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Tag Archives: sincere
Compassion and kindness; not what we need to ask for
The words ‘kindness’ and ‘compassion’ are not what we should be asking for when advocating for the rights of our victims. I can almost hear the gasps of indignation and keyboards warming up already, but please bear with me. Let … Continue reading
Posted in Terminology
Tagged advocacy, animal rights, breast milk, bred for eggs, cheese, Chickens and eggs, commodification, compassion, compassionate, consumer demand, dairy, honest, kind, kindness, milk, other people, property, property status, resources, responsibility, rights, sentience, sincere, slaughter, stop, subjective, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, 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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