i got tagged by veronica, the homosexual man.
Rules: Each person posts the rules before their list, then they list 8 things about themselves. At the end of the post, that person tags and links to 8 other people; then visits those people’s sites and comments, letting them know that they have been tagged, and to come read the post, so they know what they have to do.
- like Napoleon, i love a healthy musk
- i am currently putting together a team of rad folks to run in my third 200-mile relay marathon
- one of my odd talents is being able to mimic how people dance
- despite loving hardcore, i have dreams of being in the family bluegrass band (i’m afraid i’ll have to find god first, though. who, BTW, it really good at playing hide-and-go-seek.)
- i have no tolerance for apathy or sectarianism
- i don’t consider health vegans to be vegans… i see them as vegetarians who will probably go back to eating fish and chicken within a couple of years. it may sound harsh, but its based on experience. veganism, to me, requires dedication to an ethics of compassion (read: a healthy dose of altruism).
- i wish people would recognize the great social impact that board games could have
- i am REALLY sad that Satya magazine just printed its last issue. so sad, in fact, that i am seriously considering starting up a quarterly spin-off of the magazine. i’ll be looking more into this option at the AMC.
i tag jay sennett, bint alshamsa, the disillusioned kid, sokari, journey_wmn, nezua, zuky, and blackamazon
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…wouldn’t denying the veganism of “health vegans” be sort of sectarian?
while i don’t have any evidence to back this up, i am pretty positive that the term “vegan” originated as inseparable with the ethics behind it. so, you are a vegan if you don’t use animal products because you believe that animals should have autonomy over their own bodies, but you aren’t a vegan if you don’t eat animal products for health or dietary reasons (often people who don’t eat animal products for this reason will still wear leather, etc).
see you @ the AMC!
I tend to agree about “health vegans,” and it’s a shame that it’s probably true. Sad.
i tried posting this yesterday, but apparently the server was down. let’s try again…
veronica - perhaps so. but i said nothing about having low tolerance for hypocrisy
however, i define vegan the way i do for the exact reason that nadia stated. veganism was a way to separate fad diet from compassionate way of life. i’m still of the school that says that people who eat dairy aren’t really vegetarian, either (last i checked, milk wasn’t vegetation). that’s why terms like lacto-vegetarian were created. true, it could be considered sectarianism. but i’m not a fan of the cooptation of the language of compassionate ethics for strictly self-centered reasons.
when i wrote the sectarian line, i was thinking about the animal rights movement. in particular, i was thinking about all the recent infighting and name calling between “abolitionists” and “new welfarists”.
BTW, i wasn’t trying to pass judgment on health vegetarians. just stating that i don’t think they should call themselves vegan… it waters down the meaning, imho. as for my snide remark about them going back to eating fish and chicken within a couple years, i wish it wasn’t true. but its what i’ve seen happen 100% of the time. either they become vegan for ethical reasons or, more likely, they realize they can be healthy and still partake in the culture of death. anyone who proves this to be wrong… great!
man you got a lot of great stuff going on! i’m not sure my 8 things can rank with a 200-mile marathon….
And I agree with your assessment of vegan. While I have been vegetarian at various times in my life, including excluding all dairy and eggs, I still wore leather.