Jeff

“It is a clear indictment of how ingrained our state of cognitive dissonance is that we see attempts at moral consistency as signs of extremism. Is it not strange that we call those who kill dogs animal abusers, those who kill pigs normal and those who kill neither extremists? Is it not odd that someone who smashes a car window to rescue a dog on a hot day is viewed as a hero but some one who rescues a piglet suffering on a far is a criminal?”
― Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda

“This is the balancing act that vegans face: we either voice our objection and get labelled as extremist, militant, awkward or abnormal, or we stay silent and smile through the image of a cow having their throat cut that passes through our minds as we watch our loved ones bite into beef burgers. We either feel like we are betraying our morals out of fear of causing upset or find ourselves being labelled as preachy, forceful vegan extremists.”
― Ed Winters, This Is Vegan Propaganda

“If you actually read 'The Prince,' you will indeed find counsel to lie in order to maintain power but also the recognition that - ultimately - power rests with the people (because there are more of them) and that therefore no leader can survive long if he does not act in the interests of the people. Just ask Mussolini.”
― Massimo Pigliucci, The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders

“Kalin couldn't say what unsettled him more: the now obvious deadness of his dear friend or that even in death the dead might still know fear.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, Tom's Crossing