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Dear highflyer, this conversation might be going too deep and be too extensive for Happy Cow, but well, here goes my answer: First of all, I hope my comments didn’t give you the feeling that I’m being offensive. Being vegan for me is a state of consciousness, so I don’t only respect animals and our Mother Earth, but also each human and their opinions and of course feelings. But also I have a strong sense for justice, which again makes sense when being vegan. So I felt it necessary to correct at least your statement that a preset tip is forced. I am not personally involved in the vegan scene of Mallorca. I have been at Donna Vegana only three times and am not friends with them. I am an ambassador of Happy Cow because I support the philosophy of veganism and I find joy in supporting members to find places through the app and also businesses to get clients. I don’t agree that reviews should be based on personal feelings. They should be primarily objective, which means that if there is nothing to claim that was bad in an objective way, like food was uncooked, venue was dirty, wrong vegan labels, etc., a rating should at least be 3 stars, especially for a fully vegan venue. Of course one is free to mention personal emotions and opinions, but I think your review is quite unfair, because from how you wrote it, it is obvious that what made you give only two stars, which literally means "needs improvement" was you personal awkwardness in what you described a posh and ugly area. And maybe you should ask yourself where that awkwardness in such surroundings comes from, because again; objectively the surrounding of Ahimsa is not more beautiful. And I by the way love Ahimsa, it is one of my favourites, too. Last, if every vegan business owner has to choose their location based on which businesses are next or close to them, having a vegan business would be even harder. That point to me is also very unfair. And what if I told you that when Donna Vegana opened the clinic you mention wasn’t there? Who knows? Shall they move just because now they have a beauty clinic as neighbours? Your review on Ahimsa appeared on my feed as well, I didn’t stalk your other reviews, I’m not fanatic. I really just feel that sometimes it is necessary to raise awareness. And as vegans, we are in this together. Aren’t we? A big hug ✨