>People often refer to raw foodists as if they're all raw vegans,
>even here on this list, where we have a number of members who eat
>all raw without being vegans or vegetarians.
>
>So I'm wondering:  Is it most people's experience that raw vegans
>far outnumber raw non-vegans?

May be they are just louder to compensate for the insecurity arising
from
trying to maintain a long term vegan diet when most of the old timers
in raw
vegan end up quitting the idea, .
may be the non vegan rawfoodists feel content and satisfyed enought to
be as
lazy as a lion after a good meal.

In north america ,it is certainly more popular to be a raw vegan than
in
France where most of the raw foodists are non vegan. Coming from
France to
Canada  i have been surprised by the reaction of  peoples about me
eating
raw meat, there is so much obsession here about "cleanliness" ,fear
base
hygiene , that just the idea is "yukky". In france the idea is better
accepted because raw seasonned meat like saucisson and raw hams are
very
common and popular. And we like our cheeses smelly and full of life (
have
you ever seen a microcospic view of cheese crust , that is alive...)
The
cliche of a good picnic meal is a good saucisson , a small cheese ,a
good
piece of Bread and a quart of red wine.( 75 % raw meal )
jean-claude