Cheese

There’s an enormous difference of opinion between the protectors of animals and the users of animals. Many of us who are animal (or environmental) activists have been involved for so long, that it’s possible we’ve forgotten how it felt when we still accepted things the way they were, living as an integrated part of mainstream society. And now, all we know is how it feels to be part of a minority and to be shut out of discussing these matters that are so dear to our hearts. But for non-vegans things are very different. On these issues they’ve always been part of the majority view, that food is available and the majority eats any foods they like. Just to take one example of a routinely used product, cheese. To most people cheese is just cheese. There’s little thought given to the cruelty of the industry behind its manufacture. How it comes to us doesn’t enter the thought process. So when we say “no dairy products” (which includes cheese), the cheese eater cannot connect that food with something that’s wrong. We can talk all we like about animal slavery but to them cheese will just be cheese and vegans will just be weirdos.