Why I am not a vegan

[Shemaya]

Then that is a double standard. You say I am 'rigid, fundamentalist and self-righteous' because I speak up on behalf of animal victims, yet you think you aren't those things also in regards to your own convictions. That is a double standard.

No Monica, you totally misunderstand. I did not say that because you speak out for animals. In fact I said that I admire your strong heart for what is right and good. I said what I said because of your method of argument and debate. It seems to me that you are not that open to other viewpoints in this subject. Am I wrong about that? So being closed ,in my view, is like being rigid.

Not sure what double standard you are talking about, I am not putting my convictions up for debate here as you are.

At any rate, no sense in discussing further. You are obviously not interested in feeding hungry children in Africa or finding common ground for agreement on this issue.

Additionally, you keep comparing what you are doing here on a random internet forum to abolitionists and civil rights activists. Really no comparison, they did much much more than debate with people on an internet forum. They showed up marching in places like Washington, made huge sacrifices to make the changes they believed in. They were able to convince others by the power of their love and compassion in action ( not by empty verbage) to make societies needed changes. In fact in the civil war 750,000 people died! Sacrifice! If you are going to invoke those powerful social movements get some oomph behind it and get involved to make the changes needed. March on Washington, call your legislators, get those feedlots and torturous factory farms abolished. That is something I could get behind for sure. But this endless unfruitful dialogue is no where near the sacrifices those people made for their causes.

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