Why I am not a vegan

[Jade]

Hmm... I personally feel that what you describe, Monica (paying people to watch slaughterhouse movies) is an STS act. Getting someone's consent to traumatize them in a way which makes them change their behavior sounds pretty STS to me. The lesser of two evils no doubt, but the core of the action seems to be more about control. A loose analogy that comes to mind are anti-abortion activists - their heart is in the right place (saving unborn babies), but their means of going about it are about manipulation instead of love and acceptance.

Much of this thread has made me sad, as I think there has been way too much goading going on to be conducive to a contemplative outcome. Both parties have hyperbolized too far and have thrown a serious and considerate argument down the drain. I have another analogy to offer: The Ebola Thread. Sbrawkcab posted with an extremely overwhelming feeling of compassion towards the perceived "innocent" victims of Ebola and asked for help in a way that he believed was the most simple and effective. He was immediately met with contradiction that his concerns were invalid on a higher level. This wasn't the response he was anticipating (the wisdom over the compassion) so he got hurt, and then angry. Throw in some "mmm mmm dead Ebola'd Africans taste delicious" and you have this thread.