Rushing to the rescue

Thursday 13th May 2010
Obviously boycotting animal products isn't easy, especially at first. Our addiction to many of the animal products on the market is entrenched. Changing away is daunting. And yet we know, as a species, we're highly adaptive and that change isn't foreign to us.
By following our instincts we can make great breakthroughs, and in this age where so many of us want to be rushing to the rescue we need to be adept at change. As vegans, we are up against stone-wall attitudes and widespread pitilessness. The tragedy of domesticated animals' lives is the big lesson for all of us. It tests the pity in us and it tests our empathy, and that in turn brings change. Hopefully it lifts our self-interest into such a level of altruism that we become kinder, more 'green' in attitude and more 'vegan'. But this 'vegan' thing, even if it weren't about animals or health, would still be the most logical and inteligent way to go.