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On "Compassion," "Nonviolence" and "Justice"

Animal Person

Compassion" has been so diluted that most people don't bat an eyelash at the idea of " compassionate carnivores." I think most would agree with that one, although there is the question of psychological harm, and activists are all over the map with that. First there's "What constitutes psychological harm?"

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Week Five: We arrive in the land of Kiwis

10,000 Birds

We were picked up at the Christchurch airport by our family friend, Neville Blampied, who as it turns out, is an amazing local bird guide, disguising himself as a Professor of Psychology at the University of Canterbury. I could see oystercatchers, gulls, cormorants and shags all over the place. We got to the house and I could not sit still.