#if humans are immoral for *the act* of eating meat itself then so are every other predators on this earth

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instagram is a cesspool but man the irony of seeing a ve*gan claim they have no idea why so many people take issue with them while a comment directly underneath is another ve*gan saying they are in fact morally better for their diet. it's almost as if no matter your personal choices it's always morally bankrupt to police other people's diets and food shame them!

#anyway eating meat is morally neutral. like the act itself has no morallity attached to it #its the METHODS of attaining meat that have morality attached to them but the act itself has none #not eating meat is also morally neutral!!! #if humans are immoral for *the act* of eating meat itself then so are every other predators on this earth #it is morally neutral to EAT #it IS immoral to police peoples diets!! it IS immoral to food shame people!! #any morality points you think youre gaining is immediately negated by contributing to cultures of anti-science & body shaming #this also goes for meat eaters obviously! its not your problem if eating meat makes people personally uncomfortable #some people have necessary dietary restrictions and that's not up to you to argue with! #these are choices we make for OURSELVES and not be decided by anyone else #eating is morally neutral #non rebloggable bc I'm not engaging with any one on either side my opinion is unchangeable #i am not anti-vegan & I'm not even a huge meat eater i am anti-shaming people for what they eat #especially for something we literally evolved to do

[theveganwakes]

When I was 17, I took a philosophy class in high school and wrote about animal rights. Thought I'd share my essay here because why not?

Ethically, people should not eat animals or harm them in any way. Consuming and abusing an (non-human) animal is morally wrong. Animals and humans should share the same rights because animals are equal to humans, have similar qualities and the love one feels for animals should be respected. A clear sense of morality is one that does not advocate abusing creatures of the Earth, even if it is advantageous for another human being. Many people see animals as a primary source of food, entertainment, and fashion; but, if animals do not have a choice as to whether or not they would like to participate in such monstrosities, is it morally right for humans to make the choice for them?

Animals are equal to humans, and should therefore be treated in the same way humans treat each other. Animals are not just material, they have a soul. According to a philosopher by the name of Pythagoras, animals and humans share a parallel soul; it is the duty of humans to respect animals because, if they ultimately choose to exploit an animal, humans are essentially exploiting their relative. (Honderich) Humans have a right to live freely, without fear; animals should also be allowed to have this right because humans are essentially animals, and if humans are animals, then wild animals should have treatment equal to humans. A similar soul should equal a similar, fair outcome; if there is no fair outcome, there is no fairness at all.

As long as humanity continues to be the ruthless destroyer of other beings, we will never know health or peace. For as long as people massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love. (Pythagoras)

According to Rene Descartes, a rational philosopher who lived during the Enlightenment, animals are like machines. (Sorell) Descartes proposed that animals have no feelings or consciousness; this has been proved wrong by mere observation. Animals, in fact, do have feelings, or at least do feel. It does not take a scientist to realize animals can feel pain, sadness, and a variety of other emotions. For example, when a person has burned themselves while moving a hot pan from an oven without any oven mitts, they will inevitably yelp or react in some other manner. If an owner of a cat filled their cat’s water dish with hot water instead of the usual cold, and the cat drank said water, the cat would react in a way similar to the human’s reaction when they foolishly pulled out the pan from the oven. Because animals can feel, people should not take advantage of animals for they know what it is like to experience pain, and should therefore empathize with animals. Hurting an animal is a lot like tormenting a newborn baby; they do not have control of situations, meaning people who are intellectually fit should control their feelings of superiority over beings with intellectual inferiority. Animals and humans share common characteristics. If a being has sense perceptions, they are automatically apart of a community with those who also have sense perceptions. (Wilson) For instance, humans and animals have sense perceptions, making them apart of the same community. So, if they apart of this community, they must act in a way that is beneficial for both species. Equality between humans and animals exists; however, it has not been fully realized by the masses, and many continue to regard animals as an inferior species.

Animals should have rights equivalent to that of a humans. In order to achieve rights for an animal, people must first treat animals differently -- with respect. Changing ones attitude toward animals generally means not raising them for food, and not eating them. By in taking meat, one is exploiting the rights of an animal. Moreover, animals deserve these rights because, as mentioned in the previous paragraph, they are strongly linked to humans. Furthermore, if humans eat one of their own, they can suffer serious consequences, but when they eat an animal, there are no consequences. Humans do not rely on eating other humans for food so why rely on animals. People have the right to determine their own lives. (Wilson) Animals, on the other hand, do not have that right; they are not free in a world where they can be free. If animals were free, animal testing would not exist, and neither would circuses. Every living thing on Earth should have a choice regarding what they want to do with their lives. No one owns another person or animal (one may think they do, but they do not own the thoughts or emotions; therefore, they do not fully own anything), and cannot choose a path for another without facing immorality. If one decides to butcher an animal for their own benefit, and even for the benefit of others, they are immoral because they did not allow the animal to have a choice. Animals can feel a wide range of emotions, and again, have characteristics similar to human beings. (Wilson) A man by the name of Arthur Schopenhauer put forth the idea that animals have emotions, memory, and reason, contrasting the views of Rene Descartes. Schopenhauer said, “Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.” (Wilson) Because animals have emotions, reason, and memory, they must also have rights.

