Theyre sentient beings, not food choices-Go Vegan

About Me

Welcome. I hope this finds you well.
I believe unless we adopt a vegan lifestyle and work toward the end
of the exploitation of non human animals, we can not honestly
consider ourselves truly interested in peace and non-violence or
the environment.
Exploitation of *any* sentient being or the destruction
of the environment is unacceptable and I feel, an
insanity. Every injustice, every violence, I
believe, effects us all individually whether we realise
or not. Right now, non human animals are the most
exploited by far. Every non-violent effort possible
should be made to end the exploitation.
True & lasting peace will only come through non-violent
action, inner change, education & through the cessation of
exploitation of *all* sentient beings, human and non
human. Hence my great interest in animal & human rights and Tibetan Buddhism.
Watch some of our videos
View the video the meat industry doesn't want you to see
Today's climate is far too anthropocentric. That
needs much work ;) Non-human animals need all our help
Approx 55 billion non-human animals suffer unbearable
cruelty, torture and are killed each year. We strongly encourage
everyone to speak out to end this great injustice.
Governments have a tendency to follow the public voice. There
are few real "leaders" in government and even fewer
who are interested in justice for all.
One way is adopting a cruelty free
compassionate lifestyle like becoming vegan and not supporting government members or large
multinational industries & companies that support the exploitation
of non-human animals. If you investigate closely, you will find 98%
of business directly or indirectly allow torturing and / or killing animals
for their products. Economic pressure on these
companies by not purchasing or by boycotting their products
is effective. Creatively educating the public, protesting,
lobbying & non-violent action is vital.
If you are not aware of the current daily animal exploitation and
abuse of billions of animals everywhere , all with the
knowledge of governments, please view the following sites which
reveal thousands of images of 21st Century factory farming,
animal experimentation and many other kinds of abuses.
I would urge you to view as many images as you are able
in the above links.
Our other group -
Visit Vegan Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich site
From VeganValues.org - The term philosophy is
often used to mean a set of basic values and attitudes
toward life, nature and society. In this sense, Veganism
is a "Philosophy of Life," guided by what I envision
as an essential core of values and principles:
* Vegans see life as a phenomenon to be treasured, revered
and respected. We do not see animals as either "The
Enemy" to be subdued, or the Materials for Food,
Fabric or Fun that were put on Earth for human use.
* Vegans see themselves as a part of the natural world,
rather than its owners or its masters.
* Veganism recognizes no expendable or superfluous species
that humans are free to hurt or destroy. Species of
life-forms need not justify their existence, nor plead
for protection from extinction on the grounds of their
potential usefulness as food or medicine for humans.
We continue to be burdened and misguided by adages
such as "A weed is a plant we have not yet found a use for."
* Veganism acknowledges the intrinsic legitimacy of all
life. It rejects any hierarchy of acceptable suffering
among sentient creatures. It is no more acceptable to
torment or kill creatures with "primitive nervous
systems" than those with "highly developed nervous
systems." The value of life to its possessor is the
same, whether it be the life of a clam, a crayfish, a
carp, a cow, a chicken, or a child.
* Veganism understands that gentleness cannot be a product
of violence, harmony cannot be a product of strife,
and peace cannot be a product of contention and conflict.
* Vegan ideals encompass much more than advocacy of a diet
free of animal products, or a fervent defense of
animal rights. Veganism excludes no sentient beingâ€“
animal or humanâ€“ from its commitment to compassionate,
gentle benevolence. To show tender regard for the
suffering of animals, yet treat humans with callous
contempt, is a disheartening contradiction of Vegan principles.
* John Muir, talking about the natural environment, once
observed "Every time I bend down to pick something up,
I find it is connected to something else." There is an
equivalent "ecology" to our behavior. Everything we do
connects to something else; every action touches on
the world around us, either close at hand and
noticeable, or far away and unperceived, immediate in
its effect or
distant in time.
* If Veganism has a prime value, it is simply that life-
respecting compassion overrides individual issues of
custom, convenience, comfort or cuisine.
* If there is a single article of faith, it is that
commitment to Vegan values will bring us closer to a
world in which the fate and fortune of a planet and
all its life forms do not hang on the judgment or the
generosity of one species.
* If there is one single concept that both generates and
sustains the meaning and the power of the Vegan world-
view, it is found in the word mindfulness. As Vegans,
we strive to be thoughtful, aware and concerned about
the impact of our choices, our actions and our
decisions. The fruit of this awareness is inner peace,
the quiet strength of ethical confidence, and an
uplifting sense of fulfillment.
A little more about me:
I am co-founder of an
animal rights group QGAR. We take great interest in
international as well as our own domestic issues.
Animal exploitation has no borders.
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list for latest intl news, alerts, actions Please scroll down to
find our index containing many issues.
View Australian version "You Think You Can Be A Meat Eating Environmentalist? Think Again"
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I am interested in human rights and social justice as well.
I will be posting personal blogs but predominently they
will be animal rights issues.
We urge you to speak out against all forms of non human animal exploitation.

