Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, you must tell me, baby How your head feels under somethin’ like that Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat ~ Dylan Well, I don’t have a leopard-skin pill-box hat. I [...]
What are rights, if not a construct of the mind? Do rights exist? Can we talk meaningfully about even human rights, never mind animal rights? Share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this! Share on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on Linkedin Share on Posterous share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet this! Tell a friend
Some time ago, Rob Johnson wrote a criticism of ARZone which, given my experience with Rob’s previous critiques of ARZone and of things I have written, I chose to ignore. (I reproduced the entire post below, and added my comments where appropriate.) In the last day or so, in another venue, Rob has taken me [...]
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Love bugs Twice every year the State of Florida and other parts of the Southeastern US are inundated with Love Bugs. Swarms of these seemingly innocuous creatures fill the skies in the early and late summer. Often there are so many in flight it looks like black rain. Love bugs are so named not because [...]
Friday, February 11, 2011
Considering Baby Seals It’s hard for me to imagine not being opposed to the clubbing of baby seals, but there are some people, perhaps many, who are not opposed to the practice at all. I guess for those people, having seal-skins is worth more than the lives of the seals, and having the skins justifies [...]
Do the Math Let’s start by accepting as true that 60 Billion land animals are slaughtered annually to put food on the tables of the world. We’ll leave aside the billions of sea creatures who also perish to feed us and we’ll leave aside the hundreds of millions of other animals who die for all [...]
I like to think…. Watching the movie Skin Trade last night for the first time, I was struck how well people construct their own reality, to help them cope with the sometimes ugly truths of the world. Throughout the film are scattered short “woman in the street” interview segments wherein a “fashion reporter” stops fur-wearing [...]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Rob Johnson wrote what can only be fairly described as an attack on me in the comments of the Abolitionist Approach Forum. I don’t know Johnson personally, we’ve exchanged messages on Facebook, but he’s not what I would call a “good friend” online. Johnson’s comment appears in its entirety, with only two minor deletions which [...]
“ARZone is facilitating and exacerbating the confusion about animal ethics by acting as a showcase for new welfarists, who are presented in a format that does not allow for any effective challenging of their claims.” ~ Gary Francione, writing at the Abolitionist Approach forum. In your opinion, Professor Francione, in your opinion. Now, I realize [...]
When we move beyond a consideration of only our own self-interests to a wider consideration of the interests of others, we are acting in the sphere of ethics and morality. Veganism, properly understood as the manifestation in life of a philosophy that seeks, as best it can, to avoid harming all others. It is a [...]
