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I've said this before, but I think it's OK to repeat myself a bit: In determining veganicity, we need to distinguish between products and persons. Whether a product is vegan is a different question to whether a person should be considered a vegan. With products the criteria we apply are more clear-cut. With people we should allow a little more flexibility. Vegan people may at times consume, purchase and/or use non-vegan products. The more important definition that we need to protect is that of a vegan product. Whether a person calls themselves a vegan while wearing a leather jacket, I don't care as much, as long as they're not campaigning to become president of the Vegan Society or something similar.

[QUOTE="Second Summer, post: 301905, member: 4629"] I've said this before, but I think it's OK to repeat myself a bit: In determining veganicity, we need to distinguish between products and persons. Whether a product is vegan is a different question to whether a person should be considered a vegan. With products the criteria we apply are more clear-cut. With people we should allow a little more flexibility. Vegan people may at times consume, purchase and/or use non-vegan products. The more important definition that we need to protect is that of a vegan product. Whether a person calls themselves a vegan while wearing a leather jacket, I don't care as much, as long as they're not campaigning to become president of the Vegan Society or something similar. [/QUOTE]

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