Posted by pradtf on November 8, 2009 at 10:14am in Veganism
i encountered gary through a rather amusing set of circumstances. he is one powerful advocate for animals! his website is www.adaptt.org (and was featured on towardsfreedom about a month ago)you can get a sample of his wonderful dynamics in this intro at georgia tech in this youtube video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bagt5L9wXGocheck his site out too and you'll find just how committed he is to this most important cause that is an essential part of human evolution.in friendship,prad
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Yeah, I know now. The fact that I've chosen this path makes me feel better about those views that were imposed on me then. Still.. sometimes you wonder why you never noticed on your own, because it's fairly obvious, sigh. :)
For example, the farmers across the road had a battery farm. Growing up as a child, it was completely normal to me to hear the chickens, as well as the tremendous smell. I don't quite know why I never stopped to think about the fact that the eggs I consumed actually came from places like this and everybody acted as if it was normal. Obviously I wasn't even ten years old then. I also saw stables with dairy cows, etc. Anyway.. the year I turned 12 I ended up having to stay at that particular neighbour's house, because my parents had gone away for a while.. and it was time for slaughtering a part of their hens. I had to watch the whole procedure, including the fact that they had dug a huge hole on their property in which they threw all the heads and intestines.. well, that night I knew all of this was wrong, I felt so traumatized. I did become a vegetarian that night.. but the milk and egg issue for some reason still didn't make sense. I guess I was too young. :p
I'm happy to see Gary being mentioned on here. He's the reason I became a vegan back then... I felt incredibly stupid, having grown up surrounded by farms myself and having seen quite a few things, yet it seemed like I had not processed some of those things as I should have. It took only one of his lectures and I turned vegan immediately. Bless this man! He's an inspiration. :)
well that's a bit of an exaggeration. gary's a compassionate guy! he wouldn't destroy anyone without providing the opportunity for the person to reincarnate him/herself. ;)
it's a very good video with some accurate answers to the remarkably ridiculous rationalizations that oppressors like to use.
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here's bitsizevegan's intro work on a couple of gary's speeches:
The BEST Speech You Will Ever Hear- With Bite Size Vegan Intro (Gar...
in friendship,
prad
Yeah, I know now. The fact that I've chosen this path makes me feel better about those views that were imposed on me then. Still.. sometimes you wonder why you never noticed on your own, because it's fairly obvious, sigh. :)
For example, the farmers across the road had a battery farm. Growing up as a child, it was completely normal to me to hear the chickens, as well as the tremendous smell. I don't quite know why I never stopped to think about the fact that the eggs I consumed actually came from places like this and everybody acted as if it was normal. Obviously I wasn't even ten years old then. I also saw stables with dairy cows, etc. Anyway.. the year I turned 12 I ended up having to stay at that particular neighbour's house, because my parents had gone away for a while.. and it was time for slaughtering a part of their hens. I had to watch the whole procedure, including the fact that they had dug a huge hole on their property in which they threw all the heads and intestines.. well, that night I knew all of this was wrong, I felt so traumatized. I did become a vegetarian that night.. but the milk and egg issue for some reason still didn't make sense. I guess I was too young. :p
I'm happy to see Gary being mentioned on here. He's the reason I became a vegan back then... I felt incredibly stupid, having grown up surrounded by farms myself and having seen quite a few things, yet it seemed like I had not processed some of those things as I should have. It took only one of his lectures and I turned vegan immediately. Bless this man! He's an inspiration. :)
so true :) I have the rest of my life to be banned from 5 countries. If i start now, maybe I can beat him.
oh definitely! makes me actually a bit guilty for not being so active in my vegan-ness
such a good speech! Any qualms about being vegan, just watch this
+1
here's another great gary video brought to my attention by kel:
Vegan Activist DESTROYS Ignorant Reporter
well that's a bit of an exaggeration. gary's a compassionate guy! he wouldn't destroy anyone without providing the opportunity for the person to reincarnate him/herself. ;)
it's a very good video with some accurate answers to the remarkably ridiculous rationalizations that oppressors like to use.
in friendship,
prad
Great stuff, so much said in so little time!
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