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The
attitude-to-eating-animals is still deeply set in most people’s minds. Vegan
advocates are interested in the shift of consciousness towards kindness, and
specifically (apart from being kind to animals and wanting to see them
liberated) we want to see the abattoirs close down.
This is a Mount Everest of an
institution to bring down, so we need to see things in perspective. We need to
see the enormity-of-impact such a massive change would bring and the depth of
opposition it would bring too. Mass-consciousness-change is no small matter. It’s
certainly an ambitious project we Animal Rightists have taken on.
Mass change - this is big
biscuits. These are lifestyle habits, involving seductions, addictions and
dependencies, we’re talking about. This is the collective-mindset we’re taking
on. And, at first glance, the mountain is far too high to attempt. But these
are significant times, where all the big dangers-for-the-World are being
examined. And, centre stage, on the slab, is human nature itself.
What is it about human nature
that is so damage-making for the future? Why are our core values deteriorating?
Our values determine
everything we do, where ethical choice is involved. What we think is causing
the main damage to our world is where our attention is drawn. If that happens
to be with Animal Rights, it’s initially food choices that determines the
direction we take. Almost everyone still refuses to look at the use of animals,
and so everyone maintains a fixed mind-set on these matters. This one attitude,
made powerful because it’s shared by seven billion others, concerns
using-animals. Throughout much of the World, we all eat similar food, in that
so much of it is from animals. The consumer and the producer hold beliefs in
common, that animals may be used by us. That attitude has held our
species in thrall since the year dot, and it’s likely that the erosion of our humanity
started from then.
Vegans are suggesting we
return to humanity, and show by our lifestyle principles that humans can be
humane, despite the behaviour of the vast majority of humans who aren’t.
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