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Sun Aug-07-05 02:07 PM
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2. Veganism is more than a diet

...it's a lifestyle. To call yourself vegan you have to be concerned with more than just food. Vegans don't wear leather, wool, buy products tested on animals, etc, because the concern for vegans is the suffering of animals.

People who simply don't like animal foods and therefore avoid all animal foods, but don't extend that to other parts of their lifestyle, are considered "strict vegetarians."

Vegetarianism is a diet which people choose for many reasons (sometimes compassion for animals, sometimes health, sometimes to help the environment, etc), but veganism is a lifestyle based on compassion.

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