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If we can live and prosper without killing, why would we not do so? I do not see veganism as 'extreme' in any way. I see killing for no reason as ext….
If you love animals but think that veganism is extreme, then you are confused about the meaning of love..
Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and ….
Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a p….
The idea that we have the right to inflict suffering and death on other sentient beings for the trivial reasons of palate pleasure and fashion is, wi….
Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhuman….
Who I've been is not as important as who I'm becoming..
All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property.
Veganism is not a limitation in any way; it's an expansion of your love, your commitment to nonviolence, and your belief in justice for all..
There is nothing more 'elitist' than thinking our palate pleasure can ever justify a second of suffering or a single death. Please go vegan..
When it comes to animal agriculture, there is conventional, which is rally hideous, and 'compassionate' and 'certified humane' or whatever, which 'ma….
The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution..
Welfare reforms and the whole “happy” exploitation movement are not “baby steps.” They are big steps–in a seriously backward direction..
Being vegan is not a matter of "lifestyle." It is a matter of fundamental moral obligation. Is being vegan a matter of "choice"? Only insofar as we a….
The theory of animal rights simply is not consistent with the theory of animal welfare... Animal rights means dramatic social changes for humans and ….
We cannot justify treating any sentient nonhuman as our property, as a resource, as a thing that we an use and kill for our purposes..
If you think that being vegan is difficult, imagine how difficult it is for animals that you are not vegan..
Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans..
Being vegan provides us with the peace of knowing that we are no longer participants in the hideous violence that is animal exploitation..
Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as fu….
Humans treat animals as things that exist as means to human ends. That's morally wrong. Sexism promotes the idea that women are things that exist as….