About me: What is a vegan?
A vegan describes a person who lives a vegan lifestyle. Veganism is the embodiment of the philosophy of animal liberation. It is the practical application of the belief in animal rights. In more tangible terms, a vegan does not eat, wear, or consume any product that came from an animal or caused an animal to be exploited or killed (i.e. meat, dairy, eggs, fur, wool, leather, animal tested products, etc.). Veganism stems from the belief that, like us, animals have their own lives, their own bodies, and they deserve to be free to live on their own terms, without human interference. That is the ideal of animal liberation and what it means to be vegan.
What is a vegetarian?
A vegetarian is someone who only eats plant based foods - a herbivore. Vegetarianism is a diet. People may be vegetarian for the health benefits, to be more green (to reduce their ecological footprint), to free up more grain and thus help end word hunger, because they don’t like the taste of animal products, or because they do not believe in the killing of or cruelty to animals. The reasons someone is vegetarian might also be part of why they are vegan. A true vegetarian does not eat any animal products. When most people say vegan in reference to their diet, they really mean vegetarian. In simplistic terms, a vegetarian is a dietary vegan.
What is a locto-ovo vegetarian?
A lacto-ovo vegetarian is not really a vegetarian; it is a term used to define what most people think of as vegetarian, someone who eats no meat but still eats dairy and eggs. People are laco-ovo vegetarian for the same reasons people are vegetarian, but because eating eggs and dairy lead to all the same problems as eating meat [animals being exploited and killed, environmental destruction, waste of grains, ill-health] there really is no logical reason be a lacto-ovo vegetarian and not a true vegetarian.
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MEET YOUR MEAT
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Much of this video was filmed at a small family slaughterhouse. Everything shown in Meet Your Meat is standard agricultural practice. Some is even better that the standard in many countries. There are no isolated cases in the Meet Your Meat video. The reason these atrocities persists is, in part, because people refuse to believe it. The cruelty and killing will not stop unless we stop supporting it. Commercial meat, egg, and dairy production are done for profit, just like any other business, so as long as a practice increases profits, it will be done, regardless of the impact on the animals. You can try to deny what goes on or justify supporting it--or believe that you are not supporting it--but the reality is that eating meat, eggs, and dairy does support what you see in the video.
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Can you help to have world leaders view 2 VEGGIE video messages in Copenhagen?
Winning films will screen in selected cinemas in the United Kingdom AND three finalists will also be chosen to screen at the Copenhagen Climate Conference.
Please give each a 5 star rating by 6th of November: http://www.1minutetosavetheworld.com/2009/10/whats-fueling-climate-change http://www.1minutetosavetheworld.com/2009/10/no1-solution-be-vegan
Thank you for your time and for helping to spread the message to other :)
1 Minute To Save The World.com is having a video contest
View the contest details and my first submission by visiting vegan4Life’s youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZw5zQbOWqA
By voting and sharing, this VEGGIE video can win the grand prize and be exposed to thousands of people! Please also leave a comment on my youtube account, I’d love to hear your thoughts so I can improve for the 2nd entry.
All the very best, Leron http://www.MeatFreePetition.com
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It's the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday, so I wanted to stop by & wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!! I am super grateful for your friendship & I am proud & happy to be a part of this group :)
I just did a blog posting on making compassionate choices, encouraging people to go meat-free, I hope it helps...
Wishing you all many blessings in your life...
Rai
"There will come a time...when civilised people will look back in horror on our generation and the ones that preceded it: the idea that we should eat other living things running around on four legs, that we should raise them just for the purpose of killing them! The people of the future will say "meat-eaters!" in disgust and regard us in the same way we regard cannibals and cannibalism" --Dennis Weaver
please!! i need the earthlings movie in spanish please:) do you have this? is you have this movie please show me because i wont to see !! saludos godbay!! :)
the vidio you sent me opend my eyes and i'm happy their are people showing these vidios becaue its true, the media just hope to god nobody finds out how animals are mistreated, it isn't right thankyou for the friendship
thank me? thank youu! you have opened so many peoples eyes to how horrible humans act to animalss. it's people like you who deservee to have their names in a historyy boook. you're an amazingg personn. i know that and i barelyy know youu.
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