1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pQdXwGhZNa"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/vegan-slaughterhouse-reflections/">Vegan Slaughterhouse Reflections</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/vegan-slaughterhouse-reflections/embed/#?secret=pQdXwGhZNa" width="600" height="338" title="“Vegan Slaughterhouse Reflections” — HappyCow" data-secret="pQdXwGhZNa" 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/2014/11/VeganSlaughterhouse-mini.jpg580220Vegan Slaughterhouse Reflections Notes – on a very enjoyable 30 minutes –  spent here in the ‘Ernest Bell Library’ / ‘The Humanitarian League’ offices in Hong Kong – discussing: –  Watermelons – the plant has been cultivated in Egypt since at least the 2nd millennium BC and by the 10th century AD had reached India and China. Wiki. Ernest H. Crosby – an American reformer and author – was President of the New York Social Reform Club – was actively interested in the labor movement – was a strong anti-imperialist – was an opponent of war – was President of the New York Anti-Imperialists’ League – was President of the New York Vegetarian Society. Wiki. Henry S. Salt – an English writer and campaigner for social reform in the fields of prisons, schools, economic institutions, and the treatment of animals. He was a noted ethical vegetarian, anti-vivisectionist, socialist, and pacifist, and was well known as a literary critic, biographer, classical scholar and naturalist. Wiki. Edward Carpenter – an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, opponent of vivisection, vegetarian and early LGBT activist. Wiki. WW1 Conscientious Objectors –  “individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service” on the grounds of freedom of […]