* This is a talk I delivered at an academic animal rights conference in Hunterstoun early 2010. It addresses the dangerous political apathy and single-issue campaigning of the contemporary mainstream animal rights crowd. * It is clear to most reasonable people that apart from the Eternal Treblinka of non-human animals, other crises weigh heavy… Read More »
Category: Veganism & animal rights
Vegan / animal rights
“A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.” – Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism This short piece is intended firstly as a response to a piece by Granville Matheson (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=81338706851), itself written as a response to the World Day for Animals In Laboratories protest, and secondly as… Read More »
Wherein I explore the complexities of the modern green movement and discovers that the revolution will not be on special in aisle 5. Originally published on a number of South African websites, including: http://www.southafrica.co.za/2010/02/25/it-aint-easy-being-green/ Introduction Although the warnings of impending environmental catastrophe were hotly contended a few years ago (most tellingly by high-paid corporate lobby… Read More »
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Written for an online green magazine on behalf of the South African Vegan Society What is veganism? Although almost all of us know what vegetarianism is, veganism remains far less well understood. In fact, the majority of people have trouble distinguishing between these two terms and even some self-professed vegetarians are unsure of the… Read More »