<story><title>The fig is an ecological marvel</title><url>https://nautil.us/issue/104/harmony/the-incredible-fig</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>planetis</author><text>Don&amp;#x27;t get me started on the smear campaign started years ago by probably competitors, all figs are 100% vegan foods, there is no scientific proof that there is &amp;quot;wasp biomass&amp;quot; in there. We are not talking about a regular wasp, but an ant sized one, small enough that can fit in from the flowers lentil sized opening. Their wings are dropped upon entering. They get trapped and consumed by the tree.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Mordisquitos</author><text>I think it is to fall into a trap to argue whether figs are &amp;quot;100% vegan&amp;quot; or not. The real problem is the quasi-religious approach that some unfortunately vociferous people follow with regards to many personal decisions, in such a way that the end goal of pursuing a moral principle is co-opted by a simplistic totalitarian interpretation of the rules, with the need to follow them perfectly as a sign of purity.&lt;p&gt;There is no such thing as a &amp;quot;vegan food&amp;quot;, be it figs, honey, or lettuce. What does exist are vegan &lt;i&gt;values&lt;/i&gt;, and their end goal is to reduce suffering of sentient beings and to have no part in promoting it by exploiting them or consuming products which do. Arguing whether there is any wasp biomass in figs should be irrelevant to veganism. What &lt;i&gt;should&lt;/i&gt; matter is whether wasps are suffering and being exploited because we eat figs. I believe not, but what do I know, I am not a vegan.</text></comment>
<story><title>The fig is an ecological marvel</title><url>https://nautil.us/issue/104/harmony/the-incredible-fig</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>planetis</author><text>Don&amp;#x27;t get me started on the smear campaign started years ago by probably competitors, all figs are 100% vegan foods, there is no scientific proof that there is &amp;quot;wasp biomass&amp;quot; in there. We are not talking about a regular wasp, but an ant sized one, small enough that can fit in from the flowers lentil sized opening. Their wings are dropped upon entering. They get trapped and consumed by the tree.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yosito</author><text>I will never understand people who are so vegan that they wouldn&amp;#x27;t even eat biomass from an insect that naturally died. Why? Do such people also refuse to travel in any vehicles? Where do they draw the line at how small an organism has to be?</text></comment>