 We're still making the choice to end their life for our consumption. Do you feel like that's fair? But you wouldn't eat a dog to balance out your potassium, but you would eat a cow or you would eat chickens to balance out your potassium How do you feel that we take animals rights away to eat them? The march like this mean to you what does this embody to you symbolize I think it's a celebration day for equality and for the fact that everybody is able to be whatever they want to be and that's okay You know, I think it's a great opportunity for each and every one of us to really appreciate and embrace this time because it's something They're back in the day, you know, it wasn't as granted as it is now So I think that's definitely something to party right before this progression and what what does something like equality mean to you? I just think like you said it's everybody's kind of free to be who they want to be and to enjoy You know the day and feel like they can I think you feel it's not about Been they've been different necessarily. It's about everybody's equal. It's all the same Yeah, we're we quit like the freedom to be yourself without being oppressed or having your rights taken away or discriminated against or any violence Put upon you for those, you know just for being born a certain way. Yeah, I think Equality is Essentially like the rainbow flag each and every color is fine And it's a matter of being a blend together in this kind of it kind of leads to a perfect picture to it So the beauty of the word is the fact that we all different and bracing our differences and treating each other all equally And not discriminating because of those differences. Absolutely. I'm gonna throw us a curveball at you guys That's what my interviews are about. But do you think we should extend that equality to non-human animals as well? Absolutely. Yeah, I feel like We're talking about individual rights, so it's not about it's about everybody. It's respect I think this is the key word is respect respect is the To any religion to every race to every color to any animal I think this is the what we celebrate in today. It's not about being gay transit about being Respectful to another individual. This is about principles that extend out. Yeah, yeah, and encompass all sentient life. Yeah Do you want to be in the interview? Yeah How are you? Hey, you love in the March. I am loving it. You're loving it too. What do you got there? What's that? What are you drinking? So I'm asking people questions about what the March means to them. What does it embody? What does it? What does it symbolize to you? Well, I just came here to support my friends because like halfway Group is part of it. Yeah, I just feel like it's really nice. I'm like, it feels like a community and it's really nice to be here Community feel and you well to me LGBT and sharing with these stuff is feel like because most people were like their parents were abandoned there just because they're LGBT and etc. And if we're able to experience this every once a year makes us feel like we're all connected We're all like we're always there for each other You can be yourself and you don't feel alone and you feel accepted Free from oppression and all the things that bad things that you that still do happen. So I'm gonna ask you something What does equality mean to you guys? All the same and that like we treat like now. This is like equality. We all should be treated the same Even if we're different Feel like it's just a place where all of us can smile can just express ourself and just be just be who you are Don't get judged. You don't get made fun of and go away You seem really shy, what does equality mean to you? Everyone's like everyone's if if if you don't eat if we If we're not equal then no one people will be left out and that's not nice Yeah, so if when I don't have to say it how do I say it feel like Equality is like we it's sort of against we it's a principle that sort of opposes oppression and discrimination Do you agree with that? Yeah, what does today embody for you? What does it feel like? there was these people being like um Homosexuality is a sin, and you have all these people just like waving their flags in front of their face People are saying homosexuality is a sin at this March Yeah, I mean we weren't rude to them. Yeah, I just feel sorry for them That they haven't reached that point of acceptance and compassion. We're out here interviewing people about equality and How that extent how we can extend that to non-human animals as well. How do you feel about that? Totally vegan Amazing amazing So you agree that this equality this these principles that this marching body should extend out to non-human animals as well Definitely and we'd be well on our way to a more peaceful world like that. Yeah, I believe I believe the future is vegan future is vegan So I'm gonna ask you another tough question do you guys eat animals at all? I don't you don't I Do I just I'm going to vegetarian. He's vegetarian. So we're going to the vegetarian side Well, I don't eat many I eat just chicken once a week So I'm I'm trying to get rid of it because I said, you know, it's not gonna take me that long to do that Because I'm not actually a huge meat eater. Yeah, and yeah So do you feel like when animals are being exploited and killed for our food? Do you feel that that conflicts with your principles of