I dont understand why animal eaters consider vegans to be self-righteous, or on a moral high horse. Vegans are people who Think that the other animals on this planet are sentient beings, and as such they have certain inalienable rights, including the right to live unmolested on the earth without humans torturing them or eating them or harming them for human pleasures. What is so morally superior about that belief? The question is, if youre not a vegan and you do eat animals, why do you do so? It is a simple question, and answering that question, for the first time, is what caused a lot of people, such as myself, to go vegan in the first place. When I saw the documentaries showing the suffering and abuse animals have to endure simply so that I can eat their flesh, or drink their milk, or eat their eggs, or wear their skin, or use their feathers for my pillows...I immediately knew that I am not the sort of person who wants to live on this planet, live my life, based on the suffering of others sentient beings. Now, you might say that is my choice , that becoming a vegan is a lifestyle choice. But I believe you are mistaken to call veganism a lifestyle choice. Because the term lifestyle choice implies that no harm is being done because of your choice. Whats really happening is that most humans are very selfishly living at the expense of others, and vegans think that is wrong. So instead of focusing on why vegans are wrong , why not ask yourself the question of why you think its okay to live your life at the expense of others? And you cant answer that you do so because you have to, because we all know now that it isnt true… That you can go vegan and have a very healthy life… Likely healthier than if you continue to eat animal flesh, milk, and eggs. And you cant say that you Live at the expense of other sentient beings because its too hard to change your lifestyle, because I did it and Im not a super person, and most people who say its too hard havent even tried. So it comes down to the fact that most people continue to abuse animals because they want to. They just dont care that they are hurting animals. They just dont care that they are treating other sentient beings on this planet like they are inanimate objects instead of living, breathing, sentient beings. Thats the fundamental difference between people who embrace a vegan lifestyle and those who dont. Thats why I think there is a paradigm shift occurring… A fundamental shift in our concept of who we are as human beings, what our responsibilities are on the earth and in the universe, and how we treat and interact and view the other sentient beings on this planet.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 00:55:06 +0000
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