People behaving badly

Wednesday 20th may 2010
There are those who don’t feel badly about behaving badly … it’s as if they are impelled to cause damage and don’t know how to pull back. Better behaved people do know. They can moderate their urges and therefore don’t do as much damage. They try not to ‘do’ destruction but aren’t encouraged by their culture. The easily become disappointed by the majority around them who seem to be pulling in the opposite direction.

If you get talking to people who behave badly but don’t feel badly for it, who don’t seem to care, they’re not nevertheless UN-interesting people. They’re worth getting to know and find out about to see the way they justify their views on animals. In order to best see how their minds work, as vegans we should observe them, talk with them, make them feel at ease but never show any trace of disapproval or value judgement. If we can manage to do this we’ll be able to influence people with our point of view, but on a subtle level, where there’s no ego-resistance to what we have to say.