Once we realize that all sentient life is equally valuable, a remarkable thing happens.
We gain a perspective that is totally revolutionary.
Everything we formerly thought, believed, experienced, and were taught, turns out to have been wrong.
We find we are at odds with almost all of humanity, with every government on Earth, with all major religions and most of the minor ones.
If all life is equally precious, every human legal system is a fraud. Every government is complicit in murder, every person who eats meat, who hunts, who supports animal exploitation and murder industries is a criminal.
Morality and law are human inventions. Not surprisingly, they always favor humans.
There are no such things as law or morality in nature. But if we believe that all sentient life is equally valuable we arrive at standards that can be considered universal law and universal morality.
We must step outside…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Yes, It is interesting how we gradually come to see this. It’s great that there are others who do too.
This is wonderful. ☺
I both shared and tweeted it today.
Short enough that even someone who doesn’t espouse to these beliefs may read. May even have a giant light bulb appear over their head.
I also have a unicorn double-parked in the parking lot. *sigh* ☺
Very true. Living as an ethical vegan really means observing the Gold Rule, the Fifth Commandment, and ahimsa. I was thinking as I read the above that maybe one reason vegans are called misanthropic is because we often end up spending a lot more time alone. Most people are doing things and going places that we choose to avoid.