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Tag Archives: suffering
‘It’s time to re-evaluate our relationship with animals’ by Lesli Bisgould
This is the first time I’ve shared a transcript as a blog, but this very special talk deserves to reach as wide an audience as possible. In this lecture, Ms Bisgould explains in compelling and rivetting detail, why legislation does … Continue reading
Posted in property status, welfare
Tagged animal rights, Cruelty, fundamental interests, kinship, laws, legal, legal person, legally justifiable, legislation, Lesli Bisgould, morally justifiable, necessary, necessary suffering, person, property, property status, regulations, respect, suffering, unnecessary suffering
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Staying true – more thoughts on ‘reducing suffering’
More and more often I see comments from those who for some reason identify themselves as vegans, comments in which they are approving the most astonishing levels of violence and brutality to the defenceless individuals that veganism is sworn to … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Harm reduction
Tagged death, extremism, extremist, foetal bovine serum, harm, honest, less use, pragmatism, realistic, reducing, reduction, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism, suffering, true, truth, unequivocal, unpopular
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‘Suffering’; a word we use without thought
How can it be that we use words to protect ourselves from feeling, from connecting with the reality of the world? My thoughts strayed in this direction when I was reading a piece earlier that mentioned the word ‘suffering’. Later, … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening to veganism, Terminology
Tagged consumer demand, decency, ethics, harm, human superiority, slaughter, suffering, Torture, truth, vegan, veganism, violence
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