These words are meant sympathetically.





‘He doesn’t eat honey because he thinks it’s degrading for bees.’

'Really?'

'Yeah. And he won't walk on carpet that's been made by animals, or anything like that. And his shoes are made of compressed plant fibers.'

‘Sounds like an ego thing to me.’

‘He writes poems, stories and essays about it too.’

‘Really?’

‘Yeah. All about veganism.’

‘Does he try to force it upon others?’

‘I don't know. I haven’t read them. I suppose he feels he needs to justify things.’

‘I like honey.’

‘Yeah, me too.’