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People are afraid of getting
tangled up in awkward situations, and veganism IS an awkward situation. Each
fact concerning the treatment of farm animals can be a bomb shell, guaranteed
to ignite a scene, especially with vegans probing attitudes too deeply for
comfort.
What have we got here? A
vegan pointing out some horrible fact (uninvited, unwanted details). You have
to give some sort of polite response. Unwittingly, you deepen your involvement
by asking a question. Could be, that you open the flood gates, and as the
answer broadens into un-asked-for information, so it becomes more difficult to
continue conversing. You feel yourself descending into a conversation-trap,
where you’re either going to end up looking like a fool or an unfeeling bastard.
So, here are the obvious two
questions which we may or may not put: Are humans more entitled to be free than
animals?
Are animals (including human
animals) more entitled to consideration than inanimate objects?
We could spend a lot of time (fascinatingly)
considering this, but right now I’m looking at what’s happening in a
conversation between you and me. Facts are one thing, your feelings about me
talking to you about Animal Rights is another.
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