"Dutch" > wrote in message
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> > It is not an ideal, everyone can seek to avoid the exploitation of
> animals,
> > even an Innuit.
>
> That doesn't make it not an ideal. It's a misguided ideal.
>

Anything that can practically be done is not an ideal. Vegans do not ask for
perfection, idealists do. An idealist would expect free petrol rather than
cheaper petrol for example. Veganism is defined in terms of "seeking" and
where "practical and possible", so it is pragmatic and general.

John