Thursday, June 12, 2014

A lifetime of not thinking for oneself

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Animals are getting killed in their billions whilst the consumer is led to believe that animal-based food products are something to do with good health and strength.  Things are made easy for the consumer - but the consumer isn’t completely blind.  It’s clear that meat-eating is coming to be unfashionable.  But the pull of food products especially is becoming greater.

To date, most consumers haven’t seriously considered this.  They haven’t even thought about changing their eating habits, and perhaps they never will.  Maybe they’ll hold out till the eleventh hour ... until they’re so personally afraid of death or afraid for their kids’ health ... or even the future of the planet ... or until their consciences prick too painfully ...  It’s harder for older omnivores, who are nowhere near being vegetarian let alone vegan.  So, inevitably, older people will become ill and live sadder lives, kept alive longer, never knowing why things have gone so haywire.


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