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Meat eaters need apply

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The VivaVine
a publication of the VivaVegie Society, Inc.
Prince Street Station
P.O. Box 294
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Publisher: Pamela Rice
www.vivavegie.org

The VivaVine (Fall 2001, Vol. 10, No. 4)

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Would VivaVegie accept a meat eater as a member?

Gersh Kuntzman, columnist
New York Post

Editor's reply: Certainly! But it would probably be like John Ashcroft joining the American Civil Liberties Union.

Not really. On the contrary, we at the VivaVegie Society would often prefer a dialog with a meat eater to one with just another vegetarian. After all, it's the meat eaters who need to listen to what we have to say. And we need to listen to their reasoning as well.

With VivaVegie officially incorporated as an educational organization, we more than welcome nonvegetarians to come to the Veggie Center, read our publications, and yes, even become card-carrying members of our group. And we hope the reception they'll receive is pleasant enough that their eyes and minds will remain open to the information we pass on.

In short, we're for any movement toward veganism, however incremental and by whomever it might be.

So no, we don't require a person to be a vegetarian to be a member. Then again, I can't say how we would check!

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