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Guest
Column
"Animal Rights and
White Elephants"
By
Alice Nagy
08/06
 Interesting concept isn't it? "Don't think
of a White Elephant"
Now that you have read it are you
envisioning a white elephant in your mind? How about a large gray one? If I
tell you that the devil is the doughnut do you think that you might want to
go out and get a doughnut? Will you be tempted? I bet Dunkin Doughnuts gets
at least a few more visits this week considering that there are over 2000
people on this list. (Some of which I hope are reading today.)
Back in the 80's a Vegan commented that
boycotts don't work by saying "Don't think of a White Elephant" in response
to the oncoming Burger King boycott. A similar name can be found as the
title of a political book called "Don't think of an Elephant". In both
instances the theory that man thinks in pictorial images is utilized as a
marketing tool and such images or suggestions guide thought processes.
Cognitive linguists study these things and it was one such Vegan cognitive
linguist who said; "Don't Think of a White Elephant" to the Vegans
discussing boycotting Burger King back in the 80's. In effect he was saying
boycotts don't work people will hear about the boycott and want a Burger
King hamburger and in effect he was more or less correct although they did
get Burger King to stop selling veal.
Now supposing I simply say "Animal Rights"
An objector might respond by thinking or saying; "animals don't have
rights." Which truthfully sounds rather politically incorrect to think, let
alone verbalize. I agree though that animals do not necessarily have rights.
However I am an animal and I supposedly do have rights. Further, if I were
an ordinary non involved member of the general population I would envision
an animal. Any animal that comes to mind. The last animal I saw perhaps; a
dog, a
squirrel, a cow or a sheep in an ad. I think of their cute little faces
because being an average member of the public I don't necessarily think of
squirrels as vermin that are potentially destructive. I don't think of
shooting at a squirrel to rid my attic of them, rather I think of a squirrel
with the same warm and fuzzy feelings that make squirrel shaped stuffed
animals marketable.
So now let's put the picture of my animal
(or yours) together with the word "rights." A very sellable ideal animal
rights. The more we say Animal Rights the more we sell it for the Vegan
ideologists which are behind it. In other words, lets take the Vegan's
advice, he said "Don't think of a White Elephant" Just like saying "the
devil is the doughnut" sells doughnuts saying the Devil is "animal Rights
sells the AR agenda. Vegans use animal rights to sell Veganism, not the
other way around. People don't take forced personal change lightly. Warm
fuzzy seemingly altruistic ideals might be accepted but forced Veganism?
Now let's think about the word vegetarian.
Vegetarian is rather mild, it actually has a nice soft appeal to it as in
non carnivorous animals. Those animals are not threatening. I once had a
salesman in my driveway who had never seen a deer. He was afraid the deer
around the house would attack him. Of course when I explained that deer do
not eat animals and would have no reason to be interested in him he relaxed.
Subconsciously we humans attach the word vegetarian to gentler beings. Mine
is only one example of how we see that word.
Vegan is not a commonly spoken word, and it
seems very misunderstood. I know what Veganism is because I have first hand
experience with some of the hierarchy of the planned movement, not only of
the Animal Rights agenda but in support of a Vegan movement in general from
promoting the diet to absolutely no use of animal products, not even in the
glues used to fasted rubber soles to nylon shoes. There is no doubt that
those in this movement have been using every possible mind game they can to
further their goal which is to eliminate man's symbiotic relationship with
animal. Although some might argue that Vegans are not completely against man
having a symbiotic relationship with all animals as Vegans might think it
fine for insects to pollinate crops. However I have witnessed first hand
such a debate in which two Vegans argued whether man's intervention, caused
by planting an area concentrated with crops, was harmful to insects. Hmmm, I
think. Man is by nature capable of farming and man is a natural element in
the environment. Anything man does is natural including being a farmer or an
omnivore.
I think George Carlin may have been onto
something in "The Planet is Fine" when he said: "…The air and the water will
recover, the earth will be renewed, and if it's true that plastic is not
degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new
paradigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn't share our prejudice
towards plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees
plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the
earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic
for itself. Didn't know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to
our age-old egocentric philosophical question, "Why are we here?"
So now I just sit and ponder, is man's use
of animals so harmful, or is it all those plastic shoes and belts?
Vegans will take the pet out of your bed
and the meat off your plate while they fill the world with non biodegradable
plastic. (lol, thank you George) Say VEGAN, not animal rights. It makes no
difference what some individuals might think Vegan means right now. Just as
the trade marks aspirin, cellophane, nylon, escalator and thermos, all
started out as something less generic and now have morphed meanings, the
word Vegan -which has already been linked to the real ideology by the Vegans
themselves, must be exposed. It isn't fair for Vegans not to use their
entire vision of the future when pushing only their warm and fuzzy AR
sounding goals. Their vision will affect us all, animal lovers or not.
The phrase Animal Rights furthers their
goal. The word Vegan would be very scary for them to hear coming from
"Omnis". The word Vegan tells the listener you will have to eat their way,
if you allow them to make meat overly expensive until it disappears. You
will have no pets because pets eat meat. Eventually everything and everyone
will become Vegan. That is their agenda. The term is Vegan.
Someone who used to be very anti AR (but
unfortunately now sees it more important to collect AKC brownie points) once
said AR to me. I had no idea what she was talking about at first, (this was
several years ago). I had no idea!!! The minute she said they were Vegans (a
minute after she said AR) I knew exactly what she was talking about. Well I
have more exposure to Vegans than most people. That exposure makes me aware
that having a Vegan write animal laws is like having the KKK write human
rights laws.
Last week I spoke to a woman whose husband
ran for a pretty high office in a large parent dog club. I mentioned the
HSUS is a Vegan run organization and she said "No. it isn't" I said Wayne
Pacelle is a Vegan and she said "No he isn't"
Wayne Pacelle has been "a Vegan for two
decades."
http://www.satyamag.com/jun05/pacelle.html (P3L1)
He is very dedicated to the cause, "one
generation and out" comes from somewhere. It comes from his Vegan
indoctrination that's where. There is a Vegan writing law regarding
your food and your pet. Educate your legislators, your public and yourselves
as to what a Vegan is and what they believe. Identifying the complete
meaning of being a Vegan is the first step to derailing their movement. No
one is going to force any Vegans to eat meat. The result would simply be
that we don't allow Vegans to force their ways upon the entire world.
Take their advice when it comes to
marketing and cognitive linguistics, they have been advancing for years. The
Vegans repeated: "Don't think of a White Elephant," and "The Devil is the
Doughnut"
"Don't Think Animal Rights." say I, or "the
devil is AR" Instead Say; "Vegan Agenda" and the devil is no domestic
animals, no carnivorous pets, no animal protein or animal by products. The
man said "one generation and out."
Expose the true agenda and beliefs.
Not Vegetarian, Say
"Vegan Agenda". Mandating Veganism, by leaving the world with no other
alternative. It is very different! Fascist Vegans who write laws to force
Veganism onto the world one small step at a time. Fascist Vegans if you
will, but Vegans nonetheless.
http://www.thedogpress.com/Columns/Guests/Nagy_White_Elephant-0608.asp
Alice Nagy is the granddaughter and daughter
of Champion Boston Terrier breeders. Her sister is a breeder of champion
Italian Greyhounds, including some of the ancestors to the top producing and
winning Italian Greyhound all time. Mrs. Nagy has raised several champion
American Cocker Spaniels herself, has been married for 21 years, is the
mother of two, has taught sociology, and currently manages commercial real
estate. |
