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> I'm vegetarian, but am planning to try veganism to see if it helps
> a particular health problem,
Which one?
> which I 've heard veganism can help.
Doubtful, but there are people who claim all kinds of weird things are
cure-alls. Including diet.
> As for the leather thing, I buy used purses made of leather at a
> thrift shop, but as for shoes.....man, the fake leather look-alike
> shoes cost a lot more.
Fake leather is usually derived from petrochemicals. How many animals
die from pollution from refining petroleum into synthetic materials?
> I don't buy the shoes used. I've seen
> the thinking that wearing it might inspire others to do the same,
> but I just think people will wear leather and etc. whether I do or
> not, so that part of it doesn't make much difference.
In the end, someone wearing real leather wears a fraction of one dead
animal. How would you justify killing *lots* of animals during petroleum
extraction and refining for your fake fur or your fake leather? I think
it's a meaningless -- even hypocritical -- gesture to kill many animals
just so you don't have to wear part of one dead animal.
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