The Peacetime Book Club

Sticking with the animal rights theme whilst I gear up for a bunch of preachy vegan videos, I've decided to tap out a quick post because I'm pretty miffed tonight. Every so often my disdain for our culture surrounding food boils over. Sometimes I just can't relax knowing the truth. I ate a simple vegan meal at about ten o'clock because I usually prefer convenience over extravagance. Lloyd Grossman do a jar of bhuna curry that happens to contain no animal products and since it was on offer I had to get one. If you're vegan and like your pasta old Lloyd (don't have a clue who he actually is) does a couple of sauces that knock own brand stuff out of the park. Anyway, turns out the geezer does curry too. What a legend. I like my mixed veg. It's a good compromise for lazy people who want to maintain a balanced diet. I had a load of the veggies with added broccoli florets - also from frozen - as the filling for the curry and served it with rice mixed through w...

I have just watched a video of a mother cow being slaughtered. I wanted to share it with my Facebook friends but hesitated. Most people wouldn't want to see it and we live in a society where somehow it would reflect badly on me for exposing the cruelty. People need to be shocked by what our purchases mean for animals but they don't want that. I have not started talking about animals and animal rights on my YouTube channel yet but I often find myself having thoughts that I would like to share that are deemed socially unacceptable for Facebook. A lot of my thoughts regarding various issues don't seem right for Facebook because they are too serious for that space, so I have created this blog as a place where I can express what needs to get out. I have started reading Peter Singer's seminal text, Animal Liberation, in preparation for a future video. I hope that some people will watch it.