## 08 Proselytism and Veganism

When you talk about veganism with other people, or on a blog, you're often accused of making proselytising. OK, I know vegans who would agree with a vegano-fascism that forces people to eat only vegetables but most vegans are more open-minded and think differently, othen to a better world.

Think back to your childhood, when your parents forced you to eat some vegetables like Broccoli or Brussels sprout... Do you eat them regularly or is it a trauma? I love these vegetables but I know people who don't like them, sometimes don't know what they smell like… I don't think that forcing people to eat something makes them eat it regularly. And imagine if it's forbidden. No, I prefer a really good vegan meal, chosen by everyone and it's often surprising when you tell someone it was «vegan», if you don't told them before

I just saw a TV news report about the name of fake («mock») meat products. In France, it's going to be forbidden to call a vegan/vegetarian steak, … hum, steak. Guess who made this decision ? The meat industry lobby of course. Is it not proselytism? They don't even know that these products are not in the same supermarket department or on the same shelf. We already drink soy drinks and not soy milk. Did they know that the name soy milk is used in the US for many years and they always drink real milk. It's so funny to read the names that have been created especially for this stupid law. If I admit that some vegan products are not good for the planet, they are at least good for the animals, and in most cases better than the consequences of intensive farming on water consumption and climate. (*)

Do you think I'm proselytising here? Just look at all te advertisements in the real world and try to find out how many are for vegan or vegetarian products ? So few....And if I'm not going to talk about the wonderful life of a vegan (just because it's not easy to be vegan in some countries, regions, ...) every week or month, I will sometimes talk about veganism or vegetarianism when I think it's interesting, as I did several times a year in my former french blog. It can be recipes or product reviews (if it's not too french...). But I'm not a specialist, just a vegetarian for 20 years and a vegan for 15 years now....and still alive :-p

(*) : see also : 
=> https://revue-sesame-inrae.fr/les-viandes-alternatives-sont-elles-plus-vertueuses-que-la-viande-delevage/ a french study on fake/mock meat, compiling international datas.

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