No-Use-Animal

2072:

If a vegan decides to talk to a non-vegan about animal liberation, we should give them something to chew over when they get home (alongside that tasty vegan pie we’ve cooked for them). On this very serious subject we can leave them with the germ of an idea, something easy to remember that doesn’t leave bruises.

If we really want to communicate the essence of this subject with people, we have to talk their language, not the one we’re used to, full of typical vegan-to-vegan detail. They need something they can understand, plus they want to know what they can do about it.

But even before we get to that point we should talk about gradual change, about being gentle on ourselves and about NOT being overwhelmed by the implications linked to such a change in attitude. The task ahead is, of course, ‘going vegan’ and, to prove the point, boycotting everything animals are used for. That change, the moving-towards-veganism, might need to go slowly. But it does need to be consistently on-the-move.

If the wrongness of ‘using animals’ isn’t talked about, fully and frankly, then all the chit-chat in the world, about free-range farming and humane killing, is wasted talk.

The point from which any useful discussion starts is at this first principle - the non-use under any circumstance of animals.