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donald commented on the article |Excellent post.
The only righteous solution is to somehow control or dismantle the destructiveness of humans.
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donald commented on the article |Don't waste time on trolls.
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donald commented on the article |Agree it sounds like a justification for bad behavior. If it will help to make my claim sounds more serious, than I'm 100% rawvegan, 80% veganic and local.
I respect your opinion but disagree and I think history proves it well (as mentioned in the article I refered to).
Some behaviors can be changed, some (like our selfishness) can never be changed.
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donald commented on the article |
Hi Michele, in my opinion the problem is much more serious than you described it, and I think your critisism is based on false assumption - that
"Human consumption and greed are at the root of animals getting any "rights" in the near future." [your words]
The root problem is not greed or consumption but human nature itself, and we cannot change human nature. That's why I think your solutions are not the solution.
A nice article which touches this issue is "Until There Are No Beings Whom We Still Define as 'Other' " (Norm Phelps and Steve Best exchange thoughts).
(Due to the sensitivity related to this issue, I have no intention in going deeper into it)
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donald commented on the article |
Tom Regan wrote/said:
The position we hold - the abolitionist position - is often said to be "extreme," and those of us who hold it are said to be "extremists." The unspoken suggestions are that extreme positions cannot be right, and that extremists must be wrong.
But I am an extremist when it comes to rape - I am against it all the time. I am an extremist when it comes to child abuse - I am against it all the time. I am an extremist when it comes to sexual discrimination, racial discrimination - I am against it all the time. I am an extremist when it comes to abuse to the elderly - I am against it all the time.
The plain fact is, moral truth often is extreme, and must be, for when the injustice is absolute, then one must oppose it - absolutely.
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donald commented on the article |
Great article, Stephanie.
Recently I saw a great peace on youtube where Dr. Steve Best analyzes the core differences between Animal Rights and other "radical" philosophies, fascinating hearing:
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donald commented on the article |"Tactics based solely on morality can only succeed when you are dealing with people who are moral or a system that is moral." (Malcolm X)
Here is one example that take the non-vegan people out of the equation:
a new vegan meat-like product which taste and feels better than meat gets out to the market.
There are maybe more realistic ideas to change the system but unfortunately they will be considered "extreme" by most vegans.
And as for the claim that such solutions do not educate the people and therefore fundamentally weak, remember: it is much easier to educate a health-vegan on animal-rights than to educate a health-nonvegan.
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donald commented on the article |
*correction: "Nobody can act and speak for the voiceless BUT US."
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donald commented on the article |
Disagree.
Animal rights activists must measure properly what is in stake and recognize what are the ROOT CAUSES.
I'm not going to detail what are these root causes but I will say that: humans will always be speciesist; if we want to abolish speciesism, we should change the system, not the people.
Nobody can act and speak for the voiceless.
We should do WHATEVER we can in order to stop their unparalleled (in terms of numbers) holocaust.
I dislike PETA sexiest and non affective campaigns, but if they were affective, they would have had my vote.
