I guess you have no such aversion to call yourself a Vaishnava although Vaishnavas are also a part of the Hindu faith and culture. So why not identify yourself as a Hindu also? Or are 1 Billion people wrong in their understanding of the name of their belief system and culture. Was the "Jagat Guru Srila Prabhupada" maybe not a Hindu or a follower of the Vaishnava Hindu faith? In my opinion you did not really answered my inquiry.
I was reading recently an article online called
The dreaded "H-word" where the author made similar experiences like me asking you this questions, she writes:
"We do not teach Hinduism, we are universal,” he (a member of a Hare Krishna community in L.A.) said to me, “we do not restrict ourselves to Hinduism.” Now I’m not an argumentative person but I couldn’t resist pointing out that he was at an event organized by the Hindu community, that virtually everyone approaching his stall was either a Hindu or interested in Hinduism, that he was dressed in traditional Hindu dress, with traditional Hindu sacred markings on his skin, that his group had a Hindu sounding name and that what he was offering to teach was an ancient Hindu practice and art whose ultimate aim is help the individual on the path to union with everything (or “God” some people might prefer)."
You write: "You are also very wrong that you think that Vedic life is long gone." As far as I learned from some history books what you call the Vedic life was a time period in ancient India a few thousend years ago, thus it is indeed long gone, which was maybe characterized by "simple living and high thinking" since there was nothing else there the people could do than live of the land in a simple way and "think high" or "get high" by chanting some miraculous mantras in the expectation of some better days to come... The industrial revolution which started our wealthy modern day world began as far as I know just a few hundred years ago here in Europe.

• Telegraph, UK:
To millions of devout Hindus...
You write further: "You should understand that Vedic life is to live off the Land, have Cows, and Family while Chanting Hare Krishna."
Now you should know that I myself am a born countryboy. My parents and family were living on a small farm in Romania. We had a few cows, two horses, some piks, sheeps, a few goats and a lot of hens and ducks. My mother although she lives now since more than 35 years here in the town of Nuremberg has still a few hens in the garden of her house. So you can imagine that you cannot really impress me with your stories from your so called "Vedic" country life. I know how life was and really is on the country side there in Transylvania or elsewhere in the world. And it was not always so easy and romantic as you may try to make me think, believe me. And chanting well I dont mind doing it every now and then it gives me a special pleasure and taste to call sometimes upon Krishnas name and potency. But what does this really has to do with "Vedic life" or the Hindu culture and way of living, may be you can explain to me?

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Vedic India
• Alive Vedic Lifestyle...
Photos: Milking a Cow in India
• Survey:
http://www.hinduvoice.co.uk/Issues/28/Survey.htm
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