Nursery teas

What confronts us, as vegans? Here we have the whole of omnivore consciousness formed up against our puny vegan push. It’s no wonder they can ignore us, for what are we? What do we have to fight them with, weapon-wise? All we are is a few nervous advocates on soap boxes calling out to passers-by (we’re so nervous that we often spend our time squabbling between ourselves, to generate another scrap of self-confidence with which to fight ‘the bastards’).
With what do we have to fight ‘the good fight’? Perhaps only our own intelligence, plus the knowledge that veganism (itself) is unarguable. Pretty much. That’s what the omnivore dreads most and therefore what our own confidence should mostly rest on.
The clarity of our vegan philosophy acts as a Sword of Damocles hanging over the head of every omnivore. It peeves them that they are unable to talk about this particular subject without sounding foolish. And what is more embarrassing than being thought of as a normal, independent-thinking, intelligent person who is forced to think like the mob, simply because they can’t face the reality of going without their nursery teas? The child in us prevents our growing up when it comes to food and treats and the ‘yummies’.