The Idea That We Have The Right

The Most Important Form Of Incremental Change Is The Decision By The Individual To Become Vegan. Veganism, Or The Eschewing Of All Animal Products, Is More Than A Matter Of Diet Or Lifestyle; It Is A Political And Moral Statement In Which The Individual Accepts The Principle Of Abolition In Her Own Life. Veganism Is The One Truly Abolitionist Goal That We Can All Achieve - And We Can Achieve It Immediately, Starting With Our Next Meal.

Veganism Is An Act Of Nonviolent Defiance. It Is Our Statement That We Reject The Notion That Animals Are Things And That We Regard Sentient Nonhumans As Moral Persons With The Fundamental Moral Right Not To Be Treated As The Property Or Resources Of Humans.

To Say That A Being Who Is Sentient Has No Interest In Continuing To Live Is Like Saying That A Being With Eyes Has No Interest In Continuing To See. Death—however “humane”—is A Harm For Humans And Nonhumans Alike.

The Idea That We Have The Right To Inflict Suffering And Death On Other Sentient Beings For The Trivial Reasons Of Palate Pleasure And Fashion Is, Without Doubt, One Of The Most Arrogant And Morally Repugnant Notions In The History Of Human Thought.

There Is No Difference Between Sitting Around The Pit Watching Dogs Fight And Sitting Around A Summer Barbecue Roasting The Corpses Of Tortured Animals Or Enjoying The Dairy Or Eggs From Tortured Animals.