tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post119259508861156248..comments2024-02-03T06:58:02.859-04:00Comments on My Face Is On Fire: Veganism in the MediaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-83239603228562606072010-09-20T19:47:18.286-03:002010-09-20T19:47:18.286-03:00I issue Sheehan a challenge: find an animal produc...I issue Sheehan a challenge: find an animal product that has all of the characteristics of a banana.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097664448177175052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-20604203132439310112010-07-28T09:45:59.448-03:002010-07-28T09:45:59.448-03:00Well said, Adam. I agree.Well said, Adam. I agree.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800153451645970774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-43861766169473024892010-07-27T11:29:39.457-03:002010-07-27T11:29:39.457-03:00Where to begin with Sheehan? I think the thing th...Where to begin with Sheehan? I think the thing that struck me the most is that he is imposing his own impossible criterion (as you noted) for vegan food being worthy enough to forgo enslaving and killing animals for food.<br /><br />Basically, veganism has to *be* omnivorism. Omnivorism is assumed to be what veganism strives to be in the first place.<br /><br />It's like when people tell me "Well, I just don't know if I'd like x or y (vegan products)" Simultaneously, I want to defend x and y as good products while I want to make it clear that veganism is not supposed to be marketed as merely an improvement on the taste of animal products. It's about ending slavery. It's about recognizing other sentient beings are not just things for us to use.<br /><br />Writing moronic articles like that of Sheehan is just a way of avoiding serious dialogue, instead making it all about making his tastebuds happy. Animals are removed completely as subjects of conflict in his worldview. There is only people like him, and others who act as "fun police," interfering with his consumption as if animals were an inanimate natural resource.Adam Kochanowiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190729335643458295noreply@blogger.com