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Tag Archives: entitlement
Obscene phrase of the day: ‘bred for eating’
Originally posted 1 September 2014, revised and links updated 31 January 2018 ‘bred for eating’ (variation: ‘bred for food’) ‘But surely you realise that they were ‘bred for eating‘?’ It’s a sentence frequently uttered triumphantly by those seeking to justify eating … Continue reading
Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Terminology
Tagged brutality, commodification, consumer demand, decency, enslavement, entitlement, harm, human superiority, humane, justice, moral choices, necessity, ownership, resources, respect, sentience, speciesism, superiority, Torture, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violation, violence, vulnerable
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For Earth Day: thoughts about speciesism, biophilia and veganism
Recently, I was introduced to a new word. Finding this one gave a name to a notion that has become more acute in my recent years as an advocate, prompting thoughts that I’d like to share in recognition of Earth … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Global disasters, Speciesism
Tagged advocacy, awakening, biophilia, catastrophe, climate, climate change, commodification, destruction, disaster, Earth day, ecosystem, entitlement, environment, ethics, extinction, harm, health, human superiority, justice, love, moral choices, planetary collapse, pollution, resources, respect, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, tyranny, vegan, veganism, victims
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