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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." Or vegan pumpkin pie. Tags: Activism Ethics Language. After all, they "love" the animals they kill. Nonviolence" is much more difficult to finesse if you're killing animals for a living. The Nonviolent Carnivore"?

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On Dominance and Animal Birth Control

Animal Person

But alas, we' re too important and special to "manage," and every human pregnancy is treated as a sacred, blessed event, while we kill the kittens inside pregnant feral cats every day without batting an eyelash, and in fact we're relieved when we can catch one who's pregnant, as that's x number of cats who don't have to come into this world.

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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

And is video of a cow being pummeled to death with a bat worse than a cow being "processed" in a slaughterhouse? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights animal snuff films free speech Supreme Court Vamsee Juluri veganism. When is violence toward an animal in a video gratuitous? What do you think?