Archive for June, 2008
My AR2008 speaking assignments announced
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
I’ve received my final assignments for FARM’s national animal rights conference, running from August 14-18, 2008 at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, VA (the program). This conference certainly makes for some strange “bedfellows”, but at least it does not censor abolitionist views, which is a rare plus.
I’ll start things off [...]
Book Review: Animals as Persons
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Animals as Persons: Essays on on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation was released May 23rd, but it has taken me a while to finish reading Gary L. Francione’s latest book because I’m perpetually swamped lately. However, working it into my ridiculous schedule was relatively easy, in part because the book is comprised [...]
Animal Rights 101, part two
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Rights
The term “rights” is widely misunderstood. It will be helpful here to distinguish between moral and legal rights. These classes of rights are similar in at least one respect: in both cases, a right protects a person’s interest by providing that person with a claim against any party who interferes with [...]
Vegan: It’s what’s for breakfast - “real” cinnamon rolls
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
This is going to be a pretty lousy food post, since I don’t have any pictures to show for my wife’s culinary adventure. Yup, she picked up my slack.
I’ve been wanting to make cinnamon rolls for weeks, but I have been so busy (and I have a really hard time waking [...]
On hate, moral cowardice, tolerance and priorities
Submitted by ANIMAL RIGHTS MALTA’S BLOG
Following last Wednesday’s entry entitled “Hate campaigns and tarnished reputations“, and my comments on The Times online’s report entitled “Hunters call for end to ‘hate’ campaign“, Sylvana Zarb Darmanin’s further replies confirmed my deep suspicion that two major stumbling blocks preventing the comprehension of animal rights theory are usually a [...]
Humane Myth website launched
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Today marks the launch of humanemyth.org, a website created to “correct the misinformation that is associated with the Humane Myth, and to inspire a form of working for the peaceful transformation of our society that fully respects the inherent dignity and worth of animals and people alike.”
On the front page of [...]
Vegan Relationship Survey
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
You may have seen the following survey announced elsewhere, but now it is available as an online dealio, which makes it a little easier to complete and submit than the text version that was going around before. This approach also makes your replies more anonymous.
M. Butterflies Katz: Vegan Relationship Survey
I don’t [...]
Hate campaigns and tarnished reputations
Submitted by ANIMAL RIGHTS MALTA’S BLOG
A quick read of some of the pro-hunting comments under The Times online’s news report, entitled “Hunters call for end to ‘hate’ campaign“, makes it clear that the task of convincing animal abusers to stop abusing (and killing) animals, is an uphill struggle.
The main difficulty seems to be either [...]
Animal Rights 101, part one
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
This is the first in a series of posts I am writing to introduce readers to the most basic fundamentals of the abolitionist approach to animal rights as laid out by Gary L. Francione. I have also read works by Joan Dunayer and Lee Hall but, for my purposes here, Francione’s [...]
Vegan New York
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Quick trip with my spousal unit to Manhattan this weekend. We only had limited time in the city, but managed to finally try a Dosa from N.Y. Dosas at Washington Park before eating at Sacred Chow.
I enjoyed everything from both places, though none of it was really hot. We caught N.Y. [...]
AAFL receives VegNews 2008 VegBloggy award
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
So… yeah. I’m as surprised as you.
Among the bloggers highlighted for the first annual VegBloggy Awards, VegNews decided to include An Animal-Friendly Life. I’m not sure how they categorized the site yet, or anything else they wrote about AAFL, but fellow winner SuperVegan got the scoop on theirs (”The Vegan Daily [...]
Thought for the Day - Lincoln
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
This seemed appropriate to vegan advocates promoting animal rights:
With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Remember, we’re looking for lasting change. We need to change hearts and minds. The laws [...]
On strays, neutering, breeding and the property status of non-human animals
Submitted by ANIMAL RIGHTS MALTA’S BLOG
Christine Peters writes a well-intentioned letter entitled “Neutering/spaying should start with pets“ in today’s The Times. However, while the main gist of the letter is well-reasoned and well-intentioned, I feel I must voice my disagreement with some of her proposals, some of which I see as not workable in our [...]
Vegan: It’s what’s for dinner - “reinventing the quiche”
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Here’s a rare post that may not actually turn any of my friends into enemies! (frenemies?)
I’ve been cooking a lot more in recent months, which has been a surprising source of amusement for me, especially since the food continues to turn out miraculously well, despite my complete lack of culinary training. [...]
Thought for the day - Francione
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Mary Martin deconstructs an editorial in today’s New York Times, which states in no uncertain terms that “animal husbandry has been turned into animal abuse.” I’d like to chime in on a quote Mary pulled from a Pew Commission report referenced in the editorial:
“The present system of producing food animals (sic) [...]
