Comments on: Keeping Vegan

By: Veganism and Purity

Veganism and Purity — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:24:28 +0000

[...] “it is impossible to assure that everything you eat, everything you wear, every part of how you live is completely free of cruelty to animals.” [...] “No matter where you fall on that vegan line you aren’t perfect, because there is no such thing. And that imperfection is in the definition.” (link) [...]

By: Andrea N.

Andrea N. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:37:55 +0000

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By: LaTara Ham-Ying

LaTara Ham-Ying — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:10:35 +0000

Great post! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and views. It is helping me to find a group of people who are vegan but don’t wear it like a badge across their foreheads.

I have caught a lot of slack for my laid back approach to helping transitioning vegans and for letting people know that I am not an active animal activist; but rather I became vegan for dietary reasons.

By: Vegangelicism — You’re Not Good Enough For My Vegan Club | Vegan Bits

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:47:39 +0000

[...] as Convenient Vegan says in his post: …the words “seeks to exclude.” This because it is impossible to assure [...]

By: Convenient Vegan

Convenient Vegan — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:50:11 +0000

Point well taken, JonBen. I expect that there are variations in what each of us considers “possible and practical”, of course.

I tend to think of myself as “mostly vegan” because of the lapses that I could indeed avoid, practically speaking. Which I expect many vegans would find to be a ridiculous label, as I do “semi-vegetarian”. I do think, however, as Eccentric Vegan says, that veganism is a journey, and we are on different parts of that path.

By: JonBen

JonBen — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:28:59 +0000

One should not underestimate the addendum “as far as is possible and practical”. A vegan would not knowingly partake in any form of animal exploitation unless it were unavoidable. It’s great folly to think that just because there are practical limitations in the world we live in, that someone who considers themselves vegan can support nearly any form of animal exploitation with the disclaimer ‘we are none of us perfect’.

There is no way to justify consuming animal products while at the same time considering oneself vegan. Such consumption is completely avoidable and certainly does not constitute a practical limitation.

‘Seeking to exclude’ implies that one is active and vigilant, not that they seek to exclude when it suites them.

All of that being said, the point that no vegan is perfect is well taken and undeniably true.

By: Lane

Lane — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:20:16 +0000

Great post. I wish I'd thought of that reply when I was called a "damned stupid half-vegan" -- see my post here. Seeks to exclude. Very good. Thank you! Lane of VeganBits.com

By: Eccentric Vegan

Eccentric Vegan — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:39:42 +0000

Good article. Thank you.
Veganism is a journey, not a destination