Tag Archives: human superiority

On ‘personal choice’ and trying to be a ‘popular’ vegan

Posted on November 13, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I’m sure we’ve all heard – or maybe even used at some time – the tired old assertion about ‘my personal choice’? My first hearing was when it was actually snarled at me through gritted teeth by a former … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, consumer demand, Global disasters | Tagged animal rights, climate disaster, diet, disaster, ecological disaster, end of life as we know it, extremism, famine, fire, flood, Flooding, food shortage, human superiority, justice, moral choices, personal, personal choice, planetary collapse, plant-based, speciesism, truth, victims, violence, wildfires | 5 Comments

Learning lessons

Posted on September 19, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Recently, someone died; someone who was everything to me. ‘How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand… there is no going back? There … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, dairy, Eulogies, Health and plant based eating, Speciesism | Tagged advocacy, animal rights, breast milk, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, Grief, harm, health, heartbreak, human superiority, loss, misery, moral choices, motherhood, veganism | 23 Comments

New Year 2019, and I’m hoping for a miracle

Posted on December 30, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I usually do a blog at this time of year – it’s an apt time to reflect on the changes that have taken place and a chance to evaluate the slow but steady progress that we’re making towards a vegan … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals, Global disasters | Tagged 6th extinction, abyss, agriculture, animal rights, animal use, business continuity, catastrophe, climate, climate change, consumer demand, crisis, disaster planning, extinction, extreme weather, farming, global warming, gore, human superiority, human supremacy, miracle, New Year, peril, plant-based, plant-based eating, regulations, slaughter, supply and demand, vegan, veganism, weather | 3 Comments

We’re so vain – thoughts on intelligence

Posted on April 17, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Another comment that often appears amongst the arsenal of tired old excuses that humans cling to in their attempts to justify the use of members of other species, centres around presumptions of superior intelligence when compared with every other species … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, FAQ, Speciesism | Tagged advocacy, awakening, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, death, Earth day, harm, human superiority, intelligence, moral choices, resources, rights, sentience, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 7 Comments

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

Plants feel, fish feel, cows feel – but we have to eat

Posted on March 16, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘Plants feel, fish feel, cows feel – but we have to eat.’ This was a comment made on a recent post promoting veganism. It’s almost possible to hear the dismissive shrug at the end. It’s another of these sentences that … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Health and plant based eating, Sentience | Tagged breast feeding, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, feed conversion ratio, harm, health, human superiority, oppression, plants, plants tho, resources, rights, sentience, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims | 1 Comment

Thoughts for another Mother’s Day

Posted on March 5, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Every specially designated ‘day’ presents a shameless commercial opportunity to flood the market with consumer goods and Mother’s Day is no different. Shops and online commercial enterprises are filled with items targeted at those who gladly embrace this annual occasion … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, dairy, Festivals | Tagged chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, emotion, harm, health, human superiority, love, milk, moral choices, mother, motherhood, mothering, resources, respect, rights, sentience, slaughter, vegan, veganism, victims | 4 Comments

Cruelty to animals

Posted on February 7, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Originally posted on 22 November 2015, reviewed and links updated 2021 Cruelty to animals. If ever there was a phrase that seems so clear but says so little, then this is it. We all say we hate it, we all … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Cruelty | Tagged advocacy, Chickens and eggs, commodification, compassion, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, harm, human superiority, humane, kindness, milk, nonviolence, resources, rights, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, vegan, victims, violence, welfare | 28 Comments

Obscene phrase of the day: ‘bred for eating’

Posted on January 31, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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 | 8 Comments

Claiming exceptions

Posted on January 29, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘That’s not true. That just happens on factory farms. It doesn’t happen on all farms‘. This depressingly common statement appeared recently on a friend’s page in response to a post. It’s been lingering on my mind ever since because variations … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Advocacy, Exceptions | Tagged advocacy, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, compassion, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, ethics, exceptional circumstances, harm, health, human superiority, humane, justice, milk, nonviolence, resources, respect, rights, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 20 Comments