I just posted the message below at a blog which asked the question:
"Are Dietary Vegans Vegan At All?"
My response:
A person who only doesn’t eat animal products (and is not ethical or environmental) is a vegetarian–at best, a strict vegetarian. If they chose to only not eat meat then they are a lacto-ovo vegetarian.
Vegetarianism, by definition, in ANY way, shape or form is about health/diet only.
It has ALWAYS been this way by original definition.
We vegans are part of the cause of why the word vegan is now erroneously defined these days. When you go to vegan sites, what do you mostly read about? FOOD. Vegans themselves add to the erroneous way in now what the media and celebs thinks of as veganism being just about what one eats.
Also, veganism is not a “lifestyle” (as some vegans even say). Veganism is a life. Period. And a life is more than just food.
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Is Veganism a Religion Under Anti-Discrimination Law?
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