achimstoesser
On the 1. October is Weltvegetarierertag, Statistics and polls give the impression that the number of vegan people is growing rapidly. But how credible are these numbers, especially when it comes to Veganism, unlike vegetarianism, is not about diet?
Because the numbers are often massively falsified by insufficient questions. If it is not a question of a self-assessment in which many people tick “vegan” who are not (be it because they do not know what vegan means, be it that they are themselves want to do better when they are) is asked whether and how often someone eats “meat”, “eggs” or “dairy products” - and those who state “rarely” are then counted as vegans. In fact, these alleged vegans only practice one (albeit often restricted) vegetarian diet and are at best restrictive vegetarian. unconsidered stay for example Honey or Chochenille, hidden animal products eg in flavors etc., but above all non-alimentary unvegan consumption: unvegan toothpaste, Soap , Clothing, furniture and other utensils Skin and hair etc.
This is how the fairy tales of the allegedly arise Veganism malnourished or even starved children - whose parents just do not live vegan (and the children would therefore eat reasonably vegan), but follow some obscure diet guru, often refuse medicine and cure diseases by healing or sugar globules. With devastating consequences.
For good reason, millions are currently demonstrating for action against climate change. Vegans, you might think, because they would hardly do that if they were at the same time Main cause for that, though most of them could easily do so by saying how Greta Thunberg, the initiator of the climate strike demos, would go vegan - so stop murder and by the way, avoiding huge amounts of CO2 equivalents without any significant additional effort.
In truth, however, are on Fridays for Future Only a few (even if compared to the mass probably above average number) involved people who actually live vegan. It's like having cigarettes in the mouth and demonstrating with a couple of non-smokers against lung cancer, complaining about cigars and pipes (which the government decides on a new chewing tobacco tax and respirators for miners).
Most of those who call themselves “vegans” (or are called that by others) are not. And while vegetarianism is a form of nutrition (from selfish Reasons of health until Religion), veganism is not about food, it's about animal rights, not killing.
Maqi - for animal rights, against speciesism advocates the realization of animal rights (such as the right to physical and mental integrity), the abolition of discrimination on the basis of belonging to a species (analogous to anti-racism and anti-sexism) and the establishment of a vegan society .
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