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Veganism is restricting?

www.abolitionistapproach.com Commentary #19: Talking With Non-Vegans About Veganism: Five Principles In this Commentary, I address a topic that I have been asked to cover by a number of you: how do we talk with non-vegans about veganism? I present five general principles. Listen to podcast here: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/commentary-19-talking-with-non-vegans-about-veganism-five-principles/#.U2htwvl5NyQ

When you eat next…

www.abolitionistapproach.com A Response To PETA’s Position On “Happy” Or “Humane” Exploitation http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-response-to-petas-position-on-happy-or-humane-exploitation/#.U2Sol_l5NyQ  

Don’t make suffering…

www.abolitionistapproach.com “This ‘happy’ exploitation nonsense represents a very big step backward.People are never going to go vegan if they believe that they can exploit morally.“ Gary L. Francione Excerpt from: The Friendly Face of Torture, Death, and Animal Exploitation http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-friendly-face-of-death-and-animal-exploitation/#.U14GKvl5NyQ

Stop trying to make excuses…

www.abolitionistapproach.com “The bottom line: if you think that we can justify the pain, suffering, and death that we inflict on 53 billion animals annually (not counting fish) by claiming that domestication is somehow natural, or that the solution is to tinker at the edges and make factory farming more ‘humane,’ then think again.” Gary L. […]

There is no difference…

www.abolitionistapproach.com Truthout.org: Thinking About Mitt Romney and Seamus, Michael Vick and Dog Fighting, and Eating Animals http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/truthout-org-thinking-about-mitt-romney-and-seamus-michael-vick-and-dog-fighting-and-eating-animals/#.U4qvZvl5NyQ

There is no difference…

www.abolitionistapproach.com Truthout.org: Thinking About Mitt Romney and Seamus, Michael Vick and Dog Fighting, and Eating Animals http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/truthout-org-thinking-about-mitt-romney-and-seamus-michael-vick-and-dog-fighting-and-eating-animals/#.U4qvZvl5NyQ

There is no difference…

www.abolitionistapproach.com Truthout.org: Thinking About Mitt Romney and Seamus, Michael Vick and Dog Fighting, and Eating Animals http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/truthout-org-thinking-about-mitt-romney-and-seamus-michael-vick-and-dog-fighting-and-eating-animals/#.U4qvZvl5NyQ

We love some animals…

www.abolitionistapproach.com Commentary #7: An Up-Close and Personal Encounter with Moral Schizophrenia http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/commentary-an-up-close-and-personal-encounter-with-moral-schizophrenia/#.U6-rO_l5NyQ

Someone. Not something.

www.abolitionistapproach.com I want to consider a number of questions about animal rights that I have confronted over the years. These are questions that have come up repeatedly, and they seem to appear whether the forum is in the United States or abroad, in Western nations or in non-Western nations, or whether the audience is composed […]