Veganism Defined - Animal Rights Zone2024-03-28T13:06:17Zhttp://arzone.ning.com/forum/topics/veganism-defined?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThis definition of veganism r…tag:arzone.ning.com,2015-07-30:4715978:Comment:1508642015-07-30T18:50:51.047ZRespuestasVeganas.Orghttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/respuestasveganas
<p><span id="result_box" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span class="hps">This definition of</span> <span class="hps">veganism</span> <span class="hps">rejects</span> <span class="hps">nonviolence</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">There are</span> <span class="hps">vegans who</span> <span class="hps">are spreading</span> <span class="hps">this definition and</span> <span class="hps">on the basis of</span> <span class="hps">her</span> <span class="hps">claim</span> <span class="hps">that veganism…</span></span></p>
<p><span id="result_box" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span class="hps">This definition of</span> <span class="hps">veganism</span> <span class="hps">rejects</span> <span class="hps">nonviolence</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">There are</span> <span class="hps">vegans who</span> <span class="hps">are spreading</span> <span class="hps">this definition and</span> <span class="hps">on the basis of</span> <span class="hps">her</span> <span class="hps">claim</span> <span class="hps">that veganism is</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">to humans</span><span>:</span> <span class="hps"><a href="http://filosofiavegana.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/el-veganismo-se-refiere-los-no-" target="_blank">http://filosofiavegana.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/el-veganismo-se-refiere-los-no-</a></span> <span class="hps">humanos.html</span><br/><br/> <span class="hps">This is</span> <span class="hps">as absurd as saying</span> <span class="hps">that the</span> <span class="hps">anti</span><span class="atn">-</span><span>racism</span> <span class="hps">has nothing to</span> <span class="hps">do with respect</span> <span class="hps">to those who</span> <span class="hps">are white,</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">anti</span><span class="atn">-</span><span>sexism</span> <span class="hps">(or</span> <span class="hps">feminist</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">have nothing to</span> <span class="hps">do with respect</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">men.</span></span></p>
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<p><br/> <cite>Will Tuttle said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://arzone.ning.com/forum/topics/veganism-defined?commentId=4715978%3AComment%3A150783&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4715978Comment150783"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Thanks Carolyn for posting this! Refreshing to see this clear definition of veganism as a moral principle of animal liberation and abolition of all exploitation and abuse of animals for human use - 64 years ago, it is as fresh as ever, the somewhat dated manner of writing notwithstanding. The roots of veganism are straight and true, and connected also to the deep wisdom traditions of ahimsa as well.</p>
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</blockquote> Thanks Carolyn for posting th…tag:arzone.ning.com,2015-07-30:4715978:Comment:1507832015-07-30T16:31:46.902ZWill Tuttlehttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/WillTuttle
<p>Thanks Carolyn for posting this! Refreshing to see this clear definition of veganism as a moral principle of animal liberation and abolition of all exploitation and abuse of animals for human use - 64 years ago, it is as fresh as ever, the somewhat dated manner of writing notwithstanding. The roots of veganism are straight and true, and connected also to the deep wisdom traditions of ahimsa as well.</p>
<p>Thanks Carolyn for posting this! Refreshing to see this clear definition of veganism as a moral principle of animal liberation and abolition of all exploitation and abuse of animals for human use - 64 years ago, it is as fresh as ever, the somewhat dated manner of writing notwithstanding. The roots of veganism are straight and true, and connected also to the deep wisdom traditions of ahimsa as well.</p> Hi David, I disagree with the…tag:arzone.ning.com,2015-07-27:4715978:Comment:1505802015-07-27T23:25:09.445ZCarolyn Baileyhttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/CarolynBailey
<p>Hi David, <br></br><br></br>I disagree with the claim of "sexism" in the letter. The letter was written in 1951, when using the term "man" was widely accepted and not considered to be inappropriate. To claim that the author used the term in a derogatory manner is not something I accept. <br></br><br></br>I think also that, in the last sentence of the letter, Leslie Cross shows that he sees veganism as being beyond the issue of other animals, although that is certainly the focus. …</p>
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<p>Hi David, <br/><br/>I disagree with the claim of "sexism" in the letter. The letter was written in 1951, when using the term "man" was widely accepted and not considered to be inappropriate. To claim that the author used the term in a derogatory manner is not something I accept. <br/><br/>I think also that, in the last sentence of the letter, Leslie Cross shows that he sees veganism as being beyond the issue of other animals, although that is certainly the focus. </p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>RespuestasVeganas.Org said:</cite></p>
