Tag Archives: conscience

How do you know someone is vegan?

Posted on April 2, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘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 | 4 Comments

The importance of words

Posted on November 29, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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, harm, honest, honesty, human superiority, humble, humility, justice, respect, right, sincere, sincerity, slaughterhouse, thanksgiving, truth, turkey, turkeys, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, violent, wrong | 1 Comment

The cosy glow of a quiet conscience

Posted on September 27, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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 | 5 Comments

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How do you know someone is vegan?

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