Track_Shovel to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agoSettle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?message-square156fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down123
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareSettle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?Track_Shovel to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink15•8 months agoSpecifically it’s about the consent of any sentient beings involved in the production. Milk and eggs are fine as long as you’ve acquired them via free market exchange with the animal that produced them. n Like, breast milk from a woman is okay for a vegan to eat as long as it wasn’t forcibly taken from her.
minus-square@jeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•8 months agoWhich, to be clear, .00001% of human consumed milk doesn’t involve torturing cows and stealing their babies
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•8 months agoRight. Until uplift, cow’s milk can’t be vegan because cows can’t consent.
Specifically it’s about the consent of any sentient beings involved in the production.
Milk and eggs are fine as long as you’ve acquired them via free market exchange with the animal that produced them. n
Like, breast milk from a woman is okay for a vegan to eat as long as it wasn’t forcibly taken from her.
Which, to be clear, .00001% of human consumed milk doesn’t involve torturing cows and stealing their babies
Right. Until uplift, cow’s milk can’t be vegan because cows can’t consent.