Critter News

APRIL 26, 2009

I not only learned about Harvey Milk, but about the early stages of the gay rights movement (which is ongoing today when one looks at all the right-wing flutterings over gay marriage.) It made me think though about the animal rights movement. Are we really a social movement like gay rights and civil rights?

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Animal Person

JULY 19, 2009

The animal rights movement, such as it is, is experiencing somewhat of a crisis of usage. I feel the unique pain they experience when they hear or read ( gasp! ) I feel for the purist also with regard to the terms "animal rights" and "abolition." Your belief about the rights of other sentients won't change.

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Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

There is a general consensus that vegetarianism and veganism are different philosophically. The underlying premise is that you can know what is right (such as me knowing what's right then eating cow flesh in the form of filet mignon for a year), but that by no means will necessarily manifest in your behavior. How about this?

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