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Re: Poll for College Presentation
Hi,
we had a similar poll in 'Veganforum 1' back in 2004, but it got lost when we changed to a new server/software.
I'll set up a new one soon.
Here are the answer option I plan to include:
Animals/ethics/reverence for life/compassion
Better for the environment/planet/nature
Health
World hunger/political-econimical reasons
Religious/spiritual/philosophical reasons
Because there are no reasons to use animal products
Intuition: veganism feels right/works best for me
Since veganism is about more than just diet, personal health can't be an only reason to go vegan, but it's going to be a multiple-choice-poll.
Any comments before we start the poll?
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Re: Upcoming 'Why vegan'-poll: any comments?
Distaste of animal products? As with health this can't be an only reason.
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That's a great idea for a presentation kaitlin!!! Good luck with it :)
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Distaste of animal products? As with health this can't be an only reason.
I didn't add that option since I don't think someone who simply don't like animal products personally would call herself a vegan...
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Re: Please list all of the reasons why you are a vegan
Since we're not prioritising reasons can we have an 'all of the above' option?
I can't see where, say, 'health' ends and 'environment' begins - or similarly disentangle any other permutation of these options.
Thank you :)
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I can't see where, say, 'health' ends and 'environment' begins
The environment starts where your skin stops... :)
I'll add 'All of the above'.
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The environment starts where your skin stops...
But skin is semi-permeable...;)
And the lungs are inside and kind of outside too. And the psyche is at least partly 'of the community' and much of the rest is unreconstructed nature ...
And the body and mind can't flourish in a dodgy environment...
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I'll add 'All of the above'.
Thanks again.
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Re: Please list all of the reasons why you are a vegan
Terrace Max, I think you'd get on with Whalespace. Come to VBB's party and meet him:)
Edit... Ooops, forgot to vote! I picked for the animals but as time goes on I think about other people and most of the reasons in this poll all merge into one.
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Terrace Max, I think you'd get on with Whalespace. Come to VBB's party and meet him
Great. We could compare ecopsychology textbooks. What a party. :rolleyes:
Seriously though - they don't let me out after 7 pm so I'll have to refuse. Thanks anyway :)
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Hey All,
Thanks to all that participated. My presentation went well and most if not all of the students were unfamiliar w/what I was telling them about animal agriculture's impact on the environment, health, etc... So thanks to everyone for helping me speak my truth. Viva la revolucion!
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Glad to hear it went well, kaitlin :)
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I have never liked eating animals, feotuses, animal pus, bees puke, insects other terrestrial creatures really, it's evil and unnecesary.
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Putting two fingers up at the multi-nationals!
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thatīs a good one! hahaha
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For myself, the environment, and the animals (not in that praticular order)
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For the animals - once I had my "awakening" as I call it, there was no other option. One thing I dont understand is how some meat-eaters have realised its wrong to eat meat and yet they still do it. I think there are huge differences in peoples personalities and its hard to explain why.:confused:
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Me neither, I have a couple of friends who have been either vegan or veggie and gone back to eating 'meat' and get upset when I use the term 'dead animal' ... weird ... and sad
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were do i start!!
first and foremost AMIMALS
2 RELIGION
3 WORLD HUNGER
4 ENVIRONMENT
5 AMAZING FOOD!!!
6 HEALTH
.....theres more, but i wont list them all now
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I became vegan because I feel that animals do NOT need to be so over-exploited and cruelly abused as they are (mostly farm animals such as factory hens, etc). This is ridiculous and inhumane!
ahem...those are my reasons :)
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I'm going to have to say all of the above. I definitely believe that I have always felt that it is the right thing to do, a long time before I had any real substantial philisophical motivation to be vegan. I was 13 years old at the time. Eventually, my reasons evolved to include: ethics/philosophical reasons, compassion for animals, reverence for life, environmental reasons, and personal / human health
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I became vegan for the animals, to do my thing for the hunger in this world, to improve my general health, to be free of guilt regarding hurting animals for food or clothing reasons, it just feels right and I can help the environment a little, too.
Mirjam
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defenitely all of the above...people eat meat and dairy out of ignorance...
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I'm a vegan for the majority of reasons above but the top reason is for the animals :)
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first and foremost animals!.. then just because im eccentric
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I do it 'cause it's cool.
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Just kiddin! It isn't cool. :(
Okay. Enough of bad internet humor on my part.
I do it for the ethics first, then political, then because there is no compelling reason to consume animals (isnt' that w/in the "ethical" rubrik?), then the other reasons.
As someone already said, I'd be vegan even if it wasn't healthy or good for the environment, although all those reasons are certainly nice side benifits.
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I did it firstly for the animals too :mad:
. . . .But I have recently learnt that the meat industries are a major cause to the planets destruction and probably most world hunger, so I am with most of them although i only ticked the first 2 choices.
I am not religious or anything....maybe some inner spirituality though! :)
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animals....
everything else is secondary.
..... but still important!
:):)
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I first did it for animals.
But the bigest reasons now are:
1. Environment
2. Animals
3. My personal beliefs
4. Health
+ all the other reasons in the poll but these are the main ones
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Re: Why are you a vegan?
i started when i someone in my local town centre showed me info on animal testing and the companys that are involved.i was deeply distressed.i spoke to a friend who told me about viva! so i phoned them up and they sent me loads of info.i then saw the cruelty of factory farming and how unhealthy eating meat was so i became veggie first and then vegan.
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I'm doing it to promote animal rights.
Cannot complain about the health benefits :P
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I became a vegan because I'm opposed to killing animals (except in self-defence).
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Originally for me, it was for the health benefits. But now those are just a bonus. I do it because I don't want to hurt animals. I love them, don't want to use them and could never, ever eat them.
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For the environment, which for me, most certainly includes animals.
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I went vegan for the animals, and along the way i've distributed my veganity throughout most of the above causes.
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All of the above, however ethics more than anything else.
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I became vegan for health reasons. It's really helped me to eat the healthiest I can. I've always been really interested in nutrition.
I've stayed vegan for the animals and environment. It's the only ethical choice.
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It's the only ethical choice.
Really? If I were to be completely honest with myself I'd probably say that a raw, locally produced fruitarian diet (or as close to as possible whilst remaining healthy) was the only ethical choice. As vegans we're still killing plants, wasting energy on cooking processes (that in most cases removes nutrients) and transporting food round the globe, wasting both fuels and packing materials. Sure, veganism is certainly way more ethical than a non vegan diet in the other direction, but where as some people call veganism the extreme and vegetarianism the more easily obtainable ethical choice, i think i'd view it one step further over.