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Default Veganism: From Donald Watson in the first Vegan Society newsletter


"Steve" > wrote in message
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> This link will take you to a scanned version of the first issue of the
> first newsletter of the first Vegan organization ( Vegan Society Of
> The UK ) of the first vegans. It is written by Donald Watson, who
> along with his wife is credited with inventing the concept of veganism
> and coining the word.
>
> Note: Watson's definition, the original one, is not about eating a
> vegan diet. "Veganism" is defined as an ethical stance which uses a
> diet as a means to an end. A "vegan" is a person who holds certain
> ethical views in regards to animals as opposed to someone who "eats
> vegan" but does not have the ethical beliefs
>
> Enjoy!:
>
> http://www.ukveggie.com/vegan_news/vegan_news_1.pdf
>



Thank you. That was something I did not know. Thank you very much.

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