equality? I didn't think he used to do but now I feel like he does like I feel like I'm going against what my beliefs are as Individual and this is why you know I think the main point is to actually willing to make the change and I think this is what I'm working towards which is good So then you feel more consistent with your values and your actions. Now. Do you think we should extend equality? I'm gonna ask you a tough question now. Do you think we should extend that equality to? non-human animals as well So the just to say the equal right to not be treated like property to have their rights taken away Their life taken away would you agree with that animal testing like you shouldn't do that because Do you guys eat animals? Yeah, I do but I feel bad about doing it. You feel bad. Yeah, do you feel bad when you eat animals? You don't feel like that's treating animals with compassion or Sometimes this could be the first time you've thought about this I've been thinking about this for a long time But you think these principles of equality and compassion if we included animals As well, do you think that that would make the world a more peaceful place or? It would stop maybe your contribution to Anna. Have you ever seen what happens in a slaughterhouse? I'm gonna ask Yeah, I've seen it like I've seen videos on from when I was in primary school I saw they showed us videos about stuff try to make some of us go vegetarian or like help Animals not get treated like that and it was really really bad like I think I ended up going vegetarian for maybe a week Stop because it's sort of outside of your focus Yeah, it would be like a conflict of the people at this marches principles to sort of not extend the rights that they want to And I feel like human beings that we can march we can protest for ourselves, but animals just can't can they In safe hands That is beautiful and I got one show Worth it. Well, you know what guys beautiful to speak to you have an amazing day today. Yeah, of course. You can yeah, for sure Of course Thank you really nice to talk to you. Thank you so much. I'll see you there Alright guys Take care. Hello. How are you? What's your name? You sir? Yeah, I'm just actually thanking you because like the part that you're just being activist Are you a vegan? Yeah, oh my god Yeah, and we just me and my like me and the vegans back in Kuwait like in the Middle East in Kuwait Yeah, we have we have such a good person who's leading the society Yeah, and it's just amazing taking the information from your channel and whatever that you approve to just show that like veganism is Just something that logical and yeah, it's like moral and ethical decisions that we need to do Yeah, and as like a person who's just like living back in home as a conservative country is just it's just we growing We grow and how does it feel to be at this March and being able to be yourself and it's just fun It's just amazing expressing myself is just it just have been taken away from me So I'm just like glad that I'm just like yeah Just you can be having put it all out there and not the fear of being judged or oppressed or victimized And how do you feel that we still live in a world that is so far behind when it comes to animal rights? You can ask them a question because these I turn to vegans is like month ago. Wow. Yeah So you feel like the principles of a March like this like compassion equality Yeah It's all about just like being compassionate for everything that surrounds you Yeah, whether it's animals or people or just anything different rice is Just about the ethical or moral decision that we have to make even though even though they were like I don't know because at the end we're responsible of our decisions and more because like we need to take Like care of ourselves rather than just thinking about our Pleasure of food or just things that it doesn't make sense when it comes to my mind. It's just yeah So we definitely discriminate against some species of animals like dogs are cared for pigs of food And that discrimination is really pervasive in society and it really splits the world apart doesn't it? Yeah It's of course. It's just reflecting it. It's just I don't know It's just for me. I just get in a loop to the point that I just the anger itself I just hold it to myself to all the vegans out there It's just hold the anger and just try to just figure out the way how you just just speak it out loud I guess well, I guess people at this March they believe in the principle of equality So I guess we could start from there like do you believe it that inequality and what does that mean to you? And should we extend that to these non-human animals as well as humans a lot of people? They don't see the subjugation the violence that happens to animals in the dairy and egg industries and the meat industries You think if more people saw that especially at a march like this that they'd be more compelled to change. Yeah, I think Education and information is the leads to change. Yeah, so as soon as people are more aware of what happens around them It's the you know step to progression And that's what activism is isn't it exactly and that's what the marches like this do they put it into people's consciousness So they're aware and I think it's you know sometimes there is definitely a Fact that people love to be in the comfort zone as soon as they they step out of this as