is one thing,

eating honey and knowing you 'should' have a problem with it cannot be excused

by saying your mother's girlfriend collects it.

I know vegans whose actual parents eat meat. Crazy they can be vegan, eh?

My ex girlfriends dad makes honey for Rowse. She became vegan before she met me.

 

I am sick and tired of people saying I am a 'vegan' BUT

or I am a 'veggie' BUT,

 

Sort it out.

If you believe in something you will do it.

 

 

 

> There was both one moment that made me veggie and one that made me vegan.

>-Veggie, land rape, meat stats, Heath etc. Read a Hindu type book given to

>me at a veggie Chinese restaurant.

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>-Total Veg diet, linked all other animal products to above stats.

>A tinsy bit later became aware of Veganism. Still eat honey cause my G.F's

>mother collects it as a hobby, so no nasty F.F'ed honey. I'll also eat food

>with honey listed on the ingredients, as long as it's not a main ingredient.

>Normally it's added in such minute quantities that it's just so they can

>list it.

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>mr big [pervyempire]

>19 April 2001 15:23

>vegan-network

>Re: RE: Hypocrites, the selfish and vegetariens

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>As I said before....could someone...preferably an (aggitated at non vegans

>lack of veganism) person, please explain to me how they came to being vegan.

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>Did all this knowledge of animal abuse, land rape etc, occur in an

>instance???....did you one day read that mankind was very bad and that

>eating animals was wrong and suddenly decide to become a vegan???

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>I haven't met anyone like that ever...well, apart from fashion victims of

>coarse.

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>I'm not arguing for or against any approach to promoting veganism, but it

>would really be interesting to know how people who I assume have went

>through a process expect to find everyone else at the other end when they

>get there.

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>Anyone: was there one moment that made you become vegan??...or even veggie??

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>If so, then bottle it and give it away!!!

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>alwbarnes

>vegan-network

>vegan-network

>Re: RE: Hypocrites, the selfish and vegetariens

>Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:11:32 GMT+01:00

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>I did try to say that my 'comments' were aggravated.

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>I by no means suggest they are the only words that 'we' should say to

>'them'.

>

>However - it is not difficult to go vegan today but it is difficult to

>bring changes in society.

>Going Vegan is personal, it does not require anyone else to do anything.

>To have an ecobased system requres changing the will of others.

>

>What gets me is that 'people' are under some sort of impression that going

>vegan is to be the hardest thing ever.

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>It takes no account of the boycotting companies saga one will be dragged

>towards following.

>

>GOING VEGAN IS NOT A BIG THING (for those who aren't)

>---GET ON WITH IT---

>It is the easiest thing to do to NOt HELP the destruction of the planet and

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>it's inhabitants.

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> >I am a hypocrite...

> >

> >Untilthe day I sit smugly in my Earth sheltered dwelling,

> >withit's compost toilet, passive solar heating and vegan-organic

> >permaculturegarden, when all of my day-to-day goods

> >througha LET scheme, and I work in a co-operative designing

> >coolecosoftware. (and loads of other stuff)

> >

> >Weare all on a path (veggies included), and there is always someone

> >aheadof us on that path - in whose eyes we are hypocrites.

> >

> >Let'sbe nice to those 'behind' us, give them help and encouragement,

> >andhope from the same from the people up in front of us.

> >

> >Cheers

> >Matt

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