Cow farts are methane, you know.
And equal pay for women. I'll bet female dairy workers are paid less than their male counterparts.
And the danger of antibiotic resistant diseases from all the drugs they pump into the cows and chickens.
And crumbling real estate values near pig farms. People who live near pig farms are really getting hammered with negative financial and quality of life issues.
And the almost criminal influence of big dairy and meat organizations that fund all sort of fake science to back up their questionable claims, and quash and news coming out of the vegetarian.vegan community.
And all the money being poured into politician's pockets from big pharma to discourage news of anything that might cure the very diseases they profit off of.
There are many, many issues he could have covered. But as it is, he focused sharply on the one issue that matters to him. His health, and the health of his patients, which was the right thing to do. When you dump too many ancillary issues in on top of the main point, it just muddies the water and ends up having less impact on people.
Frankly, most people don't give a rat's ass about animal cruelty. If anything, the mere mention of that subject conjures up images of ridiculous extremists at PETA pulling off another hippy-dippy stunt to get publicity. They do, however, care about their own health.
So go ahead and care passionately about animal cruelty. But focus on the prize. You will get far more people interested in veganism by talking about their health than you will by talking about animal cruelty. Wish it weren't so? So do I. But reality is reality. Focus on the prize. Be practical. Be effective. Talk to them about what's happening in their own body, not about something happening far away behind closed doors that they never see. Get them to stop eating animals by whichever means works best.
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