Francione kontra Viva!
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The fact is that VIVA! actively promotes vegetarianism on its websites (as VIVA! has branches in several countries) as a morally coherent alternative to being an omnivore and characterizes veganism as something optional that people can do if they choose to go further. To the extent that VIVA! distinguishes flesh from other animal products, it perpetuates the idea that there is a morally coherent distinction among them and we both know that is nonsense. Dairy and other non-flesh products account for as much, if not more, suffering than flesh and all animal products, however produced, are the result of animal death. Promoting vegetarianism rather than veganism is logically no different from promoting eating meat from spotted cows instead of meat from brown cows.
The VIVA! UK website sells books that contain recipes with animal products and advertises restaurants/inns that serve animal products.
Not only does VIVA! promote the notion that vegetarianism is a coherent alternative to being an omnivore, VIVA! also perpetuates the nonsense that going vegan is difficult or “daunting” (VIVA!’s word as used in a comment by VIVA! on its Facebook site) and that vegetarianism is some sort of gateway. This sort of position does nothing but reinforce the propaganda that veganism is some extreme position that can be achieved only by the Herculean. It is precisely that sort of position that puts the public off veganism and contributes to the large number of “animal people” who have never gone vegan. If we are clear that veganism is the moral baseline, then we ought to state that and those who are not ready to go vegan will take whatever interim step they choose but at least the message will be clear.
If VIVA! really promotes veganism, why does it make statements on its website that “Viva! opposes all slaughter and we promote vegetarianism as the only truly effective way to prevent animal suffering”? We will not stop suffering merely by becoming vegetarian. If veganism is really your agenda, and not some optional (and “daunting”) lifestyle change, why do you make such statements, which merely confuse people? As things presently stand, any reader of VIVA! websites would come away with the impression that vegetarianism is a perfectly fine moral position; that meat is “worse” than dairy; and that veganism is an option–and a difficult and “daunting” one–but not a moral baseline.
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Jeśli interesują Cię konie, foki i inne zwierzęta oraz wegetarianizm, nasza strona jest dla Ciebie! Ratujemy konie skazane na rzeź i zwierzęta zaniedbywane przez swoich właścicieli. Prowadzimy kampanię przeciwko polowaniom na foki w Kanadzie. Propagujemy wegetarianizm jako najlepszy sposób na ograniczenie cierpienia zwierząt.
Konie, foki, no i te inne zwierzęta. Te inne to jakieś 58 miliardów zabijanych dla mięsa, mleka, jajek itp. Ciekawe, że zwierzęta mogą mieć właścicieli, hmm. No tak, Zoomarket był pod patronatem Vivy!, to by się zgadzało. Skoro zwierzę może być przedmiotem handlu i hodowli, to czemu nie może mieć właściciela? A wegetarianizm jest bez dyskusji najlepszym sposobem na ograniczenie cierpienia zwierząt. Fakt, weganizm to już tylko tak dla sportu, dla wyczynowców, sztuka dla sztuki.
Na pamiątkę - patroni Zoomarketu 2010: