Deception

My friend is a Vegan; having arrived from the planet Vigo many years ago, he has had a tough life due to reoccurring mental illness.
The point of this is that one of the few pleasures he has is Guinness. The drinking in itself is not a problem, however I have recently discovered that Guinness in common with many alcoholic drinks is cleared with 'finings'; which are dried fish swim bladders.
My friend cannot bear the thought of exploiting any animal; however small, he won't eat honey as it's stealing from bees.
So here is my dilemma, do I tell him that there may be a few molecules of fish in the drink he loves and condemn him to a life of drinking organic whiskey and tea, or do I keep quiet and allow him to imbibe fish molecules?
If I tell him, he will realise that all this time he hasn't been a vegan at all.


Uncle Keith

Hello there Uncle Keith, nice to hear from you with this problem, that really moved me, deep in my waters. My suggestion is, keep quiet! This isn't merely a gut feeling about the best solution, but instead I can actually back this up with two ancient philosophies. The first being, 'Ignorance is bliss' and the second being 'What he don't know, won't hurt him'.
Ponder that, I think it's the best way to go, plus depending on how good a friend he is, you can always have a good laugh behind his back!
Much love,

P.S. Lets hope he doesn't read this!