January 2012 – Quotes on Slavery

It's crueller not to eat it

Few things raise the hackles of thoughtful eaters quite like veal—unless it’s veal with a side order of foie gras. Bleak images of calves in cramped …

"Veganism or bust"

[T]he educative focus of the animal rights movement should be “veganism or bust”. No confusing, inconsistent messages. Instead, only a firm statement …

Its tenets can teach us how to live at peace with our world

There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings—we all feel pain, we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and to live freely …

What we do now certainly affects all those around us

Because of their belief in Ahimsa (Sanskrit: Non-Killing, Non-Injuring, Harmlessness), vegans are naturally inclined toward pacifism, and many take an …

I believe that every bowl of tofu is responsible for the death of billions of things

If I really wanted to maximize the death toll, I would go into business creating tofu for the vegetarians. ’Cause in order to create tofu, you have to …

WANTED—A NAME

We should all consider carefully what our Group, and our magazine, and ourselves, shall be called. “Non-dairy” has become established as a generally …

The very things necessary to the overthrow of American slavery, were left undone

THE controversy on SLAVERY, in the United States, has been one of an exciting and complicated character. The power to emancipate existing, in fact, in …

The way to oppose the exploitation of all non-human animals

The promotion of ethical veganism for all uses of non-human animals is a way that combines a number of individual campaigns and does not focus on a …

Where do we draw the line?

In his latest piece for the Atlantic Food Channel, he [James McWilliams] attempts to refine his earlier argument by saying that animals are sentient …

Behind the protective veil of property status

[G]iven that this idea of equal consideration is so central to an ethical understanding of our relationship with animals, why do we so rarely think …