Someone recently learned that I was Vegan.
For what reasons are you Vegan?
"For all of the reason," I said. "Environmental reasons, ethical reasons about the way that other sentient animals are treated, the working conditions for the humans working there, for not supporting the massive corporations operating under these practices..."
"Health reasons?"
"Health reasons, yes, for sure. Good one, I forgot that. Yes, heath reasons. I want to live as long as possible. Why are you not vegan?"
"I eat the way I do because, it's the way I always eat. I love the taste of the food I eat. Meat, cheese. I couldn't give up cheese and dairy. I WOULDN'T give it up. I love it. Well, meat, I could give up for a while, but not dairy. Not cheese."
"Eggs?" I added.
"Eggs, yeah, that would be tough. I mean... some things you just don't need a reason for. It's just the way things are."
Some things you don't need a reason for... I totally disagree. If we do not act with the reasons in mind, then we are acting as a society without reason. We actually need to have reasons for the things we do. Let's consider the option of living in a society without reason.
We are now in a society full of people acting without reasons behind what they do. In this world actually there are some reasons, like, "I like they way it tastes", or smells, or looks, or feels to the touch. These are known as selfish sensory reasons that only benefit one person, the experiencer. All other reasons in this society are forgotten. Here people act on instincts and their sensory reasoning. In this world, companies are making lots and lots of money because no matter what the cost to the lives of the less fortunate, or the planet, they can do whatever it takes to make their products cheaper and more efficient, saving as much money in production as possible, just to sell their product to the population who acts without reason. They put up huge signs around the cities where the reasonless live and put advertisements broadcasting out on every television and on every page on the internet. These signs show the people what is normal, what looks good, what it means to be successful and what it means to be human. Luckily for these companies, through repetition, even the smartest of the reasonless people can not block these messages from getting into their subconscious and the people believe everything that the advertisements tell them! Now people think that one specific body type is sexy, they know what to eat and what to wear! Anyone doing anything different from what the companies say, IS different. Not normal. All the while, as the reasonless people eat the right things and wear the right clothes, the companies providing them of course, somewhere, they are making these products. But since the conditions of where these things are made are of no consequence to the reasonless people, they go right on with life, not giving it any consideration. "It's just the way it is, we have to accept that." The companies could literally torture the animals that are being made for food, literally destroy the mountains and pollute the air to get the energy to run their machines, could pay the workers in their factories nearly nothing to produce their goods (giving no regards to their personal safety), could literally poison the people consuming their products, and the reasonless people will keep on doing all the things that they are told. "It's juts the way it is. I mean, it tastes good, it looks good, it feels good, it smells good, it's cheap, it's what my parents did, my family wouldn't like it if I did it any other way, it's normal. I could never give it up."
For what reasons are you Vegan?
"For all of the reason," I said. "Environmental reasons, ethical reasons about the way that other sentient animals are treated, the working conditions for the humans working there, for not supporting the massive corporations operating under these practices..."
"Health reasons?"
"Health reasons, yes, for sure. Good one, I forgot that. Yes, heath reasons. I want to live as long as possible. Why are you not vegan?"
"I eat the way I do because, it's the way I always eat. I love the taste of the food I eat. Meat, cheese. I couldn't give up cheese and dairy. I WOULDN'T give it up. I love it. Well, meat, I could give up for a while, but not dairy. Not cheese."
"Eggs?" I added.
"Eggs, yeah, that would be tough. I mean... some things you just don't need a reason for. It's just the way things are."
Some things you don't need a reason for... I totally disagree. If we do not act with the reasons in mind, then we are acting as a society without reason. We actually need to have reasons for the things we do. Let's consider the option of living in a society without reason.
We are now in a society full of people acting without reasons behind what they do. In this world actually there are some reasons, like, "I like they way it tastes", or smells, or looks, or feels to the touch. These are known as selfish sensory reasons that only benefit one person, the experiencer. All other reasons in this society are forgotten. Here people act on instincts and their sensory reasoning. In this world, companies are making lots and lots of money because no matter what the cost to the lives of the less fortunate, or the planet, they can do whatever it takes to make their products cheaper and more efficient, saving as much money in production as possible, just to sell their product to the population who acts without reason. They put up huge signs around the cities where the reasonless live and put advertisements broadcasting out on every television and on every page on the internet. These signs show the people what is normal, what looks good, what it means to be successful and what it means to be human. Luckily for these companies, through repetition, even the smartest of the reasonless people can not block these messages from getting into their subconscious and the people believe everything that the advertisements tell them! Now people think that one specific body type is sexy, they know what to eat and what to wear! Anyone doing anything different from what the companies say, IS different. Not normal. All the while, as the reasonless people eat the right things and wear the right clothes, the companies providing them of course, somewhere, they are making these products. But since the conditions of where these things are made are of no consequence to the reasonless people, they go right on with life, not giving it any consideration. "It's just the way it is, we have to accept that." The companies could literally torture the animals that are being made for food, literally destroy the mountains and pollute the air to get the energy to run their machines, could pay the workers in their factories nearly nothing to produce their goods (giving no regards to their personal safety), could literally poison the people consuming their products, and the reasonless people will keep on doing all the things that they are told. "It's juts the way it is. I mean, it tastes good, it looks good, it feels good, it smells good, it's cheap, it's what my parents did, my family wouldn't like it if I did it any other way, it's normal. I could never give it up."
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