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Alex Melonas is an eloquent vegan. He used to write for Gun Toting Liberal and has had an article published by Reuters. He currently also contributes to That Vegan Girl.
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The Absurdity Of Criticizing “Triage”
There are different fronts in the animal rights movement: some will respond directly to the harm, while others will challenge it indirectly by criticizing the inner workings of the machine.
Previously:
- Is God A Monster?
- A Note About Mr. Kristof’s Commentary
- Consistent “compassion”
- The Emotive In Ethics
- On Accusations & Terrorism
- A Choice/Need Problem And Hunting
- Questioning The Use Of The Word ‘Challenge’ In ‘Animal Enthusiasts Challenge H.S.U.S….’
- Scope And “Might Makes Right”
- Finding ‘Reason’ In A ‘Feeling’
- Temple Grandin’s Dilemma
- On Insincerity And Psychopath-sadism
- Responding To A Critique: On Being “holier Than Thou”
- The Breeders’ Paradox
- One Reaction To Biden’s Choice
- A Problem With “…potential”
- Realizing Our Uniqueness: Veganism
- Criticizing Means: On What Grounds?
- Proposition 2: Some Thoughts
- On Ensoulment
- A ‘Hunters Bill Of Rights’
- Taking Sentience Seriously
- Towards A Response: “Line Drawing”
- ‘Taste’ Trumps ‘not Being In Pain’
- A Philosopher’s Complaint
- A Random Response
- “Logic Of Domination”
- Challenging Selective Reasoning.
- “Vegetarian”
- On Comparisons.
- Ethics Is Disturbing
- Vegfriendly, Really?
- “These Animals Are Our Dear Friends”
- There’s A Vegan On A.N.T.M.!
- Apparently, Tobacco Hurts People (and Mice And Rats)
- On The Issue Of “Unnecessary Suffering”
- “Attacking Meat Eaters”, Really?
- Veal And Dairy: Let’s Talk About It.
- ‘Might Makes Right’! But Not In THAT Situation Of Course.
- The ‘Scorned Bull’ Of Our Delusions
- Yes, I Know, Protein Blah Blah Blah…but Perhaps
- When Animals Attack
- Good Ol’ “Canine Racism”
- It’s Not Euthanasia!
- Shouldn’t We Simply Avoid Cruelty?
- Nozick’s Hypothetical
- The Army Shoots Live Pigs. Really?
- A Response: “What About Bacteria?”
- A Contradiction In Environmentalism:
- A Comment On The “Plant Problem”
- “An Interest Prior To Conception?” – Redux
- “They Exist For Our Use” And So Forth…
- More “entertainment” Caught On Tape.
- Parental Honesty? What A Novel Idea.
- Let’s Keep The Peace: Don’t Talk About Animal Rights.
- “A Slave Of The Passions”…
- An Environmentalist Who Eats Meat?
- The Recent Dog Shooting
- Self-evident Animal Rights?
- We Are, After All, Helping Them.
- Against Our Biological Drives?
- “Real” Or Faux – What Does Our Choice Suggest?
- Reflecting Our Irrationality
- Of Course Fur!
- Thoughts On The Recent Shark Attack
- We Are All Guillermo Vargas
