Comments on: Why vegan? In 30 seconds or less

By: Sammee

Sammee — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:06:05 +0000

It’s amazing to me that people can be faithful vegetarians and think that eating eggs and dairy products is OK. I recognize that the switch is very difficult and I have a lot of respect for people who are struggling to become vegan after being vegetarian for so long (I myself just became vegan 12 months ago and it was after 10 years of vegetarianism). What frustrates me is that there are people, not posters to this blog, who still maintain that buying free-range eggs and milk means that they are fine and that those animals are always treated perfectly ethically. I tell those types of vegetarians that unless I could get raw milk from a cow who has a name and is a pet and is not milked after what is natural, and similarly from a chicken who has a name and is a pet and is not forced impregnated, I will not eat eggs or dairy products. Furthermore, the ingestion of another species’ milk just disgusts me. Why are humans the only animals on planet earth who regularly ingest another species’ milk after being weaned? Ew!

By: Vegan

Vegan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:44:30 +0000

Animals are NOT property! So we certainly can not eat them.

By: sue

sue — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:57:33 +0000

one of my best friends says “i can’t eat anything that used to have a face.” she is a world traveling photographer…who is also allergic to all dairy products. hard times, but very faithful!

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:13:19 +0000

I am vegan because it is wrong to deny any animal, including a human, the basic rights to pursue pleasure and avoid pain.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:22:39 +0000

The replies I’ve most often had (probably because they’ve had some time to think about it as I’ve beeb vegetarian for a long time) are along the lines of “Humans are naturally omnivores, it’s in our nature to hunt and eat animals” Also the protein/ vitaminB12/essential aminoacid thing.

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:25:18 +0000

I would say:
a)Animals suffer a lot in the production of animal products and b) I think animals should not be treated like things or property, but like living feeling beings.

By: Edward

Edward — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:28:03 +0000

Great question! My answer would be: I have been a vegetarian for 15 years and I’m alive and well. Hence, if we don’t need meat in order to stay alive, how can we morally justify the torture, suffering and murder of hundreds of animals simply to satisfy our taste buds?