Who I've Been Is Not As Important

We Cannot Justify Treating Any Sentient Nonhuman As Our Property, As A Resource, As A Thing That We An Use And Kill For Our Purposes.

Michael Vick May Enjoy Watching Dogs Fight. Someone Else May Find That Repulsive But See Nothing Wrong With Eating An Animal Who Has Had A Life As Full Of Pain And Suffering As The Lives Of The Fighting Dogs. It's Strange That We Regard The Latter As Morally Different From, And Superior To, The Former.

Just As We Reject Racism, Sexism, Ageism, And Heterosexism, We Reject Speciesism. The Species Of A Sentient Being Is No More Reason To Deny The Protection Of This Basic Right Than Race, Sex, Age, Or Sexual Orientation Is A Reason To Deny Membership In The Human Moral Community To Other Humans.

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.

It's Really Not Rocket Science. If Animals Are Not Mere Things; If They Have Moral Value, We Cannot Justify Eating, Wearing, Or Using Them Particularly When We Have No Better Reason Than Palate Pleasure Or Fashion. If You Are Eating, Wearing, Or Using Animals, Then Your Actions Say That You Regard Them As Mere Things, Despite What Your Words Say.