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Welfare versus Abolition

Please think about the following quote by Woodrow Wilson the next time the debate between welfare (i.e., pursuing the regulation of slavery) versus …

Posted byRandy W. SandbergNovember 19, 2011Posted in1900s, 2000s, Antislavery, Blog, Humans, Nonhumans

That is sentience

Why does the spider hide or run when he is threatened? Because he fears pain and doesn’t want to die. That is …

Posted byRandy W. SandbergAugust 21, 2011Posted in2000s, Blog, Nonhumans

I choose not to participate in the exploitation of others

Several years ago I heard through the grapevine (i.e., office gossip) that a workmate of mine took public transport to work rather than his own car. I …

Posted byRandy W. SandbergAugust 7, 2011Posted in2000s, Antislavery, Blog, Nonhumans

What you might not see

“The negro slaves of the South are the happiest, and, in some sense, the freest people in the world.” ~ George Fitzhugh (1857) Can you imagine someone …

Posted byRandy W. SandbergAugust 3, 2011December 5, 2014Posted in1800s, 2000s, Antislavery, Blog, Humans, Nonhumans, Proslavery

To prove our superiority

“Like everything human, justice is imperfect. It’s flawed. But it’s those very imperfections that separates us from the machines and maybe even makes us …

Posted byRandy W. SandbergAugust 1, 2011Posted in2000s, Antislavery, Blog, Humans, Nonhumans

Veganism makes the statement that slavery is wrong

Why should vegans lie to non-vegans about the virtues of abstaining from one kind of product of exploitation (i.e., flesh) but not all others …

Posted byRandy W. SandbergJuly 31, 2011Posted in2000s, Antislavery, Blog, Nonhumans

I am an atheist and a vegan because I believe in equality

I am an atheist because I do not believe in superior beings, and I am vegan because I do not believe in inferior ones.

Posted byRandy W. SandbergMay 28, 2011June 10, 2017Posted in2000s, Antislavery, Blog, Humans, Nonhumans

It shouldn't matter what other human or nonhuman animals do or do not do

It shouldn’t matter what other human or nonhuman animals do or do not do. All that should matter is what YOU do and how YOU feel when you do it. I for …

Posted byRandy W. SandbergMay 28, 2011Posted in2000s, Antislavery, Blog, Humans, Nonhumans

I think of an ex-vegan like I think of an ex-nonracist or ex-nonsexist

I think of an ex-vegan like I think of an ex-nonracist or ex-nonsexist. That is, the idea of them having ever been truly non-discriminatory seems extremely far-fetched. Think, then Go Vegan!

Posted byRandy W. SandbergNovember 30, 2010Posted in2000s, Antislavery, Blog, Nonhumans

VEGANISM: That thing you do when you finally start taking the rights of others seriously

VEGANISM: That thing you do when you finally start taking the rights of others seriously. Think, then Go Vegan!

Posted byRandy W. SandbergOctober 20, 2010Posted in2000s, Antislavery, Blog, Humans, Nonhumans

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