Saturday 30 April 2016

Against Violence: Against Gary Yourofsky.

On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UKixnfBwMk

Gary Yourofsky is Wrong: Vegans Kill Insects

On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMajjkraYj0

What if Beauty is Irrelevant? (Pt. 2 of 2)


On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQxUAdSITlo

What if Science is Irrelevant? (Pt. 1 of 2)


On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhF7GbUHClM

Dealing with disrespectful questions (as vegans)


On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtfudw6t2Mc

Vegans Kill Cockroaches (Vivisection, Agriculture & Activism)


On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6-5kQJSZZE

Talking About Veganism on Youtube (with Cheetah)

 
The full title being, "Vegans on Youtube Talking About Veganism on Youtube": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiuOMiFwtQ

Melanie Murphy: The Ethical Omnivore

On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a12lBXpTe0

The Vegan Mojo: Real Politics vs. Swimwear


On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rQ1vJukjI

Vegans: A Conspiracy for Social Change?


On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brtd_F9rr8s

Thursday 21 April 2016

The Agony of Activism: talking to Zahria 269


An hour and 30 minutes long, on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne6BMFTjZ44

The conversation is also available as an audio-only (podcast) MP3 for download: https://archive.org/details/Zahria269-interview-Eisel-Mazard-2016

Vegans: skepticism, dogma, democracy & paradox.


If found this one is difficult to summarize, and difficult to put a title to.  Veganism, like democracy, is imperfect, and susceptible to criticism; but that makes it all-the-more-important, and makes it important that we (i.e., vegans) don't preach it as a religion (to be believed in), but instead explain it, while being honest about its limitations and flaws.  On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4z6PKSYrjE

The Appeal to Nature Fallacy


This video addresses several logical fallacies, all over-used within the vegan-demimonde, some overused by the world at large: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTfayLc4o7U

Ignorance, Activism & Optimism


On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-OLAyGZVrQ

Is Ethical Veganism Reasonable? Sustainable? Oppressive?


This is actually a response to an ex-Vegan's critique/rationale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHKc2fXHadg

The Question of "Being Taken Seriously"


