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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world".
Mohandas Gandhi
"A human being is a part of the whole called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty".
Albert Einstein
It is all very well to say that individuals must wrestle with their consciencesï¾but only if their consciences are awake and informed. Industrial society, alas, hides animals suffering.
For modern animal agriculture, the less the consumer knows about whatï¾s happening before the meat hits the plate, the better.
If true, is this an ethical situation? Should we be reluctant to let people know what really goes on, because we're not really proud of it and concerned that it might turn them to vegetarianism?
Peter Cheeke, PhD, Oregon St. U. Professor of Animal Agriculture, Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture, 1999 textbook
Vegan Outreach
Forever Green
There's a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side.
Half the dogs in America will receive Christmas presents this year, yet few of us pause to consider the miserable life of the pigï¾an animal easily as intelligent as a dogï¾that becomes the Christmas ham.
New York Times Magazine "An Animal's Place"
by Michael Pollan, 11/10/02
Why Vegetarian
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