actually this is what happening We need to be it takes just a little step towards make a change. For example, it's the same with plastic, right? Yeah, it's like it takes Just a little taking your own bottle to actually make a difference and you know buy one and Those differences add up don't they? Yeah, it's one thing Two words a big fire right But you guys Would agree that you know killing an animal takes away their right of life and you know, it's not It's like killing a human sit very similar. They just look different to us. We treat them differently because they look differently What do you think about that? Treating others differently because they were born different I think we need to focus on the fact that life is equal not just people or like you know marginal like Demographics it's life in itself That's important to like preserve and to like to live in how me as a as a society That's like, you know a first world country and everything like that We need to be focusing on that that that's Importance of life and living well obviously we can embrace our differences But not treat each other or take each other each other's rights away because of our differences. Yeah. Yeah, it's just I Don't know it's just something that I just when it comes to veganism I just try to just spread it out loud as a vegan even though that I'm have I have like I don't know if it's mental health or something, but I just I just try my best to just send the message in my own way Rather than just keeping it for myself as the result. I turn someone How about because it's some beautiful music behind us. I've got this right a vegan challenge 22 days Okay on Facebook they guide you Give you all the information you need. Would you promise me to complete a vegan challenge? I have Instagram. Yeah, I'm Joey Carbstrong Would you guys all do a vegan challenge if I gave you a little Okay, so this is on Facebook so it's super easy vegan challenge now Challenge 22 they guide you through the process and then you can sort of your principles that you believe in sort of equality Compassion you can extend those to animals and feel not feel bad when you eat them and you know not have to worry about animals being abused on your behalf and Legendary have a beautiful day. Thank you for talking to me Spread the love And that's all we can do is keep spreading this message of peace and compassion and equality and hopefully it extend Hopefully we can join marches the vegan march the pride marches be part of it as that veganism growing so fast It is it's going huge isn't it so really good talking to you guys I appreciate everything that one of you doing thank you like the media as like YouTube Most people are good people who believe in these principles, but we sort of Because we're not sort of aware of where we're conflicting with them up Are we like when we eat a burger? We don't see oppression and violence That's true because we don't connect it at the end It's just because we don't connect what happened in the slaughterhouses and we don't connect what's end up on our blades It's just there's no connection. There's just a pleasure. I guess it's a pleasure. Yeah So if we believe in a certain principle it only makes sense that we don't deny That of others so we believe we human beings deserve rights equal rights We don't deny those rights from animals sort of thing. Yeah, amazing. Good talking to you guys. Have a good day I appreciate it. Thank you check out the channel. This will be on there. I saw the video yesterday So oh wow amazing. All right guys. Take care After you do this vegan challenge and if you feel like it wasn't as hard as you thought and and you've gotten through the transition Then then I would invite you maybe to think about extending that out to the rest of your life and always being a consistent human being and you know be like I think the key here is like Be in line with what you believe, you know, some people talk, but they don't take action I think it's kind of it needs to be halfway It's more lip service to an issue instead of living living consistent and no one's perfect But I think we could strive to be better as the days go on and more in you know more inclusive and more Compassionate and more equality would make the world a more peaceful place And also I think there is this word as you said perfection. Nothing is perfect As an individual but as all we can make it perfect. I think that's the key Amazing talking to you guys and I hope I really hope the next time you reach out to me You've tried the vegan. Tell me how you go Yeah, that's why I wanted to ask some questions. Thank you so much. Enjoy the March. Really nice talking to you guys. Take care Okay, so there we have it. We're at the Pride March spreading veganism spreading the compassion hoping that That people extend the same compassion than rights of equality that we expect to non-human animals as well So go vegan for the animals and for everything So we are one of the Queen's Guards or something here with this horse standing here Standing in its own feces in the public place like this with someone sitting on their back I mean people taking photos thinking are the horses enjoying it or something, but Imagine having someone sitting on your back all day where you have to stand in your own feces. It's just Wrong and the chains around their face and mouth and straps just like a slave. No different