Why I am not a vegan

[April Wu]

Our friend Monica said in previous post "It's just that the vegan always wins on all counts, whether it's in regards to health, ethics, or the environment." It's not a competition, nobody will be a winner or a loser. There's nothing but love here. The plants, animals, humans and different opinions are made of love. No choice is superior to another. Because all is one.

I think I understand what you mean in the above.

To clarify however, I'm sure Monica did not mean to be in competition. Her concern was compassion for other life forms (meat and meat byproduct animals) and raising awareness, not in being right or winning.

I have to disagree that no one will be a loser. The animals in factory farms not only lose their lives at slaughter, but get no chance to even live their lives other than in torturous conditions. I don't see that as love. I understand that you may mean from a larger perspective, but this reality has a part to play as well.

yeah, my post is not comprehensive, last year i saw a movie called Unity, a documentary actually. Many animals like chicken and cows are in serious torturous conditions. These facts remind us to give more compassion and love to the animals and provide us an opportunity to serve. My post is more about the continious argument, but I see that Monica's concern is out of compassion. The animals' sacrifice teaches us love, maybe we can also spread this love in this thread, send love but not the feeling of separateness to others...