>Plantbeings? Oh get over it!
>Unashamed omnivore (doesnt mean I eat trees!),
>Bertina
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this reminds me of the accounts of criticism that the abolitionists
encountered..."hmmph! african people are capable of the same things
europeans are? get over it!"
or the hostility suffragettes recieved... "women, vote? get over it!"
i think that history has shown us our own arrogance in examples of other
liberation struggles; yet somehow the majority of people refuse to take a
step back and realize that indeed we all could be doing something wrong,
hurtful, and unneccesary with respect to animal usage. freedom for
slaves was a preposterous idea a few years back too.
this is not to say that every new idea must be ushered in, but that we
can't get too used to worn out customs and defend them without even
knowing why. respecting all other life and treating its elements like
important
beings doesn't seem outlandish to me at all. i think it's all about
appreciating what you've got.
-kristina
