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The importance of words

Posted on November 29, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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 | 1 Comment

Users and losers – looking at ‘exploitation’

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

Originally published 1 September 2015, updated 22 January 2019 The word ‘exploitation’ is frequently used in connection with our behaviour towards other animal species. Like many others, ‘exploitation’ is a word we seem to save specially for this circumstance, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, Terminology | Tagged animal lovers, breast milk, brutal, brutality, cow, dairy, eggs, exploitation, harm, health, hen, honesty, labour, loser, pig, sentience, sentient, sheep, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism, user, vegan, violence, violent, words | 10 Comments

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