tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post8381286321483121040..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: Twice a weekveganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-55589173976275751242015-03-11T07:41:46.512-05:002015-03-11T07:41:46.512-05:00Thank you for commenting Christine. Indeed, we can...Thank you for commenting Christine. Indeed, we can easily be overwhelmed and seek refuge in numbness when confronted with the ubiquity of atrocity...I suspicion this numbness/apathy is also encouraged by the harmers since that furthers their freedom to act and decreases the possibility that anyone resists them. veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-36869965504474333232015-03-07T05:40:54.773-06:002015-03-07T05:40:54.773-06:00Indeed we need to remember the horrors of the past...Indeed we need to remember the horrors of the past to inspire us to do something about the atrocities and social injustices of the present. Particularly the ongoing and increasing violence and exploitation of the other beings with whom we share this world. I hope that future generations will look back in horror at the ongoing abuse of both human and non-human animals rather than continue to Christinehttp://www.think-differently-about-sheep.com/index.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-33444749495192690252015-03-05T07:07:01.267-06:002015-03-05T07:07:01.267-06:00Thank you for commenting DEM. You provide two inst...Thank you for commenting DEM. You provide two instances of a phenomenon that is depressingly ubiquitous. One of the most insidious aspects of current society is how seemingly positive and accurate things get recycled and distorted by the exploitative mindset and re-framed into something that appears to support destruction and commercialization. When I first encountered the "land veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-32017999785943152582015-03-05T06:55:05.066-06:002015-03-05T06:55:05.066-06:00Thank you for commenting HGV. Yes, I've seen M...Thank you for commenting HGV. Yes, I've seen Mr. Kundera's quote before...it is an excellent one...I had not seen the one from him on the graphic I shared. It seemed eerily apropos with my postings on invisibling. Thanks for sharing. veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-39057191131060758252015-03-02T18:54:09.316-06:002015-03-02T18:54:09.316-06:00There's some weird scrambling up here to prete...There's some weird scrambling up here to pretend all is ok with native history and oppression. The president of my university always introduces anything with, "we stand on treaty territory " & meanwhile Monsanto looms on campus. The takeover continues. The poisoning. OMG I forgot. The Fac of agriculture tweeted that "farmers , like indigenous people, care about land&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-65946210502689624132015-02-28T14:18:43.564-06:002015-02-28T14:18:43.564-06:00Saw this quote by Milan Kundera just the other day...Saw this quote by Milan Kundera just the other day and thought I'd share:<br /><br /><i>Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude toward those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect humankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.</i>Have Gone Veganhttp://www.havegonevegan.comnoreply@blogger.com