"Jonathan Ball" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> William Hershman wrote:
>
> > "Jonathan Ball" > wrote in message
> > ink.net...
> >
> >>William Hershman wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"Common Man" <not.public@> wrote in message
> news.com...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:41:32 GMT, usual suspect >
> >>>>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>http://www.veganessentials.com/catal...s-jerquee-.htm
> >>>>
> >>>>Don't many if not most vegans detest the idea of eating meat? If so,
> >>>>then wouldn't they find such a product offensive?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Hello, Bill.
> >>
> >>
> >>>I can't speak for all, but I don't detest the idea of eating meat, I
> >
> > just
> >
> >>>don't eat meat.
> >>
> >>That makes you (mostly) a vegetarian, not a "vegan".
> >
> >
> > If I need to be labeled, then I'm really (mostly) a dickhead
>
> You are probably the ONLY person I've ever encountered
> in a.f.v. who ISN'T a dickhead, Bill.

Gee whiz, Jon...thanks. I'm blushing.


>
> > but I'm not
> > concerned about what people call me. I guess I'm not really a vegan
because
> > I only eat this way,,,I don't really concern myself with animal parts in
my
> > clothes and such. I just prefer what many would call a vegan diet.
>
> Do you worry about whether or not sugar was refined
> using bone char?
>
> What about the black olives? That's a very revealing test.



No to both. I'm not searching for minutia. But if I find chunks of beef in
what I thought to be vegetable soup, I'd certainly pick them out before I
eat it.
>
> > Unfortunately, "vegetarian" to most people means that cheese is OK, and
I
> > don't like to eat cheese, so I tell people that my diet is vegan...which
is
> > probably technically incorrect, but they usually know what I mean.
> >
> >
>