This post is amazing! because im in constantly arguing with one of my friends that is vegan. im trying to explain some thoughts that you explain very well on this post. I cant wait to share this with her and hear her reply.
And id like to add some comments.
Here in Uruguay, life is quite expensive. We are a very small country and we have more Cows than Humans, and thats not a joke! We produce meat for export and thats one of our economy engines. There is an important amount of people that have economy problems to have access to aliments, and vegans here in Uruguay are really people that NOT have money problems, and thats a little weird. I think is logical to eat what you have at your hands, and here animal products is the most common food. I mean, its ok if you wont base your feeding with animal products, but when thats is the only option in some cases, i think its fine to eat a little bit of animals products a few times. But a vegan wont do that because it cut the count for the years that can say: "im vegan since like 4 years ;)". This is a topic that interested me so much because i grew up in a family that when i was a little kid, theres no chances to choose other menus for the day. Sometimes you just have to respect what you have to eat and be thankful for that, thinking that is some kids around the world literally dying to eat.