Comment · Sun, June 17, 2012
TIL That Strict Vegans Don't Stand A Chance: Chicken Eggs Are Used To Create Influenza, Yellow Fever, and MMR vaccines.
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veganbreegan · 64 points
I'm a vegan.
Omnivores seem to think a logical killer for veganism is the "all or nothing" argument. In short, they believe a vegan has to be 100% vegan, or not at all.
This is a 'false dilemma' logical fallacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma, also known as black and white thinking.
In reality, it's impossible to be 100% vegan, especially when it comes to medication (gelatine capsules, for example, and animal testing). How each vegan deals with this is up to them but I've never heard of vegans avoiding medical treatment, or avoiding it for their children (and I run a local vegan group so know a lot of them). There might be some crazies out there who do this, but they're not representative of vegans as a group.
You can choose to believe that vegans are crazy but then you're guilty of another logical fallacy, that of a straw-man argument.
I'm very happy that I'm as vegan as I can be, and I believe I'm doing a lot of good for myself, animals, and the planet — much more than somebody who is 0% vegan.
There are various charities and organisations that promote medical research free of animal testing, such as the Dr Hadwen Trust: http://www.drhadwentrust.org/.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
My girlfriend was 100% vegan when I met her. I have now got her to start eating fish, some chicken, and meat here and there. She is so much happier and healthier now. I eat vegan food with her some of the time as well. We eat as healthy and organically as possible. Cutting out all of one of the body's main sources for amino acids and protein is not good. The middle ground is where humans should live! A balanced and natural diet that includes many healthy sources of the essential nutrients we need!