My Face Is on Fire is a blog (with an associated podcast) which focuses on abolitionist vegan education, animal rights issues and the misrepresentation of veganism in pop culture or mainstream media.
Friday, June 05, 2009
On Biting One's Tongue
Something one should always keep in mind when given the opportunity to fence-sit:
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
- Elie Wiesel, Nobel Acceptance Speech (December 10, 1986)
All too often I keep my mouth shut for the simple fact that I get sick of arguing. Sometimes I think I should open my mouth more often, though, because I tend to be the butt of everyone's veg jokes. A quote like from Elie Wiesel is enough to make me start making a stand again.
All too often I keep my mouth shut for the simple fact that I get sick of arguing. Sometimes I think I should open my mouth more often, though, because I tend to be the butt of everyone's veg jokes. A quote like from Elie Wiesel is enough to make me start making a stand again.
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