Thought of the Day

Meat without the red mask on....

How far is too far?  How far is a vegan supposed to go with this “vegan thing” anyway?  Morals are morals, ethics are ethics.  But facts are facts.  And no one can argue with that.  So if you’re vegan, and you know cold, hard facts about meat processing, do you share those facts at the risk of “offending” your non-vegan friends?

When I was a non-vegan, I couldn’t stand the preachy type vegans who tried to guilt me into it.  I’m horrible under pressure.  Quite resistant actually…I don’t want anyone to push me into something I’m not ready for.  But what’s a person to do when you know the health of your very close friends and family are at high risk because of the preposterous meat industry and their dirty little secrets?  Well, you take what you know to be true, hope that you find the facts condensed in a nice little email, close your eyes, cross your fingers and send it to your whole buddy list…hoping that maybe, just maybe, they’ll feel ready to skim over the info with sprouting interest and without creeping skepticism.  Information passed on by a third party seems to be a comfortable way for myself to share the truth with others without making them annoyed by me and my “crazy life choice” feeling like I’m trying to convert them.  Converting them is not what I’m after.  It’s empowerment I’m after.  The people in my life are worth the truth.  And that’s why I want them to know about the ammonia treatments.  Or the rotting flesh in disguise….these facts about animal muscle tissues are facts that can’t stand to be disguised anymore.

Check out the link to this article and read for yourself, you deserve to know.

www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-nat-meat-safety-20100121,0,288473.story?page=1