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I'm of the opinion that if someone is trying, it's a step in the right direction and should be encouraged so as not to put them off.
I was a vegetarian for 10(ish) years and vegan for two of those. My partner has been vegetarian since birth and vegan (on and off) for a lot of those years. We have a wee guy now who's going to be raised vegetarian (vegan probably) and then be allowed to decide for himself.
The 'Fake' food to my Mrs isn't fake anything because she's never eaten the real thing. It's what it is, not an alternative just an option. But, the alternatives encourage meat eaters to move towards a plant-based lifestyle and that can only be a good thing.
One of my friends is a vegan chef (she's won some awards at VegFest etc - if you're in Glasgow, head to Mono) and one of her great achievements was a vegan donner kebab.
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We have a wee guy now who's going to be raised vegetarian (vegan probably) and then be allowed to decide for himself.
By the time he's old enough to decide for himself, will his body allow him to make the choice or is the whole start off vegan and your body will lose the ability to process meat thing a myth?
M_V
If most of them have become vegan in the past couple years, then it's poser veganism. Simple as. If you didn't give a shit ten years ago, Dont pretend you give a shit now.Bandwagon jumping. It's more fashionable to not be a vegan as you're not succumbing to veganism just because other people are.
I bet the best part of being a vegan is pretending the food alternatives you should just leave alone taste good. Real vegans back in day wouldn't eat these shitty alternatives because they were real vegans and wouldn't actually want anything to do with a fake version of a food they're supposedly boycotting
Fakes fakes fakes
Disclaimer; vegan for 15 years xx