A Serious Shortage of Argument - 1

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There’s one thing which has probably occurred to everyone who is either vegan or moving towards being one but which has probably not occurred to those who have no interest.  It’s the uniqueness of vegan argument.  The principles of ethical veganism. It’s unique because it has no counter argument.  You can’t fault it - it’s indisputable.

In our culture, kindness and compassion are considered to be supreme.  One would always put kindness and compassion before personal safety or comfort.  If someone is lying in the gutter, you don’t assess his origins or clothing, you simply go to his assistance - no questions asked.  You’d react the same way if you came across an animal trapped or being attacked.  We humans are natural rescuers.  It’s how we’ve been brought up.  It’s in our culture.  And that, in essence, is what veganism is all about - rescuing, defending the undefended, protecting the innocents, fulfilling our guardian role, no matter the cost to ourselves.  If we look ahead to the future, we’d should see humans as custodians of our somewhat endangered Planet Earth.  Vegan principle is a show of confidence in the idea of non-violence.  I doubt if too many vegans would join the armies of the world.

 

One would have to be either brave (or stupid) to attempt an argument against the vegan principle.  To say that what humans do to animals is acceptable makes no sense.  Enslaving them, mutilating them and then killing them at abattoirs is cruel by any measure.  On top of that, what we do to ourselves by consuming all the cholesterol and saturated fat in animal products is doing untold damage to our health.  To argue that using animals is essential or reasonable is obviously open to question.  Any argument in favour of meat-eating or animal husbandry won’t stand up.  Not only is the Industry riddled with cruelty, it’s an inefficient energy source, an environmental disaster area and it’s totally unnecessary.  In other words, the whole ‘animal business’ makes no sense.  We’re involved with it out of habit, that’s all.  Our whole food and clothing set-up is geared that way, with thousands of unchallenged, unhealthy food products on the market and leather goods and woollen products dominating the clothing market.  From birth, we’ve all been accustomed to these consumer items. It’s what is readily available.

 Ed:CJ