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Two minuscule rants this time.

Firstly, this relates to the inane ability of humans to class wild animals by the wrong taxonomic diet. First and foremost, wild animals are NOT vegetarians. Never have been, never will be. The word "Vegetarian" is a definition prescribed to the class of human whom abstains from meat; the flesh of an animal. This includes chicken and fish for all you pseudo vegetarians out there.

Even the highly acclaimed Sir David Attenborough, a renowned wildlife documentary narrator has fallen into this sordid trap of attributing human classifications to animals. The said animal he mistakenly claimed to be "vegetarian" was herbivorous; a REAL classification for animal eating habits within the wild that include plant life in the diet and plant life only. Hell, he could've taken it a step further and gone for a specific classification for this particular animal; a frugivore, as it lived on the nuts (yes, nuts are a fruit) of some sort of plant.

As it stands, the following classifications are welcomed: Frugivore, Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore, Piscivore, Insectivore, and so on. Vegetarian is NOT welcomed.

It's like the world just forgot basic science lessons from their younger years. Seriously...being learned is not a bad thing!

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Onto my next rant...

Omnivores, you are not carnivores, so stop claiming you are! The human body is, for the most part, incapable of surviving on a carnivorous diet alone. So stop talking nonsense and admit to your true eating habits !

I have a new vegan board:

 http://purelyvegan.proboards.com/

It's for vegans and vegetarians who are planning to go vegan only (so we can help them).

This is in lue of being told (by people on VFF) that one should not be proud or claim credit for someone going vegan even if it's obvious they wouldn't of gone vegan without your information sharing and encouragement. They also claimed this because apparently going vegan is the 'choice' of the person alone. If that were so, we can discredit the suffragette movement because it's clear, by the logic presented by these VFF vegans, that the suffragette movement made no difference in changing people's views of women's rights. The same can be applied to any movement which hopes to change the minds of the masses for better. But of course, that is poppycock, because without the suffragettes and other such controversially acclaimed movements of their time, I wouldn't be sitting here typing this (I'm female), nor would some of the slave trade be abolished, and so on and so forth.

Contrary to the belief of some vegans, it is highly unlikely that there are many current vegans who have gone vegan purely through their own thought processes alone. I, for one, would've probably never gone vegan had it not been for the information within the videos on PETA opening my naive vegetarian eyes to the hypocritical life I was leading as a vegetarian. My fiance, whom went vegan before we started courting, would probably have never even considered vegetarianism, let alone veganism, had I not challenged his 'I'm an animal lover' statement...over the PS3 voice comm no less. From the discussion that ensued, I encouraged him to watch earthlings and to prove he was a real animal lover; give up meat, dairy, etc. He also received a copy of my Veganism Intro Guide via good old internet messenger service. Within about a week, he went vegan.

Now, it is obvious that due to me and my never ending hate for the 'I'm an animal lover' statement by omnivores (thus giving me credence to speak up), his lifestyle change occurred. Am I going to take credit for it? Yes I am. Just as I expect anyone who opens the eyes of others to take credit for conversion of a less animal friendly lifestyle to a more animal friendly lifestyle in another. Do I expect a myriad of applause for said conversion? No. But I'm not going to kid myself that my educating others has changed nobody's mind, and that my educating others has been meaningless and insignificant.

So, to all those who have shown others the path of true caring, I applaud you, and I purport you stand up, give yourself a well deserved pat on the back for coming through victorious - even with one person changed - when the mindsets of so many we have educated remains stubborn and unperturbed thus adding to our never ending frustrations as true animal lovers in a non animal friendly world.