tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post82342781728484482..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: Trying to make a living...veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-80692419040709807052014-07-27T09:19:40.457-05:002014-07-27T09:19:40.457-05:00An interesting and thought provoking post. I look ...An interesting and thought provoking post. I look back with deep regret concerning past actions and cannot understand why it took so long to go veggie than vegan. The gap between them being 18 years! I cannot understand why I never recognised the cruelty of confining animals in zoos and such like or the use of animals for labour. I guess that for me, like many people, I just did not make the Christinehttp://think-differently-about-sheep.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-41071667632282190012014-07-26T05:30:53.405-05:002014-07-26T05:30:53.405-05:00Thank you for commenting HGV. Indeed...if apprehen...Thank you for commenting HGV. Indeed...if apprehending that all living beings have an equal right to their lives and lifeways doesn't bring you to the realization that blindness to the obvious is the "norm" for the current version of human animals...nothing will.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-4129816609124047502014-07-26T05:28:32.718-05:002014-07-26T05:28:32.718-05:00Thank you for your comments Bea. I always enjoy th...Thank you for your comments Bea. I always enjoy them and am enlightened. When I watched the film of the bear I was thinking about the fact that all the living beings on our planet do what they need to do "make a living"...i.e. they search/find food, shelter, friends, mates, recreation, etc. Everything they do, we do...but we apply the insanity that somehow our doing of the activities veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-59614687641396140462014-07-23T19:31:16.931-05:002014-07-23T19:31:16.931-05:00Back in the land of living/blogging, so hope to sl...Back in the land of living/blogging, so hope to slowly catch up. ;)<br /><br />Trying to make a living -- yikes. That's the one thing they shouldn't have to do. What sometimes worries me though is what I may be obliviously blind to now that I'll be shaking my head over later.Have Gone Veganhttp://www.havegonevegan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-14408954459523976082014-07-22T07:24:47.075-05:002014-07-22T07:24:47.075-05:00Back again... Not a minute after I left your page ...Back again... Not a minute after I left your page I find this article in my Google alerts: "There is a special group of workers who contribute much to our society but are often overlooked - animals. What was their role in early nineteenth-century agriculture? What kind of work do animals perform today?"<br />http://news.hamlethub.com/hartfordcc/events/Bea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-55765188092219674102014-07-22T07:16:24.783-05:002014-07-22T07:16:24.783-05:00Lately I have very good reasons for modifying the ...Lately I have very good reasons for modifying the phrase "working like a horse". Yes, I'm in the middle of grueling physical demands... And I remind myself in my head: I'm working "like a horse" --- Like a horse FORCED to work. Forced to slave. <br /><br />And this repeating message isn't even entirely true. My projects are of my own making. They benefit me. I can Bea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.com