Go veg?

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Two questions were raised last night that have stuck with me. In
chapter 5 Tuttle "urges us to take responsibility for our lives, and
to dedicate ourselves to a cause that his higher than or self-
preoccupations" (92). He further asserts "it may be helpful to
recognize that concern about our own personal health, while necessary,
is in some essential ways a shallow, self-preoccupied and thus shaky
reason for abstaining from animal foods" (93).

We talked about how sometimes the best way to plant a seed in
another's mind and open them to the possibility of veganism is by
connecting to them through something that is important to them
personally. Thinking about your own journey, does it matter why
someone goes vegan?

Tuttle has high praise of vegans and says it's unlikely you'll find
many "'former vegans'" because of our compassion and suggests that we
don't "'cheat'" once we choose to abstain from eating animals and
their secretions (pgs. 92 & 93). In our discussion about our own
veganism, one group member asked, "Are we really more compassionate?"
- what do you think?