Obstinacy

While we can speak out we should. While there’s no risk of being thrown into jail, animal rights can be promoted as a valid non-violence-based protest movement. And then, once securely established, it will almost certainly be a downhill run, and the authorities will then have something to worry about. And the animal industries might worry too - that that no one wants their stuff any longer. They’ll probably succeed in pushing animal rights underground. So, in the meantime, in these early days of basking in our freedom-of-speech, we should be speaking up for animal rights. We can either quietly encourage or shout our message as loudly as we can – either way if people listen they will because we have strong beliefs and the courage of our convictions. Our outrage is our strength, but we need quietness too because we don’t have all the answers, particularly, we still don’t know why conscience pricks some and not others. So as much as we need to speak out we need to listen and learn, to find out where other peoples’ head are at, thence how to reach them. It isn’t just a case of offering information but identifying what blocks people’s conscience.