tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post2011425023448857823..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: Animal Rights...veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-36492682803487047332011-03-13T07:43:09.547-05:002011-03-13T07:43:09.547-05:00Thank you for commenting SITOGV. I like your thoug...Thank you for commenting SITOGV. I like your thought about the title change. I stumble around too with what sort of terminology to use...nonhuman animal is off-putting somehow. Never doubt that your ramblings are filled with gems. :-)veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-18365827263552327222011-03-12T07:34:28.145-06:002011-03-12T07:34:28.145-06:00I like the Declaration, but kind of wish it was ca...I like the Declaration, but kind of wish it was called a Universal Declaration of Sentient Rights instead. The language still separates humans from other animals and posits other species as well, other. I'm really inconsistent in my language I find, and wish I could come up with something that was both accurate and not cumbersome. Even the term nonhuman animal is problematic I think because So I'm Thinking Of Going Veganhttp://thinkoutsidethepiggybank.typepad.com/so_im_thinking_of_going_v/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-13393730343317574112011-03-09T07:54:56.380-06:002011-03-09T07:54:56.380-06:00Thanks for commenting Bea. Ah, Nessie Rae, this is...Thanks for commenting Bea. Ah, Nessie Rae, this is an adventure and one I will eventually write about in the meantime I want to survive it. :-) <br /><br />It is all really amazing.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-43612429426166190612011-03-07T10:13:47.016-06:002011-03-07T10:13:47.016-06:00Hi Veganelder --- I do know what you mean about th...Hi Veganelder --- I do know what you mean about the placement of the word "wanton" in relation to: exploitation/oppression/cruelty, etc. It does modify those practices to mean that *sometimes* there is justification to do them. I don't know... I think I may be guilty of doing the same thing in my attempt to expose that all the ways we use animals are "frivolous"... As ifBea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-28505630611228840552011-03-07T07:05:39.479-06:002011-03-07T07:05:39.479-06:00Thank you Krissa for your reply. Oh, I think Miss ...Thank you Krissa for your reply. Oh, I think Miss Nessie will be fine...eventually. <br /><br />I am speculating that she is trying out all sorts of bunny behaviors that shelter living doesn't offer much opportunity for. Sort of stretching her existential legs...so to speak. <br /><br />She is actually quite impressive, the other day she ripped out a series of grunts/growls that dwarfed veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-7255886825000104692011-03-06T10:05:33.886-06:002011-03-06T10:05:33.886-06:00Ah, Miss Nessie. Although I don't have a lot ...Ah, Miss Nessie. Although I don't have a lot of experience with bunnies, I do have with cats. And I can imagine the challenges to gaining a rabbit's trust. Spikey (our cat-boy family member) was at the shelter I volunteered at when I met him. He had been physically abused by the kids and man in the 'family' he lived with. I'm not sure I can accurately capture in words howKrissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-69632754793141081612011-03-06T06:01:12.707-06:002011-03-06T06:01:12.707-06:00Thank you Krissa for commenting. You make a good o...Thank you Krissa for commenting. You make a good observation when you say everyone is capable of not hurting others. Very astute.<br /><br />Ah, Nessie Rae, I haven't reached a place yet where I am ready to write about her yet. She is a new family member, and the adjustment period is in full swing. I am not yet convinced she wants to be here so I want to see how that plays out before getting veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-4707032430048441772011-03-06T02:23:39.758-06:002011-03-06T02:23:39.758-06:00Nessie is very pretty and look how wise her eyes a...Nessie is very pretty and look how wise her eyes are. It will always be beyond me to know that so many of our species can actually look into the eyes of our fellow beings and not see everything that we see. There is most definitely thought, intelligence, feeling and every other thing we feel. So yes, they deserve everything listed in that Declaration. It's like the Dalai Lama says, if one Krissanoreply@blogger.com