Tag Archives: moral choices

On being critical and holier than thou

Posted on March 1, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I recently saw two criticisms of my blog on Facebook. What, only two? To be honest there’s never any shortage of criticism. The human obsession with using and consuming inappropriate substances and causing death and destruction to vulnerable innocents in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Awakening to veganism | Tagged advocacy, baby steps, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, criticism, Cruelty, dairy, diet, holier than thou, moral choices, nonviolence, sentience, slaughter, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 12 Comments

Response to a ‘welfare’ survey about hens used for eggs

Posted on January 14, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There’s an Elephant in the Room was recently contacted by a veterinary student with a request to complete a survey on the ‘welfare’ of hens in the egg industry. I did not complete it and … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Abolition vs Welfare, Chickens and eggs | Tagged chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, diet, harm, health, moral choices, sentience, slaughter, vegan, veganism, victims, welfare | 11 Comments

A thought about what ‘better’ means

Posted on January 6, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

All of us are sentient individuals, the majority of whom have never been confined, never been tortured, never been mutilated deliberately and without anaesthesia, never been forcibly impregnated, never had our babies taken from us, never been hooked up to milk … Continue reading →

Posted in Abolition vs Welfare, Single Issue Campaigns | Tagged abolition, commodification, human superiority, moral choices, moral judgment, petitions, resources, sentience, slaughter, Torture, vegan, victims, violence | 6 Comments

Single issues and me

Posted on August 3, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There is much written about single issues and petitions. The two go hand in hand. It’s a hot topic and I’m not going to wade into the debate. If you read this and feel moved to seek to justify your … Continue reading →

Posted in Abolition vs Welfare, Single Issue Campaigns | Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, decency, ethics, harm, human superiority, milk, moral choices, nonviolence, petitions, resources, respect, sentience, Single Issue Campaigns, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, violence, welfarism | 9 Comments

Breaking down the walls

Posted on May 28, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Once we cross that border into veganism and look back, we all become aware of things we never realised before. Things that we took for granted and that were therefore unexamined; vast areas of our behaviour and of our thoughts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism | Tagged advocacy, awakening, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, dogma, ethics, health, human superiority, justice, milk, moral choices, nonviolence, petitions, resources, respect, sentience, slaughter, truth, vegan, veganism, violence, wall | 2 Comments

Obscene term of the day: ‘Treated like animals’

Posted on May 26, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

In recent days I have read and heard the term ‘treated like animals’ used frequently to describe an experience or circumstance, and it is a term that strikes a raw nerve for me. When we hear this phrase, few of … Continue reading →

Posted in Terminology | Tagged animals, consumer demand, dignity, language, love, moral choices, respect, rights, sentience, speciesism, truth, vegan, violence | 7 Comments

Thoughts on diluting the vegan message

Posted on February 23, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today, one of the topics in cyberspace is sites, groups and individuals that call themselves ‘vegan’ when they very plainly are not. ‘So what’s the problem – aren’t they harmless?’ I hear some ask. So I found myself considering two aspects … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | Tagged advocacy, awakening, cheese, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, dairy, ethics, milk, moral choices, nonviolence, slaughter, vegan, vegan police, veganism | 6 Comments

Being vegan – thoughts and disappointments

Posted on September 12, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I became vegan largely due to gut instinct. By that I mean that when I read the truth about the dairy and egg industries, I suddenly realised that my victims were just like me, with hopes and needs, with bonds that bound them … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism | Tagged abolition, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, excuses, extremism, milk, moral choices, petitions, rights, sentience, Single Issue Campaigns, speciesism, Torture, truth, veganism, violence, welfarism | 4 Comments

On the giving of names and trophy hunting

Posted on July 29, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today, yet again, social media resounds with vilification of an individual who quite unashamedly killed a fellow sentient individual named Cecil. There was a time when I could never even have imagined the howls of indignation and outrage, the cursing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | Tagged Cecil, commodification, consumer demand, human superiority, individuals, lion, Marius, moral choices, moral high ground, nameless, names, nonviolence, property, property status, resources, respect, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, Torture, trophy hunting, veganism, violence | 7 Comments

The charade that disowns violence

Posted on July 1, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

No matter how much we claim to ‘love animals’ and ‘hate cruelty’, no matter how many people we tell, how many inspirational quotes we share, there is no getting round the fact that being vegan is the only way to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | Tagged cheese, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, moral choices, sentience, veganism, violence | 10 Comments