[Johnnyzen]

I agree that Macrobiotics is about freedom. Veganism can be about freedom, if it is a choice, not forced. The larger picture sees veganism as giving freedom to not only oneself, but other sentient beings, freeing them from the suffering and confinement that is not freedom.

Emotion is not all bad, but I am not talking pure emotion here. If you see suffering, you emotion may prompt you to do something about it. Perhaps it was emotion that drove Schindler and others during the Jewish Holocaust to help the Jews who were being persecuted.

Having said that, I think you can make a case for a plant based diet without any emotional componant.Also, I do not think the entire world can bre vegan. Veganism is a priveledge for those educated and with enough money and resources to aquire the many foods we have available in this country. Third world countries do not have this advantage or diversity, and so veganism would be almost impossible there. Veganism is a modern development.