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Re: After suing S.F. vegan startup, Hellman's changed mayo designation on own site

Bea Elliott — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:56:16 -0000

Just Mayo is by far a superior product than any "mayonnaise". It's a better product using plants - Tasty. Healthy. Kinder. Who needs the egg?

Re: Vegan Cheesecake Recipe - Tofu Desserts

Bea Elliott — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:34:37 -0000

I also hope that in your top five passions in life you have a passion for justice and kindness... If so --- The dairy and eggs counter that goal... There's great all vegan cheesecake recipes that taste just as good if not better than the ones made from misery and unnecessary death.

Re: Accountants turn dairy farm into native bush

Bea Elliott — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:47:09 -0000

Considering the immense harm done by dairies and other animal-businesses it's wonderful to see life-affirming green-space taking their place!

Re: Pa. pigeon wars attracts protesters, drone but shooters are no-shows

Bea Elliott — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 11:33:44 -0000

I've been following SHARK's investigations for years and these pigeon killing events and the people associated with them just keep getting increasingly more depraved. These are vulgar individuals with no sense of common decency. This is absolute purposeless killing with absolutely no justifiable reason! It is slaughter for sheer entertainment - This is totally UNACCEPTABLE!

Re: Campus learns how severe factory farming’s impact is on the California drought

Bea Elliott — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:42:05 -0000

The meat/dairy/egg industries spends hundreds of millions of dollars lying to the public about their product. But no amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. The facts are absolutely clear: Eating meat is bad for human health, catastrophic for the environment, and a living nightmare for animals. There's never been more compelling reasons or a better time to opt for a plant based diet.
Want to create a better world? Eat like you mean it - Go Vegan

Re: Campus learns how severe factory farming’s impact is on the California drought

Bea Elliott — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:41:37 -0000

I certainly don't want eggs, bacon or any flesh no matter how "cheap" it is! What I would like however is for the land and resources it takes to make animal products to be used more efficiently so that fresh vegetables and fruits don't cost a small fortune! If we just removed all the government subsidies that would be a great start at getting plant based foods more affordable.

I don't view a cow the same as a cat... Nor do I see you the same as me --- But we are all on common ground regarding one thing: We all wish to live - Equally we have that one desire. And we all suffer the same. I don't understand the insistence on harming others when we could live very well without. But then again... There's always the economic interests and blood money to explain it.

Re: Judge dismisses consumer lawsuit against dairy cooperative

Bea Elliott — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 22:50:36 -0000

Adult humans do not need cow's milk any more than they need goat's milk, wolf's milk, camel's milk, giraffe's milk. Unweaned infants do remarkably better on their own mother's breast milk which is what our species was intended to consume. There's absolutely nothing beneficial to the human diet in cow's milk that can't be gotten through plant based sources.

Female cows are forcibly artificially inseminated to become pregnant and continue lactating. After 9 months, the dairy industry steals these baby calves shortly after they are born. The "worthless" males who can't make milk are either killed immediately or kept in isolation for a few months to become veal. The unfortunate females calves follow their mother's sad lot all the way to the last moments on the kill floor when they are no longer "productive".

Thankfully there's abundant plant based alternatives that are just as nutritional, just as satisfying and just as versatile in cooking. Some even have twice the amount of calcium and vitamin D as cow's milk does.

Dairy is also destructive to the environment, a tragic waste of resources, and horribly abusive to its workers. Perhaps it is time for "unweaned" adults to look beyond what deceptiveness and hype the dairy industry is pitching at you in order to keep their profits and their cruel practices in check.

Re: Animal rights activists target Toronto slaughterhouse

Bea Elliott — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:43:46 -0000

Re: Animal rights activists target Toronto slaughterhouse

Bea Elliott — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:41:19 -0000

It is not to quote people (long gone) but rather ideology and validation that is very relevant today. That's what happens when you say wise things... Those thoughts live long after you! ;)

Re: Animal rights activists target Toronto slaughterhouse

Bea Elliott — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:40:02 -0000

In simpler language for you --- Good people have the responsibility and right to correct injustices wherever and whenever they can. And when bad laws allow harmful practice to continue --- Those who protest against it are on the right side of history. We would not have evolved as a civilized culture had public dissension not taken place. Just look at the conversation it has brought to the forefront. Lots of people reading and thinking about the issues of meat consumption and needless killing... I say it's an excellent outcome and very relevant if it gets people to question harmful practices.

Re: Animal rights activists target Toronto slaughterhouse

Bea Elliott — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:26:47 -0000

Animal - Vegetable - Mineral --- Humans most certainly are not the latter two.

Re: Animal rights activists target Toronto slaughterhouse

Bea Elliott — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:23:33 -0000

B12 is also supplemented to "livestock" as well as any other vitamin, mineral you can name. Google it. My two meat-fixated neighbors get B12 shots every few months... It's more about the absorption than the article itself. B12 is not a problem to replace.

Re: Animal rights activists target Toronto slaughterhouse

Bea Elliott — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:48:03 -0000

If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. ~Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobediance, 1849

Re: The Daily Pennsylvanian :: Sophia Wushanley | Eat less meat

Bea Elliott — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:36:35 -0000

Want to create a better world? Eat like you mean it - Go Vegan
http://www.nonviolenceunite...

