dietary vegan, was Re:(unknown)

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One thing I've noticed in the past 5-10 years is that when I mention I'm vegan, some people immediately check to see if I'm wearing leather shoes or belt or whatever. So if you are still wearing your shoes until they wear out, you can prepare for this kind of scrutiny by saying it's more environmentally responsible to honor the life that gave you the shoes by using them until they wear out, instead of throwing them out.

I actually luv that, since they immediately go "HA!" and i just smile and say "they are vegan".

then they just looked confused, touch them, and go "oooooooooooo"

yarrow Jun 29, 2009 5:13 PM dietary vegan, was Re:(unknown)

 

 

 

 

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"Will we ever get to the point that we realize that we will be more secure when the rest of the world isn't living in poverty just so we can have nice running shoes?"

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At 9:51 AM -0700 6/29/09, Sarah Tomecek wrote:

I was looking at this email and I realized it's difficult to find

things shoes especially that don't contain leather if I were not to

go all the way with being a vegan what would I be called? Not that it

matters I'm just curious. I wouldn't be eating dairy eggs or any

other animal products, but I don't know if I want to worry about the

expense of throwing out my tennis shoes considering I'm in college

and don't have the money to buy more right now. Am I a bad vegan?

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Even after 20 years or so of being vegan, I'm still using a wool

blanket I've had since I was born (it shows no signs of wearing out).

I did give away leather hiking boots etc. eventually, when I couldn't

stand to have them around, but I didn't get rid of stuff all at once.

In fact, I'd already been vegetarian for over a decade before I

gradually became vegan. I don't remember how long ago I stopped using

tallow-based soaps (which were free, because I had a relative who

worked for a company that made them) -- I noticed that my skin felt

itchy after using them, and it was easy to switch to veg-oil-based

soaps.

 

One thing I've noticed in the past 5-10 years is that when I mention

I'm vegan, some people immediately check to see if I'm wearing

leather shoes or belt or whatever. So if you are still wearing your

shoes until they wear out, you can prepare for this kind of scrutiny

by saying it's more environmentally responsible to honor the life

that gave you the shoes by using them until they wear out, instead of

throwing them out.

 

I think going vegan is a process, not an either/or. It's really hard

to be totally vegan -- if you drive a car or ride a bicycle, you're

driving over insects. If you eat food grown by someone else, chances

are they used animal manures or fertilizers, or possibly used

pesticides. But it is possible to increase your awareness and to do

the best you can, and every bit you can do makes a difference. So I

think it makes a lot more sense to focus on what you can

realistically do and to look at the big picture: not eating animals,

and not benefiting from the enslavement of animals, are huge.