Non-human animals are sentient beings. They have
no voice, they feel, they love their young, they
love life just as much as we do. They deserve rights and
freedom from fear, torture and exploitation.
With your help, we can help end this exploitation.
Education is vital in motivating others. Animal
exploiter's best weapon is the ignorance & apathy of the public.
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Below in the slide show are a few pics from my life.
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"Gandhi said "Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do it." .........."WHEN I DESPAIR, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of this always"
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." â€“ Martin Luther King Jr........."First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then...you win." -- M. Gandhi .........."I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. ~ Mohandas Gandhi ............."I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill." Mohandas Gandhi ............"Live life simply so that others may simply live. - Mahatma Gandhi ............."If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?" Shantideva, 8th C Buddhist Monk. ..............."To feel overflowing love and almost unbearable compassion for all living creatures is the best way to fulfil the wishes of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Even if for the moment you cannot actually help a sentient being in an external way, meditate on love and compassion constantly over the months and years until compassion is knit inseparably into the very fabric of your mind." - H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche ............."Evil is an abstraction that enables you to look at someone and not see the person" ~ Lee Thorn ............"To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana." - Buddha" ............"If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated." ~ The Buddha (the Surangama Sutra)............."No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded. -Margaret Mead ...............
About our group:
Queensland Group for Animal Rights [QGAR] is an Australian
based self funded independent animal rights group
To view our international animal news archives
To subscribe to our international animal rights news
list for latest intl news
Alternatively, join our identical animal news list Animal Rights News International on this site.
View our other AR group - Liberation for Our Brother & Sister Animals [LobsA]
I will be posting regular international animal rights
news alerts, articles approx twice a week from many
excellent sources. It is an announcement list only as
unfortunately I do not have time to moderate posts.
Sadly time restrictions prevent this.
Thank you for your participation.
All are very welcome to join.
Please view the following videos showing current 21st C horrific
conditions, torture and exploitation that billions of non human
animals worldwide endure. Most exploitation occurs
with the knowledge of governments everywhere.
"In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

"Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: 'Because the animals are like us.' Ask the experimenters why it is morally OK to experiment on animals, and the answer is: 'Because the animals are not like us.' Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction." -Professor Charles R. Magel.........."Those who won't hesitate to vivisect, won't hesitate to lie about it as well." GB Shaw ......................"I would not want to promote research on animals. Fortunately, only my back is twisted, not my mind." Linn Pulis (Polio victim......................."The reason why I am against animal research is because it doesn't work. It has no scientific value. One cannot extrapolate the results of animal research to human beings, and every good scientist knows that." Robert Mendelsohn, M.D., (Late Professor of Pediatrics at the U. of Illinois, College of Medicine) ......................"It is difficult to entertain a warm feeling for a 'medical man' who straps dogs to a table, cuts their vocal cords, and spends an interesting day or week slowly vivisecting or dismembering them." Clare Booth Luce (American writer of "The Women" and former ambassador to Italy; 1902-1987) ................"My own conviction is that the study of human physiology by way of experiments on animals is the most grotesque and fantastic error ever committed in the whole range of human intellectual activity." Dr. GF Walker in "Medical World" Dec 8, 1933) ....................."Atrocities are no less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called 'medical research'." George Bernard Shaw .............."The question was, can we give up animal experiments without halting medical progress? My answer is not only can one [give up vivisection] but that one must give up animal experiments not to halt medical progress. Today's rebellion against vivisection is no longer based on animal welfare. We have to speak of a scientific rebellion.out of consideration for human beings." Pietro Croce, MD (College of American Pathologists) ..........."There will come a time when the world will look back to modern vivisection in the name of Science, as they do now to burning people at the stake in the name of religion." Henry J. Bigelow, MD .............."I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race. The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further." Mark Twain (1835-1910) .............."What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit for their cruelty." Leo Tolstoy............."I abhor vivisection. It should at least be curbed. Better, it should be abolished. The whole thing is evil. Charles Mayo, MD (Founder of Mayo Clinic; 1865-1939) .............."It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life. Towards this end, experiments on living animals in classrooms should be stopped. To encourage cruelty in the name of science can only destroy the finer emotions of affection and sympathy, and breed an unfeeling callousness in the young towards suffering in all living creatures." Eleanor Roosevelt (Writer, diplomat, First Lady; 1884-1962).............Perhaps peace is not, after all, something you work for, or "fight for". It is indeed "fighting for peace" that starts all the wars. What, after all, are the pretexts of all these Cold War crises but "fighting for peace"? Peace is something you have or do not have. If you are yourself at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. Then share your peace with everyone and everyone will be at peace. - Thomas Merton
Below are links of other organizations that work for causes we support. (Inclusion below does not indicate that we support every aspect of the organization's activities
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Responsible Policies for Animals
Thanks to RPA for kind permission to use
their quote "They're sentient beings not food choices"
Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition
PETA
In Defense of Animals
Physicians Commitee for
Responsible Medicine
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Farm Sanctuary
Primate Freedom Project
The Greyhound Protection League
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
United Poultry Concern
Animals Australia
ADAPTT
Animals Asia
Animals voice
Animal Liberation Victoria
Animal Welfare League Qld
The Elephant Sanctuary
Go Veg.com
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Index

QGAR ANIMAL RIGHTS ISSUES

About our other AR group - Liberation for Our Brother & Sister Animals [LobsA]
ANIMAL RIGHTS ISSUES & LIVES OF THESE ANIMALS

PETA'S "HIDDEN LIVES" FEATURES

The Hidden Lives of ChickensThe Hidden Lives of CowsThe Hidden Lives of Rats & MiceThe Hidden Lives of Fish

HOW YOU CAN HELP

How you can help - The Many Ways (USA) Write letters (via Public Citizen site) to comprehensive list of editors in all states Contact Queensland (Au) MPs

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION & TESTING

ANIMAL RIGHTS LINKS

More Animal Rights & Vegan/Vegetarian Links10,000 links + to Animal Defense Groups and moreHow you can help through many Animal Rights Links

WildLife

IMAGES - ANIMAL RIGHTS PICTURES, VIDS & EXHIBITIONS

VEGAN & VEGETARIANISM

GoVeg.com - Comprehensive PETA site
View PETA version "You Think You Can Be A Meat Eating Environmentalist? Think Again"
View Australian version "You Think You Can Be A Meat Eating Environmentalist? Think Again"
Excellent vegan outreach starter pack pdf file .. FONT

My Interests

Join our animal news list - news from many international sources - "Animal Rights News International"

Watch our vid: The Case for An Animal Bill of Rights : Dr Tom Regan

Watch our vid: 1,871 per second

Watch our vid: Your days of ignorance are over

Watch our vid: Secrets of the Dairy Industry Revealed

The "Battle of Ideologies"(term used by G W Bush) must end now. "All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" EB.

Tibetan Buddhism, Veganism, Animal Rights, Social Justice, Human Rights, Human trafficking, Peace activism, North Korea, Music, Tibet, China & Human Rights, Lao gais -current situation, Women & child slavery issues, China and Human organ harvasting issues, environmental issues, Genetic modification, vivisection issues, comedy, political satir, US politics, so many interests really.

Watch "There is no such thing as a necessary evil" - (vivisection vid by Animal Aid)

Visit CaringConsumer.com for a list of companies that test on animals
ChooseCrueltyFree, an Australian site with lists of companies that test on animals

I'd like to meet:

Any of the heros I've mentioned.

I'd also like to meet a politition that believes war mongering isn't the answer to conflict, that homogenising and economic imperialisation of countries for religious purposes, or xenophobic reasons and calling it "spreading freedom" isn't acceptable.

