Guest guest Posted September 18, 2001 Report Share Posted September 18, 2001 dear everyone, this is the first time i've written since introducing myself a while back, it's been an odd but interesting, eventful summer. so. anyWAY, went to the vegan fest on sunday, it was so good to be able to try everything without having to ask or check ingredients, and that constantly amused and delighted me!! (easily amused and delighted!) especially loved the sushi and the mayonnaise on crackers. also, stuffed myself silly with cake. absolutely silly. i took a non vegan friend (in fact non veggie!) and she found it interesting but none of my close friends really even sympathise with my views. i try to not think about it, but sometimes it bothers me. anyway this is turning into a ramble, so i'll close with a point i wonder about-- in the animal shopper (of which i bought my first copy though having been a vegan for 4 years and a vegetarian always) in items such as cosmetics and such products, there seems to be an exclusion of 'mainstream' animal friendly products (admittedly of which there may be few, but still, or perhaps therefore then...). i use herbal essences shampoos and simple moistursisers etc and they state clearly on their packaging that no animal derived ingredients are included. it's difficult to always have to seek out vegan friendly products from specific sources, i would never be anything but vegan, but sometimes i feel so tired and alone and vegan (!!)(forgive the melodrama), i just want to be able to identify cruelty free items in my high street/supermarket, where possible. (even though i understand that the animal shopper bias might be a result of wanting to support vegan companies etc etc) also, i guiltily add that i am not completely certain of this exclusion, i did look through the whole thing, and am fairly sure, but not entirely, so. okay, so here i end. (think i might become a more vocal member of this community!) bani 'only in the absurd can you be saved' _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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