Illuminating Anti- and Proslavery quotes from yesteryear to today
At the end of the day, you’re going to have to live your life on your own terms. If you’re comfortable with what you’re doing, then there’s really not much I can do to change that. If you’re not comfortable with what you’re doing, you might want to examine why. ~ Dino Sarma (January 19, …
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I’m vegan 70% of the time. I have irritable bowel syndrome, so cutting out dairy eases my stomach pains. But for the other 30%, I let myself eat cheese, fish and meat, either because I’m craving it, or for convenience. I want to be healthy, but I also want to enjoy life. If I’m having …
I respect an animal’s interest in continuing to live, per se, for the exact same reasons I respect a human being’s interest in continuing to live. I can’t find any sound moral justification for acknowledging the interest of one species while denying it to the other. Can you? ~ Matthew Finateri (April 7, 2010)
The great thing about being an ex-vegan is that I really appreciate my meat, eggs, and cheese. I’m making up for a decade of deprivation. ~ Bob Zavadowski (April 3, 2010)
We have worked with dozens of companies to get them to pledge to shift to cage-free [eggs.] ~ Wayne Pacelle (April 7, 2010)
You already know these answers, of course. Replace the nonhuman in your question with a human. Then, the reasons why we must show compassion are endless. ~ Jason Dunn (May 23, 2010)
The vulnerable ones should be protected, not exploited. We shall end nonhuman slavery. ~ Vera Cristofani (June 11, 2010)
If you listen to the animal rights writers, you quickly realize that their goal is a homogenized globalized culture based on a Western ethical paradigm and a human separation from nature. Animal rights philosophy could be considered a “disease of civilization.” ~ Melissa McEwen (April 16, 2010)
Regulating animal use will only ever make people feel comfortable with continuing consuming animal products. We need to set the bar at the aim—To abolish animal use through changing our attitudes towards non-human animals, by seeing them as persons and not things. ~ Sally Thompson (June 11, 2010)
You could say it’s wrong to kill a being whenever a being is sentient or conscious. Then you would have to say it’s just as wrong to kill a chicken or mouse as it is to kill you or me. I can’t accept that idea. It may be just as wrong, but millions of chickens …
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