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One would think the non-use of leather shoes and such would be an animal-rights argument, not a vegan\vegetarian one.

I can see where the parallels would be confusing, but I have yet to meet a vegan who went barefoot because shoes had leather in them. Perhaps that means the few vegans I know personally are hypocrites, but that's another matter.

The simple fact is, that for you to eat, something else must die. After all, even if it's just a broccoli sprout, that broccoli still had to die before it went in your mouth. This can NOT be avoided unless you stick to a solid diet of ice cubes.

I don't condone the mistreatment of the animals slaughtered, but the simple fact remains, to avoid dying of starvation, something else must die to feed you, be it plant or animal.

Now if your issue is with the mistreatment of animals, that's a different story..