February 2011 Blog Posts (26)

Below is my blog post from AusVegan.com about the dilution of the word vegan.

It seems that everywhere you turn these days, someone has come up with a new way to be Vegan. We have 30 day challenges, Oprah recently did a 7 day one, you can be vegan Monday to Friday and before 6pm. I wouldn’t be surprised if before too long we soon see a seasonal vegan. A person that goes ‘vegan’…

Everyone who wants to make the world a better place faces the same challenge: opening people’s hearts and minds to new ideas.

The Bottom Line

Those who are successful in making the world a better place are students of human nature. They understand that each of us is born with a certain intrinsic nature, raised to follow specific beliefs, and taught to hold particular prejudices. Over…

Transcript of Ric O’Barry’s ARZone Guest Chat

5 February 2011

5pm US Eastern Time

10pm UK Time and:…

Please join us to help stop the slaughter of wolves; Laboratory testing of animals; the China fur trade and skinning of cats & dogs; issues with the Elephants, Great Apes, Cats, Dogs & more.

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Definition of ALTRUISM

"ARZone is facilitating and exacerbating the confusion about animal ethics by acting as a showcase for new welfarists, who are presented in a format that does not allow for any effective challenging of their claims.”   

~ Gary Francione, writing at the Abolitionist Approach forum.

In your opinion, Professor Francione, in your opinion. Now, I realize that in the circles you run, your opinion is gospel, but out here in the real…