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Animal rights
Imagine a world where animals had rights
The writer of this article hypothesizes about a world where animals had rights. It’s something I try to imagine frequently, but most of the time I just despair. No one else seems to care. But if that day ever came, I for one, wouldn’t be afraid to step back a little. Do we really need the power to destroy the earth just because we can? In fact, isn’t that rather counterproductive? After all, we’re animals too.
Anyone who doesn’t like the idea, consider this: there was a time, not so long ago, when it was considered ridiculous for women and children to have rights. In some parts of the world, only people of European ancestry were considered rational, capable and worthy of ruling the world. In others, Europeans were considered uncivilized.
Today, most people would hesitate to advocate stale old ideas of that kind. Maybe there will come a day when animals get their rights. In my opinion, that won’t be a day too soon.
Go vegan week
Since it’s the international Go Vegan week, I wanted to share this quote:
“Veganism gives us all the opportunity to say what we ’stand for’ in life– the ideal of healthy, humane living. Add decades of health to your life, with a clear conscience as a bonus.”
-Donald Watson
Important days
October doesn’t just bring World Vegetarian Day (October 1) but also the World Animal Day (October 4). In fact, that works out really well. If you eat less meat (preferably none at all) fewer animals will die. On the World Animal Day, at least here in Sweden, it’s the day for making cinnamon buns. That too, fits in very well. You see, it’s perfectly possible to make buns without using any kind of animal products.
Instead of the customary cow’s milk, which is the result of exploitation of cows, and which can cause stomach problems, arthritic pain and harm your ability to digest calcium. You might think that it sounds like a contradiction. Calcium in milk should be great for your bones. No? Consider this: why is there so much calcium in milk? Maybe because there has to be, because of the problem with metabolizing calcium. You can get osteoporosis (brittle bones) from drinking milk.
There are many different kinds of replacements for cow’s milk, like soy milk (won’t work if you’re allergic to soy), oat milk (might be a problem if you suffer from gluten intolerance, though if you do, you probably can’t eat cinnamon buns at all) or rice milk. I’ve heard of other cool replacements but where I live they aren’t available commercially. However, I have tried almond cream/milk, which is yummy and sesamy seed milk, which wasn’t very tasty, I’m afraid, but sesamy seeds are good for all kinds of other things. In some countries hemp milk is also available.
Animals Matter
If you care about animals, sign this petition:
Meat
Yesterday I read about a demo/protest against meat production that had taken place in Stockholm. To me, it seemed to be a good way to catch people’s attention. Nowadays, you probably need to use shock tactics to make stressed out, apathetic people pay attention, and hopefully, think a little. Then I read a couple of comments about it. Most people were irritated and almost no one (with a few important exceptions) seemed to care. Instead, they seemed to take the whole thing as yet another excuse to hate us vegans.
The word itself seems to be a provocation to many meat eaters (or necrophages as I like to call them). Why is that? If they’re so convinced that what they’re doing is right, why don’t they ignore those of us who don’t eat meat? It’s up to each person to make these decisions.
I’ll admit that I haven’t discussed this topic with that many meat eaters. Unfortunately, almost right away their comments tend to degenerate into personal insults and petty teasing. So I can’t really say what’s causing their spitefulness. I’m guessing they feel guilty over not getting involved in any causes like I do.