Middle roaders

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The middle-road meat-eater makes a small compassionate gesture by only eating free range eggs or drinking organically fed cow’s milk, but essentially they continue being indifferent towards animals.  A vegetarian avoids meat altogether but still takes part in the exploitation of animals.  They don’t want to go too far for fear of becoming too different from their friends so they wear leather, silk and wool and they eat butter, cheese and eggs.

         

“If you boycott all of it you’d go crazy”, they say. So, it’s the middle-of-the-roaders, as distinct from the uninformed, who, despite what they know, are still unwilling to act. They can’t face the vegan argument because they see us as a threat to their self esteem.

         

If vegans want to encourage middle-ground people, they must allow anyone who is considering what we say to take the initiative of changing by themselves without being shoved from behind by us.