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"The Abolitionist Approach" Is Not Fit For Purpose. ~ Dr. Roger Yates

In a recent very interesting Facebook discussion, Tim Gier wrote (in part, and perhaps it is unfair to extract this out - but I'm gonna anyway!), “I don’t accept that the property status of other animals necessarily entails harm towards them.” 



[I began to write a response to Tim’s observation for the FB discussion - but then realised that I was writing a blog entry, so that is why I have decided to post it here instead. In addition, I have not written a blog entry for a while,…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on December 5, 2011 at 17:43 — No Comments

Being Vegan is Difficult ~ Tim Gier

Being vegan is difficult, and if it is going to mean anything, and result in anything, then it must be difficult.…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on December 4, 2011 at 18:00 — 1 Comment

Frequently Asked Questions ~ Tim Gier

A list of Frequently Asked Questions commonly heard by many vegans.

 

What is a vegan?

A vegan is one who fully respects the lives and well-being of others. A vegan strives to avoid harming others and does everything possible to avoid using any living being as a resource or a thing. A vegan doesn’t eat other animals and she does…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on November 2, 2011 at 15:00 — 2 Comments

Counterfactuals ~ Tim Gier

What is a counterfactual and why should you care? Suppose that I say, “If only Thomas Jefferson had championed the cause of the abolition of slavery then slavery in America would have been abolished when the United States was founded.” That’s a counterfactual. It poses a solution to a problem (or a cause for some effect) that runs counter to the facts as we know them. Why should you care? Because, staying with the example, it the counterfactual was true, then supposedly we would know…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on October 2, 2011 at 16:40 — 2 Comments

Ad Hominem Attacks ~ Tim Gier

Spend any time online and sooner or later you will witness someone accuse someone else of using an Ad Hominem attack. Most of the time, the accuser is mistaken. Consider the following two examples:



 1. “Prof. Guy Frangelini is abrasive, arrogant, egotistical and mean-spirited. Given that, I choose to avoid him and his most loyal followers at all…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on October 2, 2011 at 16:00 — 1 Comment

I Am Animal ~ Tim Gier

In the eyes of the animal, looking back at me, I see the stark vitality, the raw reality. Confronted with this immediacy of innocence, this essence of being, I recoil, and frightened by the reflection of my own insignificance, I strike out against her, struggling to save my self through separation and subjugation.

 

I am lost,…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on September 1, 2011 at 13:00 — No Comments

Thinking Animals ~ Tim Gier

Human beings generally pride themselves on their ability to think. We often give this as the primary characteristic that separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. Humans are rational, the story goes, and no other animals are. Because of this, we see ourselves as entitled to rule the Earth, as we see fit, either as benevolent stewards or as the highest beings on the Great Chain of Beings. Humans are on top of the world and all other animals are beneath us. But it’s not so…
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Added by Carolyn Bailey on August 17, 2011 at 12:00 — No Comments

Arbitrary Decisions ~ Tim Gier

ar·bi·trar·y/ˈärbiˌtrerē/Adjective

1. Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on July 19, 2011 at 17:30 — 12 Comments

What if Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls ~ Tim Gier

 

slaughterhouse cruelty factory farms

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” ~ Sir Paul McCartney

There are horrors being committed in our names and for our benefit thousands of times each minute in feed lots, on dairy farms, in processing plants and in slaughterhouses across the globe. If Sir Paul is to be believed, if only we could see these horrors as they…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on May 17, 2011 at 8:43 — No Comments

Rob Johnson: Can't Handle the Truth ~ Tim Gier

Some time ago, Rob Johnson wrote a criticism of ARZone which, given my experience with Rob’s previous critiques of ARZone and of things I have written, I chose to ignore. (I reproduced the entire post below, and added my comments where appropriate.) In the last day or so, in another venue, Rob has taken me to task for ignoring his post about ARZone, as he thinks it represents something of a damning indictment of that site and its methodology. Therefore, I will take the time now to respond to…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on March 28, 2011 at 11:00 — 1 Comment

Who are We? ~ Tim Gier

It is an accident of nature that we are here alone, if we can think that we are alone at all, as if humankind are the only “we” who matter.

There was a time, and not that long ago, when other hairless apes walked the earth beside us, sharing the same places, living similar lives, fearing the same fates. It’s mere chance that we, the “wise man”,Homo sapiens, survived…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on March 18, 2011 at 14:18 — No Comments

Ahimsa ~ Tim Gier

Ahimsa

Written by Tim Gier

 

Last year, on Jan 26, 2010, I wrote the post that would define not only what this blog would become, but that would define the…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on February 19, 2011 at 10:00 — 10 Comments

In Defense of ARZone ~ Tim Gier

"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…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on February 1, 2011 at 17:34 — 8 Comments

What Animal Rights Means ~ Tim Gier

Animal-rights theory is based on a few basic concepts, which can be stated in relatively simple terms: Nonhuman animals are like human ones in morally relevant ways and because of that, they should not be treated exclusively as the means to an end.  They should not be considered as the property of others, but should be respected as the owners of their own lives.  Abolishing the exploitation of other rights-holders is a…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on January 29, 2011 at 16:00 — No Comments

Forums, Frustrations and Friends ~ Tim Gier

I ventured into another forum not that long ago to meet and talk with others about veganism and animal rights.  My involvement didn’t last all that long.  Maybe I ought to just accept that forums and… Continue

Added by Carolyn Bailey on December 29, 2010 at 7:00 — 1 Comment

Razor Blades and Moral Philosophers ~ Tim Gier

I’ve been thinking about razor blades and moral philosophers lately.



We are all familiar, no doubt, with the case of David Jentsch, the UCLA research psychologist who allegedly received a threatening note and some razor blades supposedly coated with AIDS tainted…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on December 6, 2010 at 15:30 — 2 Comments

A Vegan World in 8 Years ~ Tim Gier

Did you know that the world’s current population of human beings is about 6.7 Billion?



That’s a lot of people!



If only 1% of them are vegan, that means that there are 67 Million vegans walking the earth right now. That’s a lot of people too!



So here’s the deal. Every vegan has one year to help one other person become…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on December 4, 2010 at 14:30 — 1 Comment

It's Better to Kill Others ~ Tim Gier

It’s better to kill others.



That’s it in a nutshell. That’s all the argument comes down to. That’s all they have to say. There’s no other justification. There’s no other reason or rationale. That is the essence of their world view.…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on December 2, 2010 at 7:00 — No Comments

Bad People Do Bad Things ~ Tim Gier

I had someone tell me today that they’d seen a horrific thing on TV the other day. It seems that some “native” people were doing all sorts of horrible things to some primates, vicious cruel things in fact. But, these were “bad” people, or so I was told, and the “good natives” didn’t do those sorts of things.

Good people don’t do bad things.…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on November 24, 2010 at 17:00 — No Comments

Bill Clinton and Animal Rights ~ Tim Gier

Bill Clinton has adopted a “near vegan” diet, you can watch his interview with CNN to listen to him talk about it. I’m happy that Mr. Clinton has removed himself in some ways from the long chain of abuses we human beings have

visited upon the beings other than human who share this globe with us,

but I am not as enamored with the reaction to…

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Added by Carolyn Bailey on September 25, 2010 at 9:12 — No Comments

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