1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogWolfmoonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/wolfmoon/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sylSZDiUat"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/the-vegan-and-the-cave/">The Vegan And The Cave</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/the-vegan-and-the-cave/embed/#?secret=sylSZDiUat" width="600" height="338" title="“The Vegan And The Cave” — HappyCow" data-secret="sylSZDiUat" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/33.jpg640350If you have been a vegan even just for a few weeks, you have probably already heard the arguments that non-vegans present to justify the continued consuming of animal products. Whilst some people are clearly just concerned about their health and unaware of vegan health facts (let’s face it, we all worry about our health and not knowing all the facts only increases our fear of trying something different) most of the excuses for still eating animal products just make us want to shake the person in front of us. It’s extremely uncommon for such excuses to come without mockery or even aggressiveness, and in most cases the best a vegan can do is to turn their back on the non-vegan to avoid an extreme level of frustration or annoyance. When in such arguments where I present the reasons as to why it is totally unacceptable to keep abusing animals, destroying the planet and wasting food that could feed hungry children, I cannot help but wonder: “How on earth can they NOT see this is wrong?” I often think of a very important text that I read and studied back at school in my adolescence and then early 20’s, by a very well-known Greek author and my favourite philosopher, […]