HorseSense Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Yea once you tell someone you are vegetarian or vegan its like "coming out of the closet". No matter the initial reaction, if you are genuine about it, its GOING to become an issue sooner or later, whether positive or negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synny667 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I am very open and honest about being vegan as well as being Pagan. And living in the midwest they don't understand at all. I explain my reason, get funny looks and get asked well do you at least eat eggs? LOL. Found it is easier to be out of the closet than in and if someone doesn't want to be around me because of my diet or religion, well they know where the door is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endcruelty Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 You can be vegetarian and still eat meat, Penny is a perfect example There are a lot of negative remarks here, but I think it is great if a person is 80% vegan. If most non-vegans ate animal products only 20% of the time (equivalent to about six days a month) this would have more of a positive effect on the environment than all current vegans combined, especially if on their non-vegan days these people ate only bio-dynamic or organic animal products. I would think that in the fight for a cleaner environment and less cruelty to animals every little bit counts. Veganism shouldn't be a cult! If you believe people should be vegans for whatever reason, you should be happy when someone takes the first steps, so lets not be so snobbish about it.I agree. If someone is taking steps to be completely plant based I would applaud them. Not everyone will drop animal products over night. But considering it's about a recipe, 80% is definitely not a vegan option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 If you cling to this term "vegan" as an attribute to yourself, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. Dear sweet baby Jesus, it can't be said enough. Would have been nice if the woman who was here a few weeks ago proclaiming she was "more vegan than most of us" despite eating meat and eggs would have been able to see this line. Alas, I fear she's moved on to find a new home where people will accept a meat-eating vegan more vegan than us?? what have I missed ahha someone please link me to this it sounds fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Thought this might raise a smile (and totally relevant to this thread)... That's the back of the business card from my favourite local vegetarian restaurant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Today I ate at that restaurant and I asked the owner, "how can you claim to be 85% vegan, surely you either cook food that's vegan or you don't?" He replied, "We have 100 dishes on our menu and 15 of them are vegetarian. The other 85 are vegan dishes." Makes sense now, just thought I'd let you all know. Cheers MF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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