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The case was raised by an individual plaintiff, but in general vegans have a variety of different reasons not to want to encourage farming of animals. Some of
by jka 7y ago
The case was raised by an individual plaintiff, but in general vegans have a variety of different reasons not to want to encourage farming of animals.
Some of those include discomfort with eating animals and their byproducts, as you mention -- for others, it's based on a desire to encourage more sustainable environmentally-friendly food options.
For some subset of the spectrum mentioned, cross-contamination is an important issue - and for the rest, it may be acceptable under some circumstances, but there's no downside to removal of contamination, so they'd likely support it given the choice.
- presto8 7y ago> but there's no downside to removal of contamination, so they'd likely support it given the choice. There may be a downside, if the cost of compliance is too high and the business decides to stop offering the product.
- jka 7y agoI think I understand what you're saying, but could you elaborate on it to make clear who suffers the downside and why?
- senectus1 7y agoI visited a strictly vegan Indian restaurant once, there was a huge kerfuffle that night because some diners had brought a baby in and was spoon feeding the child baby food from a jar that was not vegan. This wasn't the issue... the issue was that the spoon was the restaurants spoon. Their religious convictions deemed that spoon now "violated". They threw the family out and made them pay for the cutlery as well. If they'd used their own cutlery there would not have anywhere near as much animosity. I see this sort of behavior as irrational. But I dont live these peoples lives and dont believe what they believe. I just liked their food :-P
- learc83 7y agoWhy in the world did the family pay for the spoon? I mean I might have offered if someone had politely informed me about what I'd done. But I'm certainly not going to of it's a demand.
- senectus1 7y agotheir religious convictions stated that they could no longer use the cutlery. they had to dispose of it. ie, could never be cleaned enough to be "vegan" again... bloody bonkers really. Edit, yes it was metal...
- pkaye 7y agoI wonder if they were Jain vegetarians. The strictest Jains don't even eat root vegetables like onions or potatoes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain_vegetarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain_vegetarianism
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