Are you a Vegan/Vegetarian?
However unethical it is to exploit the human animal, I believe the definition of veganism excludes people.
That being said, I think it’s misguided and hipocritical to be vegan and not take into account environmental and human rights issues when buying anything.
This brings us issues of: Should I buy fair trade OR organic coffee? Should I buy organic apples, OR locally grown apples? Should I buy leather shoes (non-vegan) OR buy shoes made from petroleum by-products (bad for the environment, and won’t last as long).
…this is a complicated world we live in.
I consider myself vegan-ish.
Ok, Ok this whole argumen is stupid. no matter what we do, some animal gets hurt.
Another thing to be considered in this that many people don’t consider is what their local government considers to be organic. Organic and free range or untreated products are very ill defined. In many areas they just have to be chemical free for a certain amount of time. Meaning they could still be treated.
Lets not forget too the recent influx (is that the right word here?) of organic products that have been killing and paralyzing people.
I am Vegan and i think James Potter put it pretty well
Does that mean you only eat roots and bulbs or is it that you only hunt after dark and/or on overcast days?
mmm carrots and potatoes^^^:p
Those poor vegan cannibals.
So basically, we shouldn’t have police because there will always be crime?
pardon the geochemist in me…
Fossil fuels are just about 99.9999999% residual plant matter.
They are probably have a higher percentage vegetable origin than a green pepper from your garden.
I actually heard that too^^ but vegans don’t don’t want to eat fossil fuel thay use it. Hey that reminds me, there is a chick at my school who brags about being vegan and then the other day she was bragging about here “authentic” leather shoes. hmmmm women 
Yes, of course it is.
How can anything including vegtables be “Chemical Free”? Do vegtables contain water? H2O, Carbon etc… Vegtables are chemicals and also include a variety of naturally occuring carcinogens and pesticides.
No fair, you quite that line of work.
Great point. It’s about Idealism, not realism. In my ideal world animals would not be harmed. In an attempt to make this world a better place I do my best to not hurt animals. By the way I am full blown vegan. Non-leather shoes and guitar straps and all that.
Absolutely. Ethical solidarity is larger than food politics.
Another Vegan question:
As a Vegan, would you feed your pet (dog/cat/alligator/whatever) pet food that contains meat products, raw hide bones, etc.? Does your ethical stance on food trump your pets natural diet?
Isn’t pet ownership bourgeois? Can a vegan “own” a pet?
My goats don’t eat meat… I wouldn’t call it non-vegan to have a pet… But I don’t know…
If I had a job/werent 15/ could afford it, id feed my dog vegetarian dog food. Other animals , like cats, cannot survive healthily on a vegan or vegetarian diet. So, where possible, I think pet food should be veg, not because I think they shouldnt eat animals; but because of factory farming.
We are responsible for the domestication of animals, so it is our responsibility to care for them. A domesticated dog cant really hunt and survive in the woods on their own, as they should be able. We have to take care of them. Most pets are ethical, and “vegan” as long as they are domesticated and neutered if possbile. Things like primates, most fish, exotic pets, birds, etc. arent “vegan.”
Why the distinction by the type of animal? And why does neutering a pet make it vegan? Surely physically mutilating an animal just so you don’t have to worry about it breeding is about as un-vegan as it comes?