Animal Rights Conference 2007 - Armaiti May

[Coirpeach]

Look deep into the eyes of any animal, and then for a moment, trade places, their life becomes as precious as yours and you become as vulnerable as them. Now smile if you believe all animals deserve our respect and our protection, for in a way, they are us, and we are them....

[Clawsywp]

Oh please go and read Steve Bests work.

I almost think you are a stooge for the animal abusers!!!!!!

[Clawsywp]

oops Steve Bests work

[Clawsywp]

i recommend reading Steve Best work.

[tofushaman]

I'm a vegetarian now, though I do eat fish. Lately I find it necessary to solidify my comittment to this way of life and assure myself that I am doing the right thing. I am 90% sure.

[crismalcolm]

Wish I could have been there!

[MccainsaLIBERAL]

Type in Here a Video Titled

PROTEIN MYTH, Tim Van Orden

He is a 40 yr old Vegan Super Athlete Training to make the US Olympic Running Team.

You will NEVER think about Protein the same ever after watchin this video i guarantee it !!!

95 Percent of the Population has NO idea what Protein actually is and in fact how Little you actually Need to be in Excellent Health ! We are Being Lied to about Protein on a Massive Scale , its time to wake up

[LegledTrepteg]

Excellent speech.

[mspenny719]

I think its great that the movement uses ALL kinds of ways to wake people up. Peace and education only go so far. As in all successful movements, it takes every type of activism at our disposal. Erring on the side of caution is serving the abusers, not the animals.

I don't advocate that every one of us get out there and commit violence but harassment of executives and destruction of property has its place.

[pleasebefunny]

Hey, Armaiti, it's Chris!! Great job!!! Thanks so much for all the hard work you do for the animal rights movement.

[animalrightsvet]

I can understand your frustration, but I can see that you misinterpreted what I said in my speech. I didn't say I felt sorry for the vivisectors. However, when the public feels sorry for them rather than the animals they torture, we lose our ability to reach out to the public and win their hearts and minds.

[dilipb]

Thanks for sharing your well-thought-out presentation and for all your activism! I respect (and teach) Gandhi, and his motto of love, even toward those we don't agree with or even whom we may view as enemies, is a powerful one. At the least, it's important to see how others' may see an issue. Thanks for all that you are doing!

[1USAWARRIOR]

There is no right or wrong side to be on. The tactic to take is the one that is Effective. During the women's right movement and during the civil rights issue of the blacks in this country, history proves that Direct Action Works and Just writing letters or waiting and being polite Does Not Work. Wake up people! Quit being pansies and get out there on the streets. If you Really Care for the Animals, you'll take it personally and get out there as if it were your own child in that lab, dying.

[animalrightsvet]

I agree the tactic to take is one that is effective. As I said in my speech, it is not enough for an action to be morally justifiable; it must also be strategically effective. I do really care for the animals, and I support activism which I think is effective. Perhaps if you read the article entitled "A Meaningful Life" on the Vegan Outreach site you will understand better.

[1USAWARRIOR]

Anyone who is feeling sorry for vivisectors should sit down and watch some more vivisection videos. I'm sure after that, their priorties will be straight. The focus is For The Animlas! No Compromise!

[ASDdaman]

Hang in there animalrightsvet. You are on the right side of the animal rights issue, and you are on the right side of the tactics issue.

[animalrightsvet]

It'd be great if people realized how important public perception of animal rights activists is to achieving animal liberation! That's why our image is so important.