Am I a true Vegan if I do things like this?!
Am I a true Vegan if I do things like this?
I don't eat any meat, fish, fowl, game, pig, and I don't eat eggs and all dairy products. I recently changed my tooth paste to "Toms Natural" But I still use make up, shampoos, soaps, and I wear leather that has to do with animals.
I don't smoke, drink coffee, tea, and soda.
Answers:
If you owned those things before you became vegan and are planning on buying the vegan forms and fake leather later, most would still consider you to be vegan.
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If you simply need a new pair of shoes, and only leather would do, no you would not, by definition be vegan.
Many vegans would consider it to be a double waste of life to throw out their leather and animal-based products the moment they decide to go vegan. They wait until they are used up and then do not buy them again.
Vegan versions of shampoo etc. can be expensive, so if you were slowly moving all your personal health products, makeups etc. over to the vegan versions, I would personally consider you vegan.... and if you are consuming no animal products of course.
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Some great online stores for vegan makeups, cleaners etc..
http://www.veganstore.com
http://www.veganessentials.com
Source(s):
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-gxld3h0hc...
I would say yes. Your just not going to the EXTREME and that's o.k..
Vegan: :A vegetarian who eats plant products only, especially one who uses no products derived from animals, as fur or leather. "
According to that definition, you wouldn't be a true vegan.
I would bet you are a complete "ball" to be with.
You have made it a religion!
Personally I would never date a freak that would not enjoy a cheeseburger with me....In just a very short time...The USA has filled with kooks.If you are so freaked out with this Vegan BS...what are you dioing about the dust mites you inhale???
OMG MITE MEAT!
Get a friggin life!
Vegan isn't a static set of rules. its a lifestyle that minimizes animal (and human-animal) suffering. If you are consciously using animals products when alternatives exist, then you are not vegan.
That being said, using old leather and personal care products is okay as long as you are committed to using cruelty-free products in the future. It is certainly better than throwing them away. If you can, It is best to give them to someone else to use, as you will be delaying their purchase of animal products.
And a note: Tom's Natural contains propolis, which is derived from bees. If you don't care for bees (you should, as they feel and experience pain just like every animal), the domestication and industrialization of bees eliminates bio-diversity and is largely responsible for the current pandemic sweeping the species. Bees are incredibly important in food production.
@George L.
How hard is changing your toothpaste? Why is that extreme? Some suffering is inevitable, yes. But if i can pick a toothpaste that hurts less (most notably enviromentally), then I'll do it. Its not a big deal. I know its hard to fathom a bee feeling (in a sensory way, not emotionally), but pain is pain, regardless of the host.
Some omnivores call vegans fanatical but can't comprehend changing their eating habits to eliminate animal suffering. Changing your actions and consumer choices in regard to other's well-being is somehow "irrational." To what greater end is your meat-eating achieving? How are you better utilizing your time?
So apparantly "Toms Natural" is cruel to bees?
Dude are you freaking serious?
There is no way to live as a human without having an impact on other living things.
Vegans who are so fanatical about their lifestyle that they feel guilty about the "treatment" of bees should just get it overwith and kill themselves.
If you changed your toothpaste, why would you not change the rest of the products you use such as: soap, lotion, shampoo and conditioner? Also buying leather is really really not vegan!! I would take care of that before your toothpaste. If you already own the leather, why not donate it? I would not throw away your leather if you already own it, that would be wasting an animals life, just donate it!
Be the best you can be & still live with & don't forget yourself. Try not to worry so much about purity or labels.
I'm the same why you don't have to go extreme. I've be a vegan since i was born i just was raised that way. we still have leather shoes,chairs,coaches and i ware make-up.
get rid of the animal products (at least leather, i mean, come on now. and the stuff that has been tested on animals!) you got the diet down which is GREAT! but leaving the other things out will move you to true veganism :)
earthlings is a good youtube video that will show you the reality of animal testing...
ew, u wear leather? but anyways, makeup and shampoo is make from rainforest and plant life products and soap, i think, is made from certain animals. but i am a vegan and i use shampoo and soap and stuff (not makeup tho)
Here is the Merrian-Webster definition of vegan:
: a strict vegetarian who consumes no animal food or dairy products; also : one who abstains from using animal products (as leather)
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/vegan...