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.

Veganism and Feminism

If ‘vegan’ is supposed to be pronounced vee-gun, then I guess you guys were ovo-lacto vee-gee-tarians before you took the plunge. No? Then why not pronounce vegan ‘vey-gan’?

Another thing that constantly amazes me is why meat eaters feel so defensive. If they know they’re right, why be so uptight about it? Unfortunately, there are also veggies and animal rights activists who pick on their own, because they don’t live up to the high ideals of some idealists. If we don’t stick together no wonder the other side is still in power.

And why do people need to choose? It’s always either the politics or animal rights, feminism or animal rights, anti-racism or whatever else you’re involved in. Why not support all the causes you want?

Just because we don’t want to be discriminated against as women, doesn’t mean we can ignore the situation of other living creatures. On the other hand, some socialists (men) feel that once the socialist society is here, everything will be fine for women too. Just when will the socialist society be here? And anyway, looking at the Soviet Union… guess what? women were not fine.