Because Animals Are Property, We Consider As

I Find It Very Annoying That So Many Animal Advocates Talk About The Difficulty Of Being Vegan. Many Animal Advocates Are Inclined To Make The Issue Their Suffering And Not The Animals' Suffering, And I Suppose That Accounts For Part Of The Reason That Veganism Is Portrayed As Such A "sacrifice." And Many Animal Advocates Are Not Vegans, Or Are "flexible Vegans," Which Means That They Do Not Observe Veganism At All Or Not Consistently, And Emphasizing The Supposed Difficulty Of Veganism Is Part Of Justifying Their Own Behavior.

Being Vegan Is Not Just A Matter Of Being 'kind' To Animals. First And Foremost, It Is A Matter Of Being Just And Observing Our Moral Obligation To Not Treat Other Sentient Beings As Things.

Not Only Are The Philosophies Of Animal Rights And Animal Welfare Separated By Irreconcilable Differences... The Enactment Of Animal Welfare Measures Actually Impedes The Achievement Of Animal Rights... Welfare Reforms, By Their Very Nature, Can Only Serve To Retard The Pace At Which Animal Rights Goals Are Achieved.

I Certainly Believe That We Have A Moral Obligation To Care For The Dogs, Cats, And Other Nonhumans Whose Existence We Have Caused Or Facilitated As Part Of The Institution Of 'pet' Ownership. But I Maintain That We Ought To Abolish The Institution And Stop Causing Or Facilitating The Existence Of More 'companion' Animals.

There Is Nothing More 'elitist' Than Thinking Our Palate Pleasure Can Ever Justify A Second Of Suffering Or A Single Death. Please Go Vegan.