Vasu Murti

Oakland, CA

Vasu commented on the petition | about 6 hours ago

Google: Don't Sponsor Bigotry

This kind of supremacist thinking has its roots in the way we humans treat other animals. I would refer you to The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery by Marjorie Spiegel and Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust by Charles Patterson. In my 2006 book, The Liberal Case Against Abortion, I similarly argue abortions (and wars) won't cease until we humans cease to kill animals. It's instant karma -- Hare Krishna!
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Google: Don't Sponsor Bigotry
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UCSF: Don't Let Jesus Navarro Die, Approve His Kidney Transplant
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Tell Sallie Mae: Stop the Unemployment Penalty
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Maximum sentence for Debe Bell Convicted on 35 Counts of Animal Cruelty
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Hershey’s Trust: Stop Exploiting Children to Grow Cocoa Beans
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Hershey’s Trust: Stop Exploiting Children to Grow Cocoa Beans
Vasu commented on the petition | 8 days ago

Hershey’s Trust: Stop Exploiting Children to Grow Cocoa Beans

Approximately 1.7 million children work in horrible, dangerous conditions in the food industry: the West African cocoa industry. The fair trade movement should unite with the animal rights movement, endorsing only cruelty-free products. John Stuart Mill observed, "The reason for legal intervention in favor of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves— the animals." In his book, Christianity and the Rights of Animals, Reverend Andrew Linzey, an Anglican priest, notes that "In some ways, Christian thinking is already oriented in this direction. What is it that so appalls us about cruelty to children or oppression of the vulnerable, but that these things are betrayals of relationships of special care and special trust? Likewise, and even more so, in the case of animals who are mostly defenseless before us."
Vasu signed the petition | 8 days ago

Hershey’s Trust: Stop Exploiting Children to Grow Cocoa Beans
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Maximum charges for Dario Yachachin for his 10 counts of animal cruelty.