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Tag Archives: violent
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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Users and losers – looking at ‘exploitation’
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, Chickens and eggs, cow, dairy, exploitation, harm, health, hen, honesty, labour, loser, pig, sentience, sentient, sheep, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism, user, vegan, violence, violent, words
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