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

Animal Person

After all, they "love" the animals they kill. Nonviolence" is much more difficult to finesse if you're killing animals for a living. Or vegan pumpkin pie. The Nonviolent Carnivore"? I don't think so. That's the bit that trips up many of us. These days, I don't use nonviolence rhetoric because there's so much to explain.