hey there

November 17, 2000

Dear KitryKitten, I love lost

causes. You and I are similar, in that, although I am not a

cook, I found eating fruit to be startlingly

easy. However for vegetables I use a blender, called a VitaMix,

which prepares, very easily, delicious raw vegetable

dishes. I think it is very easy to get used to being sick

and also when you are sick you are no threat or

challenge to others. I seem to have enough variety

as I also eat nuts, seeds, sprouts and very small

amounts of fish. I would also recommend for women,

very small amounts of lean, red meat. An expensive,

small cut, grilled rare. It's almost raw but not

quite. Should you accept this mission, you will find changes

taking place inside yourself. You will never again have

to worry about your weight. You will glow with

health. You will want to go dancing, walking, running.

You will enjoy other people. You will be calmer and

have a beautiful smile. We all have a hidden

ability to adapt. However the first part of adaption is

to attempt to maintain the status quo, but if your

mind has decided on raw food, your body will do all

that is necessary to adapt to raw

food. Adaption is a learning process, so take your time; there

is no such thing as immediate success. We all need

time to learn. Learning means trying and failing.

Everytime you try and fail, you learn something

new. Victor. Postscript: I am not a raw fooder because of

religious

belief, or because I want to save the animals, but

because raw food confers striking, good health. I am

told, though, it can inhibit your sense of humour, but

I don't believe that!

September 25, 2004

Hi there everyone!!!

This club seems really cool. My name is JC and I am really into

animal rights and I am a vegetarian. I think that to live a peaceful

happy life we must love people and animals with all our hearts. We

need to respect animals as part of the earth. Leonardo da Vinci

once said: " The time will come when men such as I will look upon the

murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men. " I think

that this is a great philosophy. If society as a whole would

advocate compassion to animals, they would be more compassionate to

everyone, and this would be a better place.

Some things about me: I am into spirituality, business, exercise and

art… and at the center of everything I do I found compassion to

animals to be a part of it. I found that being a vegetarian helped

my exercise and fitness and health because we were not meant to

consume meat. It has fat, cholesterol, and other poisons. Why would

people do this to themselves? My spirituality was impacted because I

believe that at the center of all spirituality is the idea that we

should live our life to do good, and what is better then standing up

for kindness and love? When people let their lives have a disconnect

between eating meat and killing animals, it is a sad state. I heard

that only 1% of the United States population is vegetarian, and this

phenomenon of out of site out of mind is horrible. People just don't

want to know the problem; they just don't find the topic to be

palatable. They shouldn't. But they should take it seriously, and

not brush it under the table. One day I just decided that these goals

were not getting accomplished, and I could not live with myself if I

didn't try to help. I wanted to be part of the solution not the

problem. I decided that the other areas of my life like business and

art should be based on this compassion. I am going to put some links

below that I would love you to check out.

This is cool sites that goes into animal rights and are great animal

advocates. I hope to work for them someday! Here is the URL:

http://www.peta.org

This is an awesome group made by some friends of mine. I joined and

quickly found that they are some of the most passionate people ever.

They are starting chats and other activity and are starting a formal

forum/website in the future. Here is the URL:

Animal_Rights_Crusaders/

Here is a another site. It is the site for the ASPCA. It is a cool

organization and I hope to do some volunteer work for them soon! They

are awesome!!! Here is the URL: http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer

Well, it was nice meeting everybody and I will be posting more soon.

Thanks,

JC

September 27, 2004

Hi there, JC...

I too, admire Peta and as a matter of fact, I’m proud to say that I’m one of

their activists. Peta helped me markedly with my inquiries and in keeping me

updated with current alerts. They are great people!

Another good organization I admire is the NAVS (National Anti Vivisection

Society) http://www.navs.org/index.cfm

I started being a vegetarian three years ago and it was when I heard about the

terrible conditions the animals in factory farms endure. I didn’t resist their

pain and suffering and I instantly gave up meat, unlike many people I talk to

do. They don’t like to admit that these animals go through so much pain and

suffering because this is way too much for their conscience to handle. They try

to fight it off by arguing that this how nature intended for things to be, and

another argument I hear a lot is that God created those animals for us to eat.

Since I love animals so much, vegetarianism wasn’t enough to reduce their

sufferings. I threw away all my household and cosmetic products that are tested

on animals and replaced them with cruelty free products. This site helped me a

lot. http://www.caringconsumer.com/

Also, you can use: http://www.navs.org/testing/whois.cfm?SectionID=Testing

Just put the name Procter and Gamble and just what you get!

Also becareful where you shop because some companies, example the Bombay

company, gives an anual contribution to St. Jude hospital (a charity that

conducts animal testings).

I also don’t eat animal products or purchase products that contain animal

ingredients, because that’s a great contribution to slaughterhouses. To

familiarize yourself with animal ingredients and their alternatives, please

visit: http://www.caringconsumer.com/ingredientsfactsheet.html

Also, wearing leather and fur also contributes greatly to animal sufferings.

Please visit:

http://www.cowsarecool.com/

and

http://www.furisdead.com/

I also have many links, but don't want to overwhelm you but will be glad to

provide them if you're interested.

Last but not least, staying active is what greatly helps animals. Right letters

and e-mails, to be added to Peta’s alert e-mails, please contact Peta.

I’m still new to Veganizm and Animal Right Activism, however I have read a lot

about it and I’ll be glad to help answering any questions or concerns. Peta is

really good at answering any inquiries you might have. Thank you for the links,

I will eagerly check them out.

I will end my email with one more great site which is:

http://www.mercyforanimals.org/issues.asp

Sincerely,

Suha Sleibi

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