People should empathize with animals, and animal lovers, because animals are handled as though they are of lower quality than humans are. Animals are exploited and abused by humans in a way that should not be tolerated. Eating, using animals to test certain chemicals, and being generally disrespected by the human race, exemplify that animals are maltreated daily. Some people even kill animals for the fun of it. According to Peter Carruthers, “Such acts [as torturing a cat for fun] are wrong because they are cruel. They betray indifference to suffering that may manifest itself…” (Wilson) Cruelty to animals continues to exist in today’s society. It is indirect theorists who say that one should not harm the property of others, and should therefore not harm animals. (Wilson) When harming an animal, a person is not only affecting the animal they physically hurt, but those who “own” the animal. Rather than injuring an animal, one should consider what they are about to do and wonder if they were an animal; would they want the same treatment? Alternatively, if they were a vegetarian, would they want support for their decision to be one? Respecting a person’s choice to not eat animals and supporting kindness toward animals affects the lives of others. If vegetarians, vegans, and general animal lovers are disrespected, their morals are disrespected. Indirect theorists propose people should not offend another based on their morals. (Wilson) By offending a fellow human being, one is not empathizing with animals; they are disregarding morals, and are only thinking of themselves. Animals are fragile, innocent, and should not be handled as if they are murderous villains.

Animals and humans are alike in mind and spirit, and they should therefore be treated in related ways. Until animals are realized to have comparable qualities by people, they will remain unequal to humans. It was an Irish writer named George Bernard Shaw who once said, “Animals are my friends; I don’t eat my friends” (Favourite Vegetarian & Animal Rights Quotes)Favourite Vegetarian & Animal Rights Quotes), and neither should anyone else if they want to live a life that is considered moral.

#veganism #go vegan #animal rights

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KARL LAGERFELD: LEGENDS NEVER DIE

Debo confesar que la muerte de Karl Lagerfeld me tomó por sorpresa y me tiene un poco afectada. Suena tonto sentirte triste por perder a alguien que no conoces, pero cuando estás completamente involucrada y ligada con tu profesión que tanto amas es imposible que estas cosas no te hagan sentir una gran tristeza.

Karl Lagerfeld siempre fue y será mi diseñador favorito, todo el que me conoce sabe cuanto lo admiro y cuanto soñaba con poder conocerlo algún día, por lo menos unos segundos. Si bien era un hombre mayor y la muerte es lo único seguro en esta vida, cuando tienes a esa persona tan idealizada pasa a ser un ícono, un mito, una leyenda, y las leyendas nunca mueren. Por eso el gran Kaiser de la moda nunca morirá, se fue muy pronto pero su legado vivirá para siempre en todos los que seguimos y amamos su impecable trabajo.

En homenaje a este gran diseñador les dejo aquí unas cuantas de sus frases más famosas, espero que las disfruten tanto como yo.

RIP Kaiser

Fuente: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5963.Karl_Lagerfeld

“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans — it’s up to you.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Music gives color to the air of the moment.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Absurdity and anti—absurdity are the two poles of creative energy.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.” 

― Karl Lagerfield

“Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I never touch sugar, cheese, bread... 

I only like what I'm allowed to like. I'm beyond temptation. There is no weakness. When I see tons of food in the studio, for us and for everybody, for me it's as if this stuff was made out of plastic. The idea doesn't even enter my mind that a human being could put that into their mouth. I'm like the animals in the forest. They don't touch what they cannot eat.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Stuff your brain with knowledge.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.” 

― Karl Lagerfield

“The elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I'm very down to Earth, I'm just not from this Earth.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine” 

“I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists—maybe a week after—and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, ‘It’s impolite; remove your glasses.’ I said, ‘Do I ask you to remove your bra?” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“There will never be a chanel collection without black” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I like today and perhaps a little future still, but the past is really something I'm not interested in. So, as far as I'm concerned, I like only the past of things and people I don't know. When I know, I don't care because I knew how it was.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

“If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

Fuente: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5963.Karl_Lagerfeld