Comment on Why we must educate our children about meat by Sarah Best.
Hi Neil,
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. You prompted me to expand on what was initially only a short (and, admittedly, written-in-haste) article, and clarify that my point is not to mock, but to highlight that we’re failing our children by not educating them about this – and what a pressing concern that ought to be.
You made other valid points too. I would agree, for example, that a widespread move to a plant-based diet is more likely to be due to necessity than ethics – that because I believe that “necessity” is only, at most, a decade or two away now, whereas a widespread ethical shift, while unmistakably in progress, is likely to be a slower process.
While the world is, in many ways, a cruel, hard place, and there are many reasons for pessimism, I’m reminded of Margaret Mead’s inspiring argument against defeatism – “Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” It was not so long ago that it seemed impossible that slavery would ever be abolished, or that women would get the vote…
Thanks again,
Sarah
PS I wasn’t aware that Dr Lodi had revised his vegan stance – I’d be interested to know where you read that, and if you could send a link that would be great.
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One wonders what these students are being taught in school… Whatever it is, what they NEED is emergency instruction on personal responsibility and the consequences of their choices on other humans, other sentient beings, the planet on which they live, and their own bodies.
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