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[Guest guest]

ok, i'm sorry to have started such a huge ruckus(how do you spell that?).....

just to clarify, when i made a proposal to set a day each week to take action, i

was NOT referring to conducting viloent or illegal activities...i agree that it

would be dumb to talk of such plans in a public forum.

i was referring to other 'direct actions' such as writing letters to companies,

postering, legal protests, etc. which i do feel is a good idea....all i was

trying to initiate is ACTION in some way, as an alternative to doing nothing but

worrying and being frustrated. like my shrink said, all the worrying in the

world will get you nowhere....i'm sick of doing nothing..and i don't care if any

action i take has no effects...at least i'll feel better for trying.

i'm also glad that all this happened because i belive now that the topic had to

be discussed.

 

anyway, my only actions to date are:

 

-i have decided to never buy leather again

-i have taken part in writing a letter to mgmt. at MAC cosmetics expressing

staff's views on spokesmodels lil' kim and mary j. blige(both women are HUGE fur

advocates) and how this contradicts our image as being a cruelty free company.

-i have become much more outspoken regarding animal cruelty in an effort to

inform my friends...i'm really focusing on educating people on which companies

use animal testing.

 

bye all,

bobby

[Guest guest]

No ruckus! Vik and I love a good debate. You should hear us go at it at

Starbucks!

 

I am all for the day-of-action idea. I recently got 200 copies of Why Vegan

http://www.veganoutreach.com/wv/ that I'm distributing but I would love some

help. Maybe we could get together and hand them out or leave them places, or I

could drop some of for you at work. I really like leafletting cuz I think it's

effective. It's giving people information and then letting them draw their own

conclusions. I gave one to someone at work and when I got back from my trip I

heard he had stopped eating meat for like 10 days so far. Whether that's true

or not, he does ask questions and today he wanted to have what I was having for

lunch so we went and got a veg roti together. Pretty cool. Anyhow, I'm a firm

believer that the best thing we can do for the animals and the world is to keep

giving information.

 

Vegan Outreach says this " Suppose each of the current 2,000 members of Vegan

Outreach influenced one person to become vegan every five years on average; and

each new vegan, in turn, also influenced one new person every five years.

Although the change would be imperceptible at first, by 2057 more than 15

percent of the U.S. population would be vegan, and far more suffering would have

been prevented than if we abolished every other form of animal exploitation in

the country. With more people accepting and living the principles of animal

liberation, there would be many more vegan options for everyone (e.g., vegan

burgers would be cheaper and more readily available), making it much easier for

people to become vegan or vegetarian. At this pace, by 2068, the entire U.S.

population would be vegan. " And that's _only_ starting with their 2000 members.

There are millions of vegetarians...

 

Also from Vegan Outreach, here are some tips for promoting veganism

http://www.veganoutreach.com/advocacy/promoting.html

 

And I was thinking that Earth Day would be a good time to leaflet. PeTA has a

good pamphlet on meat-eating and the environment.

 

And here is a site with all kinds of petitions for animals

http://www.apasfa.org/peti/english.html

 

And Farm Animal Reform Movement often has good ideas for, or even pre-written,

letters at their site http://www.farmusa.org/programs/letters.html

 

Way to go on the leather, and the letter to MAC, and for talking to your

friends. That's so cool!

 

Just one more thing, as part of your action resolution will you come out to a

brunch?

 

-anji

 

 

 

 

> ok, i'm sorry to have started such a huge ruckus(how do you spell that?).....

> just to clarify, when i made a proposal to set a day each week to take action,

i

> was NOT referring to conducting viloent or illegal activities...i agree that

it

> would be dumb to talk of such plans in a public forum.

> i was referring to other 'direct actions' such as writing letters to

companies,

> postering, legal protests, etc. which i do feel is a good idea....all i was

> trying to initiate is ACTION in some way, as an alternative to doing nothing

but

> worrying and being frustrated. like my shrink said, all the worrying in the

> world will get you nowhere....i'm sick of doing nothing..and i don't care if

any

> action i take has no effects...at least i'll feel better for trying.

> i'm also glad that all this happened because i belive now that the topic had

to

> be discussed.

>

> anyway, my only actions to date are:

>

> -i have decided to never buy leather again

> -i have taken part in writing a letter to mgmt. at MAC cosmetics expressing

> staff's views on spokesmodels lil' kim and mary j. blige(both women are HUGE

fur

> advocates) and how this contradicts our image as being a cruelty free company.

> -i have become much more outspoken regarding animal cruelty in an effort to

> inform my friends...i'm really focusing on educating people on which companies

> use animal testing.

 

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