"Rudy Canoza" <pipes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> the stupid ****wit moooooshki lied:
>
> > On May 17, 9:29 pm, Laurie <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> sumbeotch at s***bum dot *** wrote:> not all vegans are idealistic
****tards....ff the spam ng's
...
> >
> > 1. Some vegans do, in fact, care nothing for animals; are
> > vegan only for the better health aspect.
>
> Bull****. No one is "vegan" for health reasons. One might be
> vegetarian for (poorly thought out) health reasons, but not "vegan".
> "vegan" means eschewing *all* animal products, not just foods, as well
> as some products tested for safety on animals. Nobody refuses to wear
> leather shoes or wool trousers because he feels it's inherently
unhealthful.
International Vegetarian Union definitions includes "dietary vegan"..
'Vegan: excludes animal flesh (meat, poultry, fish and seafood), animal
products (eggs and dairy), and usually excludes honey and the wearing
and use of animal products (leather, silk, wool, lanolin, gelatin...).
...
Dietary Vegan: follows a vegan diet, but doesn't necessarily try and
exclude non-food uses of animals.
Why Vegan?
VEGANISM may be defined as a way of living which seeks to exclude,
as far as possible and practical, all forms of exploitation of, and
cruelty
to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. *
In dietary terms it refers to the practice of dispensing with *all* animal
produce - including meat, fish, poultry, eggs, animal milks, honey, and
their derivatives.
Abhorrence of the cruel practices inherent in dairy, livestock and poultry
farming is probably the single most common reason for the adoption of
veganism, but many people are drawn to it for health, ecological,
spiritual and other reasons.
"Land, energy and water resources for livestock agriculture range
anywhere from 10 to 1000 times greater than those necessary to produce
an equivalent amount of plant foods. And livestock agriculture does not
merely *use* these resources, it *depletes* them.
This is a matter of historical record. Most of the world's soil, erosion,
groundwater depletion, and deforestation -- factors now threatening the
very basis of our food system -- are the result of this particularly
destructive form of food production" (Keith Akers, p. 81, "A
Vegetarian Sourcebook", 1989).
...'
http://www.ivu.org/faq/definitions.html
* Thus, the term "dietary vegan" is in fact and rightly contentious.
'The term vegan was originally coined to differentiate those vegetarians
who (primarily for ethical or environmental reasons) sought to eliminate
all animal products in all areas of their lives from those who simply
avoided eating meat.
Vegans use as their primary motivation the concept of reducing animal
suffering. Rooted in utilitarian philosophy, as expressed by authors such
as Jeremy Bentham and Peter Singer, ethical veganism is the belief that
humans have a moral obligation to avoid causing suffering to any other
living creature. Animals are seen to have the same inherent rights as
humans to a life as free from suffering as possible. Therefore ethical
vegans not only avoid eating meat and dairy products but also avoid the
use of any product whose production involves the suffering of animals.
...
A "total vegetarian" may eat a diet free of animals products for health
reasons, such as avoiding cholesterol, and not out of compassion for
animals. However, popular vegan author Joanne Stepaniak writes that
the term "dietary vegan" is inappropriate because veganism is by
definition about helping animals, and a term such as "total vegetarian"
should be used for people who avoid eating animal products for health
reasons but, for example, buy leather shoes.
...'
(Wikipedia)
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/VEGANISM
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