She is a great example of the compassion and understanding vegetarians [vegans especially] should be known for; not a judgemental and unreasonable snob (as I’ve found some vegans to be; and I’m a nearly-vegan vegetarian!)

jaxin, I went to veggieboards.com. People are sooo mean there! People started lecturing me about how I can’t call myself a vegan because I kill bugs! BUGS! I mean, I guess TECHNICALLY true vegans don’t kill ANY animal, but come on! BUGS? Honestly, that’s ridiculous. So if I don’t eat any animals or animal products (I decided against eating crustaceans, btw) I’m automatically not a vegan? That’s insane. Insane I say!

I decided long ago that if I extend my compassion to one being, I should extend it to all. Bugs, crustaceans, bees, all of them.

I would suggest joining a forum like Veggie Boards (veggieboards.com)to discuss these types of matters.

Well the thing is, I DO have a dog. Except I’m 16 and live with my parents, so they’re the ones who are paying for and buying the dog food. And I think if I suggested vegan dog food, they would fly off the handle, as they are meat-eaters and think my veganism is ridiculous. But when I have my own house, I will most likely get a dog. So my question is, is it healthy to make a dog go vegan? Do they need meat? I mean, no one can argue that dogs are not meant to eat meat. I don’t think humans are, but dogs definitely are. So would their bodies be messed up if they went vegan??

And it’s not that I think eating meat is bad. It happens all the time in the wild. What I think is bad is the fact that we raise animals for eating. That’s a whole other story. In nature, I think it’s fine. But I think that it is horrible for humans to keep animals cooped up in a factory, standing in their own feces. But if you feed your dog meat, you are supporting that. So I’m just really torn! I really don’t know what I would do if I got my own dog..