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Again - veganism is pragmatic - not dogmatic. There are vegans who have rescue chickens (from factory farms) and they do eat their eggs. The rescue chickens ar

Again - veganism is pragmatic - not dogmatic. There are vegans who have rescue chickens (from factory farms) and they do eat their eggs. The rescue chickens are given a happy life where they can roam freely in a garden. It's a different matter when it comes to milk - which is intended for the baby cow. Same with honey - it's actually being eaten by bees and you can't replace it with sugar water, as it has fewer nutrients for the bees. Edit: When it comes to wool, there are vegans who still wear their wool or leather items from their pre-vegan days. You wouldn't simply throw them away - you just don't buy new wool or leather products. Keyword here is pragmatism.

mytailorisrich 4y ago
I think you're imagining what you wish should be. You've been to the Vegan Society's website, though... veganism is not pragmatic and is quite strict/dogmatic, that's the whole point, otherwise it would be generic vegetarianism. If people don't even know and understand terms and philosophies/ideologies then there is nothing that can be discussed. In any case, best wishes for the new year.
- uxcolumbo 4y ago
  Happy New Year. As with many other communities - the vegan community is not homogeneous. Like I said before - yes there are some people within this community who are dogmatic, but that doesn't mean veganism is dogmatic. The core principle of veganism is not wanting to harm non-human sentient beings and generally not wanting to destroy our biosphere. So if someone strives to live by those principles, but still has to use products that contain animal products, e.g. if you need to take medication that contains gelatin or similar and there are no alternatives then it's OK - it's not dogmatic. Further down this article there are various other examples: https://veganfta.com/2022/11/23/practicable-veganism/ https://veganfta.com/2022/11/23/practicable-veganism/ Or here is another article talking about this: https://veganstrategist.org/2017/09/13/beware-vegan-dogma/ https://veganstrategist.org/2017/09/13/beware-vegan-dogma/ - this person wrote a book called "How to Create a Vegan World: a Pragmatic Approach". The goals is to get rid of animal factory farming and the destruction of our biosphere. Dogmatism isn't going to get us there.

mytailorisrich 4y ago

I think you're imagining what you wish should be. You've been to the Vegan Society's website, though... veganism is not pragmatic and is quite strict/dogmatic, that's the whole point, otherwise it would be generic vegetarianism. If people don't even know and understand terms and philosophies/ideologies then there is nothing that can be discussed. In any case, best wishes for the new year.

uxcolumbo 4y ago
Happy New Year. As with many other communities - the vegan community is not homogeneous. Like I said before - yes there are some people within this community who are dogmatic, but that doesn't mean veganism is dogmatic. The core principle of veganism is not wanting to harm non-human sentient beings and generally not wanting to destroy our biosphere. So if someone strives to live by those principles, but still has to use products that contain animal products, e.g. if you need to take medication that contains gelatin or similar and there are no alternatives then it's OK - it's not dogmatic. Further down this article there are various other examples: https://veganfta.com/2022/11/23/practicable-veganism/ https://veganfta.com/2022/11/23/practicable-veganism/ Or here is another article talking about this: https://veganstrategist.org/2017/09/13/beware-vegan-dogma/ https://veganstrategist.org/2017/09/13/beware-vegan-dogma/ - this person wrote a book called "How to Create a Vegan World: a Pragmatic Approach". The goals is to get rid of animal factory farming and the destruction of our biosphere. Dogmatism isn't going to get us there.