Comments on: Can Nicole Lapin Be A Honey Eating Vegan?

By: Hu

Hu — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:38:05 +0000

Hello those who are “Veganer than thou”,

I’ve been vegetarian for 31 years. I was mostly vegan 8 of those years, except I ate honey, eggs in wedding cakes (sacred food), and probably was “dosed” with non-vegan items accidentally any number of times. 31 years ago it was hard enough being vegetarian let alone vegan. Most of us didn’t even know that sugar was filtered through cow bones to make it white. I suppose if I had been eating white sugar instead of honey, someone could make a case that I wasn’t really vegan in my heart.

If you want to criticize Nicole for calling herself vegan, then you need your own little fundy religious cult. Because you are right, every one else is wrong, but you’ve lost sight of the big picture.

Nicole’s style will probably draw more people to consider a vegan lifestyle than the style of anyone who complains that she is not vegan enough.

If her intent is to avoid exploitation of animals, she is doing a better job than 99.2% of the US population. So if you are in the .8% who are vegan and don’t do honey, more power to you. But if you’re a fundy who is keeping tabs on everyone, watch out that you don’t eat a worm in your apple, a bug in your salad, or ride in a car, a bus or on a bicycle, most tires are made with stearic acid, which means they aren’t vegan. So you might just might have to ex-communicate yourself.

By: Bee Keeper

Bee Keeper — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:23:58 +0000

Yeah, right! Perhaps, it is about time to redefine the term vegan and vegetarian. Why deprive yourself from consuming honey when it is good for your health? Just think of it.

By: Beekeeping

Beekeeping — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:28:40 +0000

Well, if Nicole Lapin considers herself as a vegan, then she is not a full-pledged vegan as to the context and definition of being a vegan. Then I think we better respect her for she believe.

By: em

em — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:28:56 +0000

It hard to become complete vegan in US, if u think about the egg that is put in each item.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:41:51 +0000

Even vegans don’t always know they’re not eating vegan.

Yes, you can choose not to consume meat and dairy easily, but what about that study that found a bunch of non vegan ingredients at “vegan” restaurants in LA?

Unless you cultivate everything in your own backyard and buy and eat nothing else, you can’t argue you’re completely “vegan.”

I almost ate a strawberry with a live bug on it. It was organic, so the little guy made it out alive.

Cool experience and I placed him outside, but the point is…even ketchup has grinded up bugs in it.

If you’re doing the best you can and have the goal of eating vegan, you have every right to call yourself one.

The nit picky nastiness is just a turnoff for those trying to become closer to vegan.

By: Tracie

Tracie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:52:50 +0000

People also argue that ‘real’ vegans don’t eat sugar.

I think that both debates (bees & sugar) are a bit nit-picky.