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Letters


Letters


The Vegans Strike Back • Critical Criticisms • Peaceful Disagreements • Berkeley’s Clouds of Dust • Free To Disagree • Tallis Neither Here Nor There


The Vegans Strike Back


Dear Editor: I write to rebut Rhys Southan’s article ‘Why An Alien Invasion Is No Argument For Animal Rights’ in Issue 106. Southan seems to be saying that even in a vegan world massive harm would be done to other life by habitat destruction, for example. True or not, it is true that widespread veganism would greatly reduce the harm done.


Firstly, veganism is an ethic based on compassion for the suffering of other animals. The vegan ethic is about avoiding products made by exploitation of animals in farms, circuses and laboratories.


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