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Tag Archives: conscience
On living our values
It is not necessary for human animals to use other animals for any reason, and only those unaware of the science, or those who have a vested financial interest in keeping us from realising the truth, will tell us different. … Continue reading
How do you know someone is vegan?
‘Don’t worry, they’ll soon tell you.’ It’s probably true. ‘I’m vegan.’ They’re words many of us say several times a day. Yet contrary to those who mock and ridicule, the words have nothing to do with what I’d choose on … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening to veganism
Tagged commodification, conscience, consumer demand, harm, human superiority, vegan, veganism, violence
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The importance of words: talking turkey
The bizarre idea of ‘pardoning’ a turkey at the festival known as Thanksgiving has popped into my head several times in recent days. Even disregarding the cultural gap arising from my Scottish heritage, it’s such a strange concept, to cause a … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals
Tagged conscience, Cruelty, decency, ego, harm, honest, honesty, human superiority, humble, humility, justice, pardon, pardoning, respect, right, sincere, sincerity, slaughterhouse, thanksgiving, truth, turkey, turkeys, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, violent, wrong
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The cosy glow of a quiet conscience
Because we so often hear rhetoric and hyperbole about ‘Success!’ and ‘Victory!’ in connection with the treatment of our nonhuman victims, assumptions are made that animal use is ‘not that bad’ and that those who promote a complete end to … Continue reading
Posted in 'Happy' exploitation
Tagged abolition, advocacy, chickens, commodification, conscience, consumer demand, dairy, eggs, happy meat, humane exploitation, milk, nonviolence, resources, sentience, veganism, violence
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