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<div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"><div dir="ltr" style="zoom: 1;"><span id="result_box" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><span class="hps">The definition of</span> <span class="hps">veganism</span> <span class="hps">1951</span> <span class="hps">has three</span> <span class="hps">errors.</span> <span class="hps">The first and</span> <span class="hps">clearest</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">using</span> <span class="hps">a sexist</span> <span class="hps">language</span> <span class="hps">when you use</span> <span class="hps">the word</span> <span class="hps">man instead of</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">human</span> <span class="hps">word</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The second error</span> <span class="hps">is that it is</span> <span class="hps">discriminatory</span><span>, particularly</span> <span class="hps">reinista</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">it gives</span> <span class="hps">someone</span> <span class="hps">like</span> <span class="hps">belonging</span> <span class="hps">to the animal</span> <span class="hps">kingdom</span> <span class="hps">or not</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">matters is</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">ethically</span> <span class="hps">someone</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">that is,</span> <span class="hps">it is</span> <span class="hps">a consciousness.</span> <span class="hps">The third mistake</span> <span class="hps">is less</span> <span class="hps">visible</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">but deeper</span><span>:</span> <span class="hps">who</span> <span class="hps">is harmed</span> <span class="hps">does not care</span> <span class="hps">who or what</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">what hurts</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">just</span> <span class="hps">not to</span> <span class="hps">be prejudiced</span><span>;</span> <span class="hps">therefore</span><span>, the purpose</span> <span class="hps">of ethics is</span> <span class="hps">not to wash</span> <span class="hps">human guilt</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">avoid having</span> <span class="hps">victims</span> <span class="hps">because ethics</span> <span class="hps">revolves around</span> <span class="hps">who</span> <span class="hps">may be harmed</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">about</span> <span class="hps">the cause of</span> <span class="hps">that injury.</span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="zoom: 1;"><span xml:lang="en" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span id="result_box" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span class="hps">Another mistake that</span> <span class="hps">I discovered</span> <span class="hps">is that he says</span> <span class="hps">veganism</span> <span class="hps">only refers to</span> <span class="hps">non-human</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">That is,</span> <span class="hps">according to this definition</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">the farms and</span> <span class="hps">slaughterhouses</span> <span class="hps">where they</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">human</span> <span class="hps">victims</span> <span class="hps">are vegan</span><span>:</span> <span class="hps">waiter!</span><span>Give me a</span> <span class="hps">steak</span> <span class="hps">human!</span><span>Are vegan</span><span>!</span></span></span></span></div>
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</blockquote> This definition of veganism i…tag:arzone.ning.com,2015-07-27:4715978:Comment:1507722015-07-27T01:12:23.994ZRespuestasVeganas.Orghttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/respuestasveganas
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<div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"><div dir="ltr" style="zoom: 1;"><span id="result_box" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><span class="hps">The definition of</span> <span class="hps">veganism</span> <span class="hps">1951</span> <span class="hps">has three</span> <span class="hps">errors.</span> <span class="hps">The first and</span> <span class="hps">clearest</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">using</span> <span class="hps">a sexist</span> <span class="hps">language</span> <span class="hps">when you use</span> <span class="hps">the word</span> <span class="hps">man instead of</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">human</span> <span class="hps">word</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The second error</span> <span class="hps">is that it is</span> <span class="hps">discriminatory</span><span>, particularly</span> <span class="hps">reinista</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">it gives</span> <span class="hps">someone</span> <span class="hps">like</span> <span class="hps">belonging</span> <span class="hps">to the animal</span> <span class="hps">kingdom</span> <span class="hps">or not</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">matters is</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">ethically</span> <span class="hps">someone</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">that is,</span> <span class="hps">it is</span> <span class="hps">a consciousness.</span> <span class="hps">The third mistake</span> <span class="hps">is less</span> <span class="hps">visible</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">but deeper</span><span>:</span> <span class="hps">who</span> <span class="hps">is harmed</span> <span class="hps">does not care</span> <span class="hps">who or what</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">what hurts</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">just</span> <span class="hps">not to</span> <span class="hps">be prejudiced</span><span>;</span> <span class="hps">therefore</span><span>, the purpose</span> <span class="hps">of ethics is</span> <span class="hps">not to wash</span> <span class="hps">human guilt</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">avoid having</span> <span class="hps">victims</span> <span class="hps">because ethics</span> <span class="hps">revolves around</span> <span class="hps">who</span> <span class="hps">may be harmed</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">about</span> <span class="hps">the cause of</span> <span class="hps">that injury.</span></span></div>
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