1088:
Why can’t we discuss this subject of Animal Rights like
adults? Perhaps because we haven’t
established any ground rules. Certainly,
we vegans want to discuss it, whereas most non-vegans do NOT want it even
mentioned let alone discussed. But if we
ever do get to talk about it, before we can be taken seriously our adversaries
need to be sure of some ground rules, which include our being fair minded. We need to give them a chance to say what
they think (without our jumping down their throats at the first opportunity),
after which they’ll be more inclined to hear us out.
If I’m talking to anyone who isn’t a vegan, I mustn’t show
any personal disapproval, it just gets in the way. It shows I’m afraid of opposition. If we ever get to talk sensibly about this
subject, that in itself is an achievement.
That is already doing a lot for animal rights, just by having the
subject aired.
For quite different reasons, discussion isn’t always easy
for vegans – and that’s our fault, not anyone else’s. I may have a lot of bottled up anger and
frustration, and if that can’t be kept under control, I’ll never reach a mature
standard of debate-behaviour. I’ll just
come across as a rat-bag who is easily dismissed.
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