In the meantime…

While we are all waiting for me to create another post, I thought that I would add this for everyone to check out.

Here is the latest episode from Vegan Break, by Michelle Taylor Cehn.

Check it out here

Once again a long delay

Once again there has been a long delay in putting posts on here.

From April, there will be an updated list of places to eat vegan in Australia, starting with Queensland, and working my way through to other states.

I will also be adding in some of the more mainstream places that serve vegan food.

I am also working on putting together a monthly newsletter on some of the happenings within the vegan community in Australia and overseas.

A long delay

Well it has been a very long time between posts…

Not going to make excuses or promise that things will be different, cause who knows, in a few weeks time, they may not be…

Though, what I can say now, is that I will post as often as I can, and when I do remember to…

Can you spell hypocrite?

There is an interesting article by James Rose from the Sydney Morning Herald talking about how hypocritical most of Australians are when it comes to their views on whaling and what they eat.

The article is here

I find it amusing that the author talks about lamb, especially since the MLA has gone to great lengths to mislead gullible Australians into thinking that it is our national dish.

In reality, there is no difference between the way that a whale dies an agonising death at the hands of the Japanese whalers, and the way that any animal dies in any of Australia’s slaughterhouses. Though I would be more inclined to say that the whales die a quicker death. For the sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs that are destined for the dinner plate, their slow and painful death starts from the time that they are loaded onto the road train. These animals whilst en route, are stored in severely overcrowded trucks where they can barely move with no protection from the elements except for the roof of the trailer nor are they provided with food or water.

So how can anyone claim to care about the way one species is hunted and barbarically killed, yet all the while paying someone else to do the same thing on their behalf?

What makes the plight of any “food” animal kept in appalling conditions, any less important than that of the whales, giant pandas or baby fur seals?

Who were they really running from?

The latest media reports say that the Japanese have resumed whaling operations, even with the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic Viking watching what the fleet does.

As far I as I am concerned, this goes to prove a couple of things.

Firstly, that regardless of what legal action Australia may take against the Japanese whalers, they have no intention of stopping their supposed research. All Japan has to do if threaten a long legal battle or to stop trading with Australia, and the government will fall to it’s knees apologising, and begging to be forgiven.
Proof of this can be shown by how quiet the Minister for the Environment, Peter Garret has been throughout all of this. There has not been one ministerial press release about the issue of whaling since he took office. He has released statements about the phase out of plastic bags, the unfortunate death of Heath Ledger, and even taken a flight down to Antarctica for the inaugural flight of Airlink.
The only time that whaling has been mentioned was in a joint press release on 18 December 2008 with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. He even has a whale pictured on the header of his personal web page. I suppose only time will tell if the Rudd government will follow through with the promises they made when they were in opposition.

Japanese show their contempt for Australian law

There are reports in todays media that the Japanese are going to commission another “factory ship” to replace the Nisshin Maru.

Reports are that the new ship would be 3 times the size of the Nisshin Maru, and capable of carrying 6000 tonnes of whale meat. This would mean that regardless of what happens at the next IWC conference, that the Japanese will still be going ahead with their lethal loophole “research”. Does this also mean that Japan has already bought the votes of the countries that it can exert economic influence over. The next meeting is supposed to be held in March of this year, and strangely enough, to discuss the future of the IWC itself.

What will happen next year in the Southern Oceans?