Choices

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Humans have two choices; either we ignore the plight of domesticated animals or act to liberate them. It’s the only choice left to us and each individual can choose one way or the other. If we do choose to work to liberate animals, then it follows that everything else falls into place, everything has the possibility of repair; one thing leads to another, plant food to health, to a more ethically healthy conscience, to environmental good sense, and inevitably to a solution to world hunger problems. But if we choose not to go along that path then nothing can substantially ever change, things only tend to get worse, and then we’ll never shake off our shackles.

            If we want to free ourselves, our repair has to start at home. It’s about individuals making personal choices in the face of Society’s indifference. It’s a grass roots approach to social change and it has to start this way because no government will ever take the initiative and close down the abattoirs. All the time abattoirs are open the commercial interests will flourish and animal issues will be sidelined.

Public attitude to farmed animals can only change when people are turned on by vegan principle not put off by it; fashion changes when there are enough vegan-minded people who are trying to make vegan principle attractive. Vegans therefore need to become attractive in themselves. Their food, their clothing choices, their ideas about non-violence, all this must come across as the most intelligent choice and be seen to be of the greatest self-benefit.