Vegetarian/Vegan - My Face is On Fire.

[Veganism]

So here's the deal: In modern and common parlance,
"vegetarianism" is understood to mean a plant-based diet that may or may
not include the consumption of animal products such as dairy, eggs or
honey. In terms of
taking the interests and rights of nonhuman animals seriously, veganism
is no more a "part" or "aspect" of vegetarianism than it is a part of
omnivorism. It is not a subset of vegetarianism, which concerns itself with what one
chooses to eat. Veganism isn't solely about diet, but is about making a
commitment to nonhuman animals that involves refraining from exploiting
them as far as is possible in all aspects of one's consumption (i.e. food, clothes,
personal care products, entertainment, et al.). In his or her article,
VegBlogger makes it clear that he or she views omnivorism (which involves the consumption of
animal flesh) as a big bad by repeatedly portraying comparing
vegetarianism to omnivorism as the "hurling" of "insults" at
vegetarians. Basically, one would assume by this that VegBlogger views
the consumption of animal flesh itself as immoral, but stops short of
viewing the consumption of animal secretions (or any other exploitation
of animals) as ethically problematic and thinks that it's rude that
others should view the consumption of animal secretions as such and be
forthright about it.

FULL ENTRY.