it was marketing that introduced people around the world to the fast food diets of america, marketing made it easy and cheap to have this novel meal every day, marketing, information, it's not harmless, because marketing is driven by profit, expanding as far and fast as it can. there is no restraint and no consideration of future, only win win win.
the voice of reason that says 'your diet is destroying rainforests' 'your diet is giving you diseases and cancer' simply doesn't have the money and marketing to have that global reach. so i'm blogging about it, who will that reach? who can peta reach? word of mouth takes time to spread. and marketing is quick to counter, with money, glittery commercials, paid actors, total ignorance of harm.
news: africa food shortage
Increasing food supply by eating vegetables directly would easily provide food aid to end hunger problems in africa. There have been riots, migrations, nation-state failure, and people are killing monkeys for food, and this is bringing exposure to another potential pandemic disease.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/pip.zoonotics/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
There is more than enough food for the world, it's just being used inefficiently to feed animals. Saying that animal rights people should stop worrying about animals when there is human suffering going on have got it backwards. Animal eaters are hurting animals and humans.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/pip.zoonotics/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
There is more than enough food for the world, it's just being used inefficiently to feed animals. Saying that animal rights people should stop worrying about animals when there is human suffering going on have got it backwards. Animal eaters are hurting animals and humans.
vegan 401k
I've got a small 401k account, and I was thinking, I don't know what companies that fund is invested in! I could be invested in hot dogs! Gah! I've got to figure out how to move my 401k to turtle island, then maybe I'll get discounts on tofurkey =D
Anyone know anything about a vegan 401k? I suppose it takes some research into the companies to start something like that. And law degrees and stuff. Garsh!
Anyone know anything about a vegan 401k? I suppose it takes some research into the companies to start something like that. And law degrees and stuff. Garsh!
Ideas at change.org
Barack Obama has started a website which is a sort of forum for collecting ideas. The site is: Change.org. There's an animal rights section and an agricultural policy section which I think we may have some things to say about. Anyone can post an idea, comment on ideas, and vote for ideas.
I posted one today here:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view_idea/stop_subsidizing_animal_industries
I posted one today here:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view_idea/stop_subsidizing_animal_industries
Convincing people to change
It may be difficult to accept when someone tells you about veganism, because you don't want someone else telling you how to eat, especially when it's being stigmatized with large support from the meat industry. You can do it, you can change, be the world you want to see.
Methods of introducing this information in a way that is convincing, as people often want to ignore ideas which are contrary to what they have believed, there is cognitive dissonance, and it's easier to ignore or dogmatically refute than to change. It is especially difficult for someone to change at the suggestion of another, so some methods will have the person suggesting the change to themself instead of suggesting that they change. This can work by asking questions or suggesting the opposite, which will lead the person to defend your position. Change sticks well when a person feels that they own the idea and convinced themselves, not that someone else convinced them.
In this political season we saw a great acceptance of change, a change in government which should reflect our modern civilization, moving away from the corrupt, violent, greedy politics of the past. This want for change should be brought to individuals as well, forgoing the shallow, selfish, isolating ways of the past for the creative, communal, peaceful ways of a modern society.
I happened upon some star trek, really an idealistic vision of the future. I wish shows like this were more popular, by focusing on how things can be, we can plan our way to that future.
Methods of introducing this information in a way that is convincing, as people often want to ignore ideas which are contrary to what they have believed, there is cognitive dissonance, and it's easier to ignore or dogmatically refute than to change. It is especially difficult for someone to change at the suggestion of another, so some methods will have the person suggesting the change to themself instead of suggesting that they change. This can work by asking questions or suggesting the opposite, which will lead the person to defend your position. Change sticks well when a person feels that they own the idea and convinced themselves, not that someone else convinced them.
In this political season we saw a great acceptance of change, a change in government which should reflect our modern civilization, moving away from the corrupt, violent, greedy politics of the past. This want for change should be brought to individuals as well, forgoing the shallow, selfish, isolating ways of the past for the creative, communal, peaceful ways of a modern society.
I happened upon some star trek, really an idealistic vision of the future. I wish shows like this were more popular, by focusing on how things can be, we can plan our way to that future.
What is natural/herbivore vs omnivore vs carnivore
It's only because of the invention of fire that humans can survive on animal flesh, and survival only goes as far as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes will get you. Any herbivore can survive on the kind of cooked flesh diet that most humans eat today [citation needed].
It's not about what's historical, it's about what is best for us and our fellow earthlings now. The rate of consumption of resources is unsustainable, and the industries producing meat from the flesh of animals are oversubsidized, overpolluting, and overconsuming resources to produce an inferior source of nutrition. And why should animals suffer when we have a healthy alternative.
It's not about what's historical, it's about what is best for us and our fellow earthlings now. The rate of consumption of resources is unsustainable, and the industries producing meat from the flesh of animals are oversubsidized, overpolluting, and overconsuming resources to produce an inferior source of nutrition. And why should animals suffer when we have a healthy alternative.
Think about the news: cholesterol drugs
So, today in the news, a study has suggested that everyone should start taking cholesterol drugs, because you're going to get heart disease eventually and these drugs will stave off the inevitable. No mention of diet of course. It could have been more accurately written as: If You're Eating Animal Flesh, Your Diet Will Kill You Unless You Take These Pills. The meat industry has got to love this, the consumers of their "products" can now live another day to eat another animal. Next they'll be injecting cholesterol drugs directly into the meat.
Link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0939180520081109
Link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0939180520081109
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