I'd would like to meet a polititions, law makers and people in general who function on the basic premise that no law or decision should be passed that adversely effects sentient beings or the environment. One who believes all laws & policies should have to pass the litmus test first.

I would like to meet a politition or education policy maker who believes compassion, respect of diversity, respect for non human animals and social justice should be at the root and highest priority in all education programs, instead of the obsession with economic development, wealth creation and material gain.

People who can turn this insanity which dominates all thinking today that economy is THE most litmus test in every decision made.

People in general who are ready to speak out against this insanity before all is lost, those who believe the abolition of animal exploitation, abolition of poverty & starvation and the protection of the environment should be THE priority of the planet and that everything take a backseat until all human and non human sentient beings at the very minimum, have food, clean water, shelter, access to good health care and safety.

I would like to meet leaders & people in general who believe that non-human animal exploitation is as abhorrant as human slavery and not sigh and wring hands that nothing can be done, and thats just how it is. Those who believe the abolition of animal exploitation is an urgent issue which also needs top priority.

Lastly, I would also like to meet leaders and people who are willing to question and speak out in regards the "spreaders of freedom". The premise that they are the "good guys" is not only propaganda but incredibly dangerous.

"What do they know - all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world? They have convinced themselves that man, the worst transgressor of all the species, is the crown of creation. All other creatures were created merely to provide him with food, pelts, to be tormented, exterminated. In relation to them, all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka." Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1978 Nobel Prize Winner

Here endeth my rant............ for now ;)

"Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain it's full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to humankind" - Albert Schweitzer ..................... "Thousands millions and billions - of animals are killed for food. That is very sad. We human beings can live without meat, especially in our modern world. We have a great variety of vegetables and other supplementary foods, so we have the capacity and the responsibility to save billions of lives."- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama ..................... "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free" - Michelangelo ................... "Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventures, and for hides and furs is a phenomenon which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging in such acts of brutality." ~ His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama "The greatness of a nation can be . judged by the way its animals are treated." ................... "To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to the protection by man from the cruelty of man." ...................... "In the future, meat-eaters, speaking out of ignorance, will say that the Buddha permitted the eating of meat, and that he taught there was no sin in doing so." - Prediction in the Lankavatara Sutra made by the Buddha ...................... "To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana ...... - Buddha .................. "To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face one must be able to love the mearest of creation as oneself." ..................... "We must be the change we wish to see." .... Mahatma Gandhi .................. "Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals ) is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them whenever they require it... If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men" ..... St Francis of Assisi ............. "To shut your mind, heart, imagination to the sufferings of others is to begin slowly but inexorably to die. It is to cease by inches from being human, to become in the end capable of nothing, generous or unselfish or sometimes capable of anything, however terrible." ..... .John Austin Baker, Bishop of Salisbury ............. ."I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men." ..... .Leonardo Da Vinci, artist, designer, inventor and scientist ............. "You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity." ............. Ralph Waldo Emerson ............. ."To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. If any man were to refer to it, he would be thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime." .... .Romain Rolland, author, Nobel Prize 1915 ............. "As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with kindness, love and compassion. That these animals suffer through human cruelty is beyond understanding. Please help to stop this madness."Richard Gere ............. "Animal liberation is also human liberation. Animal liberationists care about the quality of life for all. We recognize our kinship with all feeling beings. We identify with the powerless and the vulnerable the victims, all those dominated, oppressed and exploited. And it is the non-human animals whose suffering is the most intense, widespread, expanding, systematic and socially sanctioned of all." ...... .Henry Spira ............. "But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy." ............. Plutarch ............. "Refrain at all times from such foods as cannot be procured without violence and oppression.".. ............. Thomas Tryon:..........."Show me the enforced laws of a state for the prevention of cruelty to animals and I in turn will give you a correct estimate of the refinement, enlightenment, integrity and equality of that commonwealth's people." ..... .L.T. Danshiell ............. "The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it." ..... .Axel Munthe ............. ."We consume the carcasses of creatures of like appetites, passions and organs as our own, and fill the slaughterhouses daily with screams of pain and fear." ... .Robert Louis Stevenson ............. "Life is life's greatest gift. Guard the life of another creature as you would your own because it is your own. On life's scale of values, the smallest is no less precious to the creature that owns it than the largest." ..... .Lloyd Buggle Jr.

