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[–] [email protected] 99 points 6 months ago (137 children)

Stupid discussion. It does not matter whether something is in the box "vegan". Ask yourself why you would or would not eat something. If you don't want to eat(/drink) dairy because of the way the animals that produce the dairy are treated, would you be ok when they are treated differently? Are bees treated in the same way? Does it matter if you treat them in this way? Those should be your questions, not "does it belong in this box?".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

If you can explain a vegan way to get milk, meat, or honey then I'm all ears. You seem to be implying there is some gray area here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

My point is that there is no real way to explain what "vegan" really is, since it means different things to different people and all of these people have the best intentions. And actually there is no real need to define "vegan" either. Instead of focussing on what to call "vegan" and what not, the discussion should be about bees.

For instance, do they care if you take their honey? Are they harmed? And should I care about whether they are harmed?

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