Exceptions

Since my last essay in March, I’ve been extremely busy writing in other fora. Particularly, I’ve been scripting and recording the third season of my podcast, Think Like a Vegan, which begins airing on 12 June. And I’ve also recently submitted to my publisher, Unbound, a detailed update for the paperback issue of my book, Think Like a Vegan. The paperback will be published in January 2025. I’m thrilled about that. The update is in the form of an afterword and it packs a heckuva punch. It’s a mini book and one early reader has suggested it’s a springboard for a second book. He may be right. Researching, writing, editing and recording are intense activities, but I didn’t want to let May pass without sharing a thought here

And it’s this 

Until we stop making exceptions for “others” – all others, everyone, including non-human animals – for things for them which we would neither want for ourselves nor done to us, we human-animals will forever suffer. This is the single challenge preceding all others and our greatest downfall as a species

There will be those who will make bad faith arguments. Let them. When the grievous crosshairs seize on them, may fairness, justice, mercy and compassion find them