Monday, December 2, 2013

Rocky road

905: 

Convincing people of the link between food and the slavery of animals should be dead simple. But it isn’t. We are seen as the ‘spoilers’, for trying to do just that. But so what? We know our intentions are good, and that should be good enough. But no. perception is everything , and if we are seen as spoilers of people’s eating pleasures we will be ignored or disliked.
            Attitude colours everything. For omnivores, pleasure pushes its way to the front, and eating comes first, before thinking; their insistence on eating-pleasure delays personal ethical development. Vegans can only clear the path and wait.

            We attempt to lift attitudinal rocks from what would otherwise be a smooth path. It’s the best training we can get, for communicating this awkward subject.

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