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People find it very difficult to
grasp the idea of vegan principle, or indeed to consider becoming vegan. They prefer to take advantage of what is on
offer and do what everybody else does, even though they know there’s something
distinctly wrong about feeding off animals.
Perhaps it’s the lack of questioning in our society that’s at the root
of these ugly and dangerous habits. If
there is a possibility open to us, but it isn’t widely publicised, then it
really doesn’t exist. We are all
influenced by what is promoted and
ignorant of what is purposely not exposed.
Think normality, think McDonalds, Heinz and Adidas. Powerful corporations know exactly how to
persuade by way of blanket advertising. ‘Vegan’
is neither a brand nor a very well known concept. It is purposely not promoted. In fact, it is often tabooed, which would
explain why it doesn’t appear much in the media. Any discussion of its merits is given almost
no publicity, thereby almost pretending that it doesn’t exist, or that a vegan
way of life is so impractical that it isn’t worth consideration. Imagine how humiliating it would be for
someone who has a good brain, who is widely respected, but who can’t hold their
own when it comes to this subject. And
we’re not talking diets or health or veganic farming here, we’re simply
referring to the common practice of attacking animals to make human life easier.
No one will talk about it.
They can’t. It’s not exactly hard
to win the argument for veganism. I’ve
even known kids to knock down hefty intellectuals with one or two well chosen
words on the subject. It must be
embarrassing for those who will talk expansively about any subject under the
sun, but who refuse to open their mouths when it comes to the matter of using animals to provide food and clothing.
Ed:CJ
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