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Korn, I appreciate your stance on all of this. I appreciate having a place where I can talk with other vegans without having to get in a discussion about defending why it's not ok to eat animals that have been killed in certain 'humane' ways, why hunting is supposedly ok in certain cicumstances, etc. I like this forum because it's assumed that people posting here agree with the usual (Watson's) definition of veganism.
I want to have discussions about vegan issues without having to argue about that basic, generally agreed upon definition.
There are vegetarian forums where people who do not accept the definition of veganism can post. I occassionally read those forums. On one, I was having a discussion and a new 'vegan' was talking about their only lifestyle change being food. I mentioned how great it was about them changing their diet, but that there's more to veganism than just food.
I found it highly offensive that I was jumped on (and in a vegan area of that board too) - apparently that board had posted a definition of veganism in their rules somewhere that said veganism is only when you don't eat milk / dairy / eggs.
So I don't post there that much anymore - I don't feel welcome if that's what they think veganism is. It's great that people are not eating milk, dairy,eggs, but they seemed to think I was extreme because I thought there was more to veganism than food.
Korn, thank you for helping to keep the term vegan from being distorted like that.
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