Be aware that PETA members are most likely using "cruelty-free" makeup and "imitation-leather" belts and shoes. When I got out of high school I managed a health food store for a couple of years, and we sold those kinds of things. I decided to leave after I couldn't take any more from the crazies that congregated there. I guess a lot of those hippies had too much LSD back in the 60's.

Whether they use vegan products or not certainly doesn't have any effect on my opinion of the group, but it's important to be fully aware of what we're saying when we debate them.