Originally Posted by Susie_Smith:
“Vegans have the empathy to understand that animals experience fear, pain and the instinct to live just like we do.
In fact, some experience things even more intensely than humans. Female cows have extremely strong bonds with their young.
Humans are brainwashed from a young age to believe we should drink calf milk and consume the flesh of other beings. It is difficult to break out of these mental bonds, especially when peer pressure encourages you to go along with the majority.
You need to appreciate that vegans want everyone to understand the agony of millions of animals going on right now. Something that could be prevented if people were more aware and educated.
I appreciate that some will insist on saying we are a meat-eating species and have the right to do what we want at the top of the food chain. If they are also comfortable about the environmental damage caused by the meat industry, they should stand by their beliefs and try not to be affected by others expressing a different opinion. Remain calm and you can always block / silence people on facebook, I have done it myself while still remaining friends with them.”
You have said everything I would ordinarily have put.
I'll say no more as I always get accused of being a Vegan Nazi. And you know what? If that's the case then I am proud of it.
(However, in response to the post a little further down about pesticides. All the vegans/vegetarians I know object vociferously to their use - because they
do kill the insects - and every living thing is part of nature's cycle and therefore important in its own way. Even us, the most arrogant species on the planet - which we are also doing our best to destroy. Although, to be honest, I'm not sure that Nature
would actually miss us if we weren't around. Certainly there would be many more species around because we have made umpteen of them extinct. There's something to be proud of. Not).
And I said I wouldn't say any more. Guess I can't help it.