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Someone, Not Something
February 15, 2016

  1. It’s not just Bacon, It’s a Pig
  2. This Week’s Famous Quote: Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788–1860)
  3. Hog Farmers Worrying a Bit Maybe?
  4. Book Recommendation
  5. This Week’s Video: Russell Simmons

1. It’s not just Bacon, It’s a Pig

This is a great article challenging the reader to consider not just the health effects of eating processed meats, bacon in this case, but the process through how a pig is turned into bacon. It helps the reader make a connection between the choice of diet and the capacity to reduce unnecessary suffering.

Please visit Forget cancer: the worst thing about bacon is that it used to be a pig


2. This Week’s Famous Quote

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788–1860)


3. Hog Farmers Worrying a Bit Maybe?

The National Hog Farmer’s blog seems to worry enough about the newly opened vegan butcher shop in Minneapolis that published an article frankly hilarious. They say that calling a butcher shop “vegan” is unethical, and that the mutilating, confining, abusing and killing of farm animals is called “harvesting them.”

Read more at Vegan Butcher just plain wrong.


4. Book Recommendation

Vegan Is Love by Ruby Roth illustrates how our daily choices ripple out locally and globally, conveying what children can do today to protect animals, the environment, and people across the world. Covering food, clothing, entertainment, and more, this book bring into focus what it means to "put our love into action." The message transcends mere food philosophy to encompass the personal agency of people—big and small—in creating a more sustainable and compassionate world.

Great gift for kids! Please visit Vegan Is Love.


5. This Week’s Video: Russell Simmons

Watch celebrity Russell Simmons, a longtime vegan, slam common arguments against veganism in this interview - How to Defend Being Vegan - from with The Atlantic. 


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