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Music:

Massive Attack

Click here - View this YouTube vid "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack

Brian Eno, Joy Division, Basement Jaxx, Pink, Bobby Flynn (Au artist), Coldplay, Yunchen Lhamo, Natalie Merchant, The Cure, The Clash, Pink, Neil Young, Everything But the Girl, Dolly Parton, Eva Cassidy, Joni Mitchell, Nicole Blackman & Recoil, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, B52s, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Laurie Anderson, [Early] The Pretenders [early], Choyling Drolma & Steve Tibbetts, Daniel Lanois, Iggy Pop, [Early] David Bowie, U2, Kylie Minogue, Chet Baker, Nico, Anything Tibetan, Gyuto Monks, Radiohead, Winona Judd, Led Zeppelin, Echo & the Bunnyman, [Early] Siouxie & the Banshees, Tracy Thorne, Portishead, [early] Miles Davis, Jo Stafford, [Early] Sinead O Connor, Karen Finlay, Sheila Chandra, Spinal Tap, David Byrne, Morcheeba (The Sea), Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Nile Rodgers, The Velvet Underground, Elvis, Lenard Cohen, Chopin, Mozart, Kate Bush, Bauhaus, This Mortal Coil, Vivaldi, Cocteau Twins, 60's girl groups, The Beatles, ... many more

Presidential candidate 2008, Dennis Kucinich, vegan, visionary, check out his policies

Movies:

Harold and Maude
View a clip of Harold & Maude
Maude: I should like to change into a sunflower most of all. They're so tall and simple. What flower would you like to be? Harold: I don't know. One of these, maybe. Maude: Why do you say that? Harold: Because they're all alike. Maude: Oooh, but they're *not*. Look. See, some are smaller, some are fatter, some grow to the left, some to the right, some even have lost some petals. All *kinds* of observable differences. You see, Harold, I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are *this*, [she points to a daisy] Maude: yet allow themselves be treated as *that* [she gestures to a field of daisies]
Click here - YouTube vid from "Harold and Maude" "Getting out of the Army" - funny
Click here - View this YouTube vid "Whats the record" - funny
To Kill a Mockingbird, Lost in Translation, Most Clint Eastwood movies, Most Spike Lee movies, Groundhog Day, Samsara, Sex Lies and Videotape, Entre Nous, Galaxy Quest, La Lectrice (Miou-Miou), European films, The Godfather 1 & 2, Jesus of Montreal, A Pornographic Affair, Nathalie Baye (actor), Gerard Butler, The English Patient (sorry Elaine!!!), Blue, Juliette Binoche, Water (Indian director), Slingblade, Monsters Ball, Sound of Music, Shrek, American Beauty, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Party, Pink Panther, Nine of Queens, The Libertine, Being There, TransAmerica, Most Alfred Hitchcock movies, Out of Africa, Kinsey, Housekeeping, Kundun, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, When Harry Met Sally, This is Spinal Tap, Most movies with Meryl Streep, Most movies with Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Gene Hackman, Charlize Theron, Russel Crowe, Sean Penn, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, Meg Ryan, City of Angels, The Hours, Tina Fey (actor), The Song Remains the Same, Rattle & Hum, Lord of the Rings (trilogy), Being John Malkovich, Susan Sarandan (actor), Shawshank Redemption, Finding Neverland, Inside Man, Adaptation, Most Woody Allen movies (trying to ignore Allen's unfortunate private life choices, don't go to movies much anymore, too much promotion and no substance.
Click here - View this YouTube vid Monkey Business - a BUAV Undercover Investigation of the primate trade for animal experimenation

Television:

The Simpsons

Great video version intro to Simpsons done by real people

The Daily show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Love My Way (Au drama series), Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, some reality TV, Seinfeld, Pride and Prejudice, (mini series with Colin Firth), Boston Legal, Charmed, Ellen Degeneres, Rosie O Donnell, Dateline - (Au SBS international news issues last bastion of democracy in Au) Oprah, Seinfeld, Medium, Desparate Housewives, Frasier.

