And so Star did, and it became a game between them. Star cracked shells, and the gull ate the meat. The bird was unafraid of Star and inquisitive. Sometimes he slept at the mouth of the cave, and Star named him Crabwing.
“The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.”
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“The usual duty of the “intellectual” is to argue for complexity and to insist that phenomena in the world of ideas should not be sloganized or reduced to easily repeated formulae.”
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“Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society, there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimizing vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy to go and stay vegan”
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“Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create enough determination for action.”
― The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom
― The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom
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