Violence to "property" IS violence to sentient beings. Do you not know that there are sentient beings living in the walls of all buildings? Or do insects not count for you? How many lives have been snuffed out because labs and fur farms were burned? Many more than were "saved", and each of those insects was an individual with an interest in their own survival, just like the non-insect animals in the labs and fur farms.
There are many other reasons why destroying "property" is violence. That is only one of them.
-Colin Wright
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More comments about nonviolence and veganism:
The number of non-Vegans in India and China has absolutely no bearing on the issue. There are people in India and China who are non-violently advocating Veganism as well, and what we need are more of them, and less of people following the same, tired, archaic mindset that Steve Best follows.
Peaceful Vegans are leaders, Steve Best is a follower.
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People who accept Steve Best's idea of how we should make Vegans have those things working against them. I don't. The way I make Vegans is faster and more effective than he understands. He's stuck in the one-dimensional mindset that advocating violence and other kinds of pointless and counter-productive "activism" is morally justifiable.
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“Veganism is about nonviolence. First and foremost, it’s about nonviolence to other sentient beings. But it’s also about nonviolence to the earth and nonviolence to yourself.” ~ Gary L Francione
It troubles me when I see vegans calling violent retribution on those who harm animals. I fail to see how it is possible to reconcile advocating violence against one species of sentient beings (humans) while advocating nonviolence against others. Furthermore, such comments achieve nothing except to provide ammunition for those with an interest in opposing veganism and what it stands for.
"Violence is the problem; it is not any part of the solution." ~ Gary L. Francione
Quote: Grumpy Old Vegan
Other important posts:
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So
if you accidentally step on an ant, do you feel bad? Or do you quickly
rationalize that it's only an ant and blah blah...? For the first time
in my life, about a week ago, I unintentionally stepped on an ant and
immediately bent down to the ground to see if it was going to live.
Unfortunately, it was badly injured and definitely wasn't going to make
it, so I shamefully put it out of its misery. But I thought about that
ant for the rest of the day (and obviously after that because here I am
telling you). Anyways... I had a dream about the ant. It was like that
ANTimated (haha sry had to)... I mean animated movie "Antz" where the
one little ant who was different and rebellious ended up saving the
whole colony in the end! Well... I don't know where I was going with
this, but I guess my point is that I can feel my heart growing softer
with each passing night. I felt JUST LIKE the ant in that movie! I mean,
YES... I feel a lot more. I am more emotional
(not that I never was), compassionate, and empathetic. I can cry with
much more ease than I used to be able to. I can be happy in tougher
times than I used to be able to. My ideas for myself and for the world
grow in strength constantly. My creativity cultivates deeper profound
insights and relationships almost daily. Work that I once considered
boring and useless, I now see as necessary practice. My relationships
with others is SO much different than it used to be. AND it's getting
even weirder, but I like it. The energy exercises I participate in have
probably saved my life as I used to be awfully depressed. I guess what
I'm saying is... I LOVE BEING ME!!! AND I LOVE ALL OF YOU!!!! Thank you
for reading all this mumbo jumbo of mine. If you feel like it... tell me
your reaction when you notice you've mistakenly stepped on an ant. Big
love and light to every one in the whole wide world... AND BEYOND!!! ♥
