http://loveallbeings.org/blog/the-value-of-community-based-activism/ Living Opposed to Violence and Exploitation Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:25:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://loveallbeings.org/blog/the-value-of-community-based-activism/comment-page-1/#comment-304 harryhebert Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:23:44 +0000 http://loveallbeings.org/?p=278#comment-304 Bravo! Well said! Recently my grocery clerk remarked with a smile, "Mr. Hebert, you never buy any meats...are you a vegetarian? I replied,"More than that I am a Vegan. Its more than vegetarian, it means I have compassion and respect for every living thing..so I will not be partner to any system which slaughters things. I can always find something else to eat. Actually, I don't give a rip about whether or not it more healthy. I'd eat this way anyway"....(and gave her a big smile). She smiled back with understanding and said,"Well, my doctor told me to quit eating so much fat and meats, so you may have something there." Aha..I had planted some leaven. She will think about it through days to oome. Last month our veteranarian noticed that I was wearing a tan baseball cap with the word Vegan on the front. He asked,"Are you a Vegan?" I smiled ans replies, "I sure am." He said that his daughter was a vegetarian and then proceeded to ask me a lot about Veganism. We sort of bonded. Little encounters...here and there...in our normal work a day world. These matter. Bravo! Well said! Recently my grocery clerk remarked with a smile, “Mr. Hebert, you never buy any meats…are you a vegetarian? I replied,”More than that I am a Vegan. Its more than vegetarian, it means I have compassion and respect for every living thing..so I will not be partner to any system which slaughters things. I can always find something else to eat. Actually, I don’t give a rip about whether or not it more healthy. I’d eat this way anyway”….(and gave her a big smile). She smiled back with understanding and said,”Well, my doctor told me to quit eating so much fat and meats, so you may have something there.” Aha..I had planted some leaven. She will think about it through days to oome.
Last month our veteranarian noticed that I was wearing a tan baseball cap with the word Vegan on the front. He asked,”Are you a Vegan?” I smiled ans replies, “I sure am.” He said that his daughter was a vegetarian and then proceeded to ask me a lot about Veganism. We sort of bonded.
Little encounters…here and there…in our normal work a day world. These matter.

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