On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:20 AM, AlunFoto <alunf...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought the defintion of a vegan was a person not eating animals > visible without a microscope... > Don't they draw the line there anymore?
I don't think there's any one definition of a vegan. It seems that drawing the line is a personal thing, based on one's own conscience. I know vegans who eat honey (most don't) and I've heard of vegans who won't eat bread (as yeast is sacrificed in the making thereof). I eat bread but not honey. Many vegans I know go beyond diet and won't consume leather or any other animal product. I won't buy new leather, but unlike other vegans I know, I am wearing leather purchased before my "conversion"; it seems a waste to dispose of it when there's lots of use left in an item. I would hazard a guess that a majority of vegans consider their veganism to go beyond food products and try to not consume any animal products whatsoever - but that estimate is based on vegans I know personally, and my own readings on the matter and is completely unscientific. ;-) As for the plastics from feathers dilemma, it's pretty dicey. As Bob said, if this becomes economically viable, one won't be able to make informed choices on whether a consumer good is animal-derived or not unless each item comes with a list of ingredients. I doubt that most manufacturers will care to do that... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
