Comments on: Compassion Will Cure More Sins than Condemnation

By: nadir

nadir — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:34:02 +0000

@lane: their is a dirty word for it too: fascism

nice to know that we get to live our lives the way we see fit though.

By: lane

lane — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:31:05 +0000

It’s interesting how many people are so passionate about their particular cause that if you don’t follow their exact path, they’d rather have you in the other camp.
Personally, I don’t understand that behavior, but to each his own.

By: nadir

nadir — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:17:00 +0000

the damned vegangelicals make me want to slit my wrists.

they even often make me want to gorge on anything that will make their hearts go up in agony and make their faces all awash.

about 8 years ago i stopped even calling myself vegan, as i hate how others view me in the same grouping with the vegan food police. eff you guys.

seriously, no one is better than anyone else, so while you one can judge anyone, by doing so you lose any credibility you had.

By: LaTara Ham-Ying

LaTara Ham-Ying — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:28:32 +0000

Lane,

Thanks so much for encouraging me and letting me know that I am not the only one out there who runs into this. My current podcast deals with this issue. i share my thoughts on whether or not I am “a vegan”.

I am so antsy visiting other vegan forums because i just had the ridicule.

However I also look at the number of people I have helped transition without hassle and it is such a blessing to me.

Reading the comments here has helped as well.

By: lane

lane — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:41:15 +0000

The thing I find most ironic about all this is how do these militant vegans know they are actually 100% vegan?
I’m sorry, but in this society you simply cannot know every ingredient or the refining process of every ingredient in every dish you eat. Which means, by their definition, they are probably not vegan either!

By: vigilant20

vigilant20 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:52:26 +0000

It’s too bad people act like that. It’s all the negativity that made me put of my decision to go veg for so long in the first place. And now that I am vegetarian, I get flack simply for not being vegan.

By: Vegetarian Carnival #13: something for everyone!

Vegetarian Carnival #13: something for everyone! — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:11:39 +0000

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By: lane

lane — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:53:46 +0000

Hi CV! I guess I don't understand why it's a "veganer-than-thou" thing as Jennifer coined it in her comment above. Personally, I would think that if you are militant about animal rights, you'd want everyone to start moving in that direction, regardless of how far they've gotten. I'm of the philosophy that every little bit helps. I really like this post as well. I too am seeking to exclude animal products from my life. But I'm simply never going to be aware of all the processing the goes on in every item I consume.

By: Convenient Vegan

Convenient Vegan — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:55:50 +0000

Hi lane! It seems there are many of us looking at this as a journey rather than an absolute state. You are farther along than I am.

By: lane

lane — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:41:19 +0000

“Veganer-than-thou” – love that phrase. I’m going to have to co-opt it for the next time I’m forced to write a post like this. (And I’m sure it will come up again!)