Hi all, Harry here. I live in Australia and ride mountain bikes and my real name is Mick but that handle was taken. I was vegetarian for years but became vegan about 6 months ago after a mate sent me a copy of The Rave Diet to read, which simply put is a vegan diet and no processed foods. I thought I'd give it a go for a few months and see how it felt and now there's no going back. I can't believe how good I feel physically and how balanced I am spiritually and emotionally. Feels like a cool mountain stream flowing through my body. I also want to live a moral and ethical life. My son who's a vegetarian recently asked if I had any ethical concerns with the use of honey, as vegans don't eat honey. This was new to me and so I did some research on the web. It would seem that the objection some vegans have with honey is the exploitation of the honey bees. 2 points I'd like to make, the first being that I reckon if there's any exploitation going on then it's more likely to be the bees exploiting us. The second and more relevant point and one I haven't heard discussed, although I'm sure it has, is that that man and honey bee have a somewhat evolving symbiotic relationship. There is some conjecture about whether Einstein really did say that without honey bees the human race would fail in about 4 years, but the point is still valid. Honey bees are the biggest pollinator of the foods we vegans eat (and the rest of us) and without them we would be in deep trouble because without pollination there is just no food..
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