Books:

Tibetan Buddhist texts, Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Becoming your own Therapist by Lama Yeshe (free .. book), Living Buddha Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh, The Good Heart by HH Dalai Lama, Most books by Thich Nhat Hanh, The Path to Enlightenment (Tushita Publications), I love poetry , particularly Henry Dumas in particular and I prefer to read non-fiction

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Click here to learn what's happening in Darfur, Sudan

Heroes:

HH Dalai Lama, Kyabje Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, Thich Nhat Hahn, Mahatma Gandhi, Thich Quang Duc, those who are surviving in North Korea and in other extreme situations, Aung San Suu Kyi, Kyabje Ribur Rinpoche, Dagri Rinpoche, Sojourner Truth, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Venerable Trangu Rinpoche, Ven Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche, Zen Master Dae Gak Zen Master Seung Sahn, Zen Master Ko Bong, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok Chimey Luding, HH Dudjom Rinpoche, Achaan Chah, Asanga, Shariputra, Shantideva, Martin Luther King, M Gandhi, H.E Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, Sogyal Rimpoche, Geshe Lama Konchog's and countless other Tibetan Buddhist monastics, all those who work for peace, all those who try to benefit all sentient beings, those who endure great suffering and poverty, those who are animal activists.
WARNING! Please note some of following below images may be distressing to some viewers. ............."Veganism acknowledges the intrinsic legitimacy of all life. It recognizes no hierarchy of acceptable suffering among sentient creatures. It is no more acceptable to kill creatures with primitive nervous systems than those with highly developed nervous systems. The value of life to its possessor is the same, whether it's the life of a clam, a crayfish, a carp, a cow, a chicken, or a child." Stanley Sapon, Ph.D.
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Shocking video of Chinese guards shooting Tibetans (Oct 2006)
Until All Are Free
A statement made by HH Dalai Lama and his choice to be vegetarian
Acceptance of Diversity can be as simple as this (excuse the anthropomorphising):
Hey. Is there something wrong here.
What did you say?
I said I come from the south side. We're a little smaller there. Here let me get that.
Its a little cold, don't mind me
Geez wake up.
Watch our vids
"All life forms to not hang on the judgement and generosity of one species"
If you eat chicken or eggs, you can view this

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NY Times on hog farms and antibiotic resistance 9/18/07

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Global warming to increase infectious disease: study by Jean-Louis Santini

Global warming to increase infectious disease: study --> END HEADLINE --> --> BEGIN STORY BODY --> by Jean-Louis SantiniTue Sep 18, 1:56 PM ET Global warming likely will lead to an increase in i...
Posted by Theyre sentient beings, not food choices-Go Vegan on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:07:00 PST

Pig Disease in China Worries the World

Pig Disease in China Worries the World Lack of Data Impedes Research By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, September 16, 2007; A01 FOSHAN, China -- At first, it was just som...
Posted by Theyre sentient beings, not food choices-Go Vegan on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:08:00 PST

Bush setting America up for war with Iran

Bush setting America up for war with Iran By Philip Sherwell in New York and Tim Shipman in Washington Last Updated: 2:29am BST 17/09/2007 -->NO VIEW--> ..> Senior American intelligence and...
Posted by Theyre sentient beings, not food choices-Go Vegan on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:00:00 PST

Watch- Kucinich Talks About His Visit to Syria on Syrian TV

Watch- Kucinich Talks About His Visit to Syria on Syrian TV ...
Posted by Theyre sentient beings, not food choices-Go Vegan on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:04:00 PST

From IDA - Breaking News: Alaska Zoo Elephant Will Go to a Sanctuary!

From IDA - Breaking News: Alaska Zoo Elephant Will Go to a Sanctuary! We are very pleased to share the exciting news that the Alaska Zoo Board has announced it intends to relocate Maggie, the 27-year...
Posted by Theyre sentient beings, not food choices-Go Vegan on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:38:00 PST

Celebrate Elephant Appreciation Day, Sept. 22

Celebrate Elephant Appreciation Day, Sept. 22Take time to learn about elephants and help make their lives better Elephant Appreciation Day is held every year on September 22nd to honor one of the wor...
Posted by Theyre sentient beings, not food choices-Go Vegan on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:18:00 PST