Journal of Higher Veg-ucation

2010-10-10T19:27:00.001-07:00

How many times have you heard the term rabbit food used when referring to a vegetarian diet. It's more like Gorilla, Elephant and Rhinocerous food. Walk up to this dude and tell him he eats like a sissy.

Vegan Girls Do It For Me

2010-10-10T19:23:00.000-07:00

I was just thinking of how much more of a turn on vegan women are to me than meat-eaters. Rightfully, I shouldn't even consider being with a meat-eater sexually or otherwise, because my choice to be a vegan is as much a moral choice as it is for my health or the environment. I can't 'give it' to a woman who doesn't have the capacity to think of something other than herself. Vegan girls give a damn! A woman told me the other day that I was limiting myself because I'm just about at the point that I couldn't kiss, let alone DO a woman that eats meat. She said I can't dictate to a woman what she can or can't eat. I said "that may be true, but I can damn sure decide whether or not she'll be with me." Vegan girls taste better anyway. I guess you can say I'm a VAGI-tarian! Mucho Love to all you Vegan Goddesses. Bryan (Vegan Avatar!)

Friends

2010-10-10T19:17:00.000-07:00

Over the years I've grown to (for lack of a better word) 'judge' people by their choices and beliefs, mainly whether or not they're vegan. I know 'judge' may seem like a harsh word, but the truth is we are judged everyday in such superficial ways, like how we look, and speak, and perform our shitty jobs that we hate. Why is it that when it comes to measuring people by their moral choices we get defensive and say, 'oh, you shouldn't judge'? Of course I know the answer to that question. When we come face to face with our own hypocrisy it stings, doesn't it? So when I go to vegan forums, I know I am among people who have something in common with me that is one of the most, if not the most important aspects of my life; Veganism. I feel a kinship to all vegans. Of course, if you happen to be a vegan in addition to being a bigot, thief, or murderer etc., that would negate any fuzzy feelings I would have had for you. But I think most vegans are good people and at least operate on a good foundation. I salute vegans everywhere for the choice they have made to be human! Bryan (Vegan Avatar!)

There is no good reason for animal research

2010-10-10T19:13:00.000-07:00

There has never been one scientific discovery or medical advancement derived from the practice of vivisection (animal experimentation). That statement should be able to stand alone without anything other than a little deductive reasoning on the part of any reasonably intelligent individual. First, one would have to be able to grasp the concept that an animals physiology greatly differs from that of a human's. This would negate any supposed results of any tests done on animals. Secondly, one would have to ask himself why the medicines that are manufactured are so dangerous, and cause so many deadly side-effects. If vivisection were the answer, this would not be the case in so many instances. Animal experimentation is supposed to prevent humans from having to suffer. Yet suffer they do. Thirdly, there is the compassionate aspect of the case against vivisection (which is first in my book). How can we as intelligent, thoughtful beings capable of abstract thought, contribute to the suffering of others under the ruse of "better life through cruelty?" If the medical and pharmaceutical industries really had the best interest of the patient at heart, they would treat them with botanically based medicines (as was originally intended) instead of those composed of poisonous chemicals concocted in a laboratory. Once this is achieved, these medicines can be tested on the ones that were originally intended to benefit from them, people. Bryan (Vegan Avatar!)

How much More Abuse Can She Stand?

2010-10-10T18:50:00.000-07:00

It seems peculiar to me that there is much ado about 'green' this, 'eco' that, and 'sustainable' the other, but hardly any mention of the fact that the exploitation of animals is the primary cause of most of the environmental and health issues that plague us today. The meat and dairy industries are the biggest users of fossil fuels (more than 1/3 of all use); they use more than 80 percent of the agricultural land mass to feed livestock; more than 2500 gallons of water is needed to yield 1 lb. of meat; the massive amounts of feces and urine generated by livestock pollutes waterways and causes huge fish kills; factory farms release large quantities of toxic gases such as methane, hydrogen sulfide, and ammonia into the atmosphere, and the list goes on. So, as we can see, it's quite absurd to speak about driving more fuel efficient vehicles, taking shorter showers, or recycling if we're sitting down to a meal of a dead carcass three or more times a day. Bryan (Vegan Avatar!)

Humane Slaughter?

2010-10-10T18:35:00.000-07:00

If "humane slaughter" is not a contradiction in terms, there are none. Every time I hear that, or some other such nonsense, I tilt my head to one side like a confused dog. You know what I'm talking about, don't you? When referring to methods of food production (murder), such as 'grain fed' or 'free range', people say "the animals are treated well, allowed to freely roam and graze and screw", right up until their throats are slit by the same people they think have the animals best interest at heart. I guess that makes it allright. But wait! We're forgetting that our good government allows farmers to say 'free range chicken' when in fact they are only required to cram less chickens into a cage. And while we're on the subject, 'grain and corn fed cattle' are allowed to be fed a slightly smaller percentage than usual of feces, urine, and the perennial favorite mix of antibiotics and hormones. I suppose I'm being too harsh. A fair number of animals must be treated better than this, right? Well, the naked assed truth about it is, I wouldn't give a damn if all of these animals were treated like kings and queens, got pedicures, fed manna from heaven, walked on rose petals, and were serenaded to sleep every night. If the end result is being murdered for their flesh, it's not right. Is it? Bryan (Vegan Avatar!)

Too Little Too Late?

2008-08-12T14:21:00.000-07:00

Since I became vegan I've always thought it was funny how concerned people get when it comes to nutritional value and the vegan diet. It seems highly unlikely though that anyone could be worried at all about nutritional content when ordering a big mac, fries and apple pie, or some other such poisonous nonsensical 'meal'. I may be misjudging their intensions though, because they do often chase the glop down with a diet soda. Another of the peculiar questions we've all heard a thousand times too many is "where do you get your protein?" Since the best source of protein is plant-based, a good question for those people would be "do you know where you get your cholesterol?", because a plant-based diet doesn't cause bad cholesterol. Eating meat does. The only conclusion I can draw from this is that most people just want to do what they want to do without having to make any sacrifices of any kind. They're stuck, and they need help, unfortunately most of the time the push they need comes in the form of a health crisis. Bryan (Vegan Avatar!)