vegan cat humor

October 20, 2003

I am interested in the topic of vegan animals. My pet friends have most

recently been changed to a vegan diet. I have been reading all correspondence

hoping to learn useful information to benefit them. I am surprised all of this

childish bantering is going on in a forum such as this, and hope it stops,

because I am really tired of reading it. Let's stick to what is good for the

animals.

Thank you,

Tina Shannon

October 20, 2003

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Tina Shannon wrote:

> [sfBAVeg] vegan cat humor

>

> I am interested in the topic of vegan animals. My pet friends have most

> recently been changed to a vegan diet. I have been reading all correspondence

> hoping to learn useful information to benefit them. I am surprised all of

> this childish bantering is going on in a forum such as this, and hope it

> stops, because I am really tired of reading it. Let's stick to what is good

> for the animals.

I am dismayed at the content of this list. I joined about three months ago in

the hope that I could learn something useful as a struggle to become more of a

vegan. But there seems to be far too much of the fanatics posting and I sit

here thinking to myself... goodness, these people need to calm down! And some

of the hyperbole is just plain old hypocritical. I can only wonder when I

will see people making arguments that animals in the wild killing prey for

food should be stopped. Geez. I am an animal too, I and I have no objection

to raising animals for the sole purpose of food supply, but I cannot condone

the treatment to the animals, environment, and people who work in meat

handling jobs nor do I believe the meat to be safe to eat. And I probably

will never be able to become a total vegan for health reasons. I will never

purchase leather hats/coats, but I know my next hiking boots and wallet will

be leather but not until this one is in tatters. I have the strength of

conviction to not indulge in <favorite non-veg item here> when I feel like it,

and I do as much as I possibly can, which I am sure would not be enough for

many of the posters that have expressed extreme views on this list.

So, I am going to sign off this list and instead use the web to search for

information which can help me become more than a 90% vegan. But if that is

all that I can manage, so be it.

I truly am disappointed and hope that there are more moderate people out there

who are the silent type.

Happy eating,

Shelley

October 21, 2003

I regret that you find the group too extreme for your liking, Shelley, and that

you will be leaving the group because you find it too extreme. The vegans I

know are an extremely diverse group of people with numerous and sometimes

conflicting views on subjects related to our common interest. Your views are

far more expansive and complex than many and they seem moderately conservative

to me, as, unlike you, I do not believe in raising animals to be exploited for

food. But, your moderate viewpoint might seem far more " extreme " to someone who

has just begun to think about the many important reasons to go veg*n. To

someone like that, you appear so far-out as to have escaped the bonds of

gravity.

Let's face it, Shelley, a 90% vegan doesn't need help to expand to 100%. You'll

make it with or without this list if you really want to. But, support always

makes change more fun. So, stick around for the support or leave us if you

must. But remember, one thing that our diverse veg*n population insures is that

conversations are rarely boring. So, the next time you're bored by an on-line

group, don't blame us!

-

Shelley L. Shostak

Tina Shannon

Cc: sfBAVeg

Monday, October 20, 2003 2:54 PM

Re: [sfBAVeg] vegan cat humor

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Tina Shannon wrote:

> [sfBAVeg] vegan cat humor

>

> I am interested in the topic of vegan animals. My pet friends have most

> recently been changed to a vegan diet. I have been reading all

correspondence