Re: The Humane Society Takes Its Steak-n-Shake Fight to the Shareholders

Bea Elliott — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:12:04 -0000

For those concerned with ethically sourcing your food there's a fabulous option in your produce section of any grocery store. It's brimming with fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and beans. Trying to raise/kill sentient beings "nicely" is just a fairy tale.

Re: Amid criticism, Duke Dining expands vegetarian and vegan fare

Bea Elliott — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:13:56 -0000

Those are probably No No's the Vegan version of M&Ms --- And any donut can be veganized! ;)

Re: Can E. Coli in Supermarket Meat Cause UTIs? | The Trouble with Antibiotics | FRONTLINE | PBS

Bea Elliott — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:12:49 -0000

Perhaps for the sake of their own health, sustainability, environment AND the needless killing of animals, consumers are going to find away around meat period. We certainly don't need it to live satisfying lives...

Re: "Hurt That Bitch": What Undercover Investigators Saw Inside a Factory Farm

Bea Elliott — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:02:23 -0000

But the question is - Do we really "need" to treat any sentient being unkindly? No one wants to die...

Re: "Hurt That Bitch": What Undercover Investigators Saw Inside a Factory Farm

Bea Elliott — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:01:17 -0000

I'd recommend that too! In fact I just got done watching a video wherein he talks of his experiences and the links between "livestock" and the Holocaust.
Alex Hershaft: From the Warsaw Ghetto to the Fight for Animal Rights https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: Room for debate: Food for thought — No, going vegan doesn’t make you better than me

Bea Elliott — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:29:55 -0000

This article is terribly misleading and presumptuous. Most vegans aren't on any "diet" in order to feel "superior". Instead they've chosen a lifestyle which seeks to inflict as little harm on to others (and the planet) as is possible and practical.

Choosing to be kind and responsible comes from being a more aware consumer... Anyone can choose to question the diets they inherited from a dissonant culture. Does it make someone "superior" because they've adopted options based on reason rather than ritual? Perhaps --- But anyone can do the same so there's no "exclusive", unattainable "superiority" to it. All one has to do is think and act according to the values they claim they possess.

Finally --- You can eat vegan in a very modest and affordable way. Rice, Beans, Lentils, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, etc. aren't any more costly than the foods kept artificially "cheap" due to a plethora of government grants and "livestock" funding/favors. You would have done yourself and your readers a world of good had you just researched a bit before writing this very slanted, erroneous article!

Re: You Won't Believe What Pork Producers Do to Pregnant Pigs

Bea Elliott — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:21:04 -0000

I've been at this for seven+ years - I can't tell you how many times that question of plant "sentience" has been raised. Thousands of times - Asked/said seriously. It is not a "joke" when the majority of animal-eating individuals cling to this last hope of justifying their diet. There's nothing "funny" about muddying the water or confusing issues. Animals are sentient. Plants are not. That's why causing harm to the one that is aware is different than "killing" a carrot. Fair enough?

Re: California Dairy Farmers Struggle To Survive Prolonged Drought

Bea Elliott — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:07:57 -0000

There's nothing the human body needs that it can't get from plant based sources. Going to those sources directly, insures health, is less harmful to the environment and is certainly kinder to the cows and calves. The happy images in this article do not represent the truth about the harms involved in dairy production and consumption.

With a fraction of fats and calories, great sources of calcium can be found in almond, rice, sunflower, hazelnut and soy milks... Most, just like dairy, are fortified with vitamin D. Calcium rich foods also include leafy greens, and a wide array of fruits, beans, grains and nuts.

To get your nutritional needs by going through another animal first seems wasteful and ill advised. Please - Stop filtering your nutrition through others first. Eat smarter, live healthier - Go Vegan

Re: Attack on PETA activists over 'vegan Eid': Bhopal's Muslims only shame themselves

Bea Elliott — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:40:09 -0000

No one should condone, encourage or accept practices that harm sentient, innocent life - No matter who's "gOd" is the recipient of such acts. No one will betray their faith if they choose to be kind.

Re: Protest against slaughterhouse turns violent | The Indian Express

Bea Elliott — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:26:44 -0000

I'm sure you're aware that one can be concerned with more than one issue at a time. Just because I personally advocate for nonhuman rights - It doesn't mean I don't speak out against violence towards women or other minorities that are being victimized too.

All that is legal and sanctioned by "law" is not ethical or worthy of upholding. Slavery was once condoned by governments with economic interests in maintaining the practice. Doesn't mean it was right to do so.

Lastly if one's choices (such a eating animals) causes harm to others then it's the responsibility of good people to speak out against such "choices". That is what a civilized society does isn't it?

Re: California’s ‘Water Year’ Ends as Third Driest on Record

Bea Elliott — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 23:31:56 -0000

— wise, sparing use of water — Let's hope this plan includes a re-evaluation of our diets. Agriculture needs will be urgent. Why waste so much water on growing "livestock" when human foods could be grown instead. Crops of plants and beans would be much more efficient and thrifty with all resources. We'd experience many benefits if we shifted from a meat-intensive plate to a vegetable based one. Although the want for water should be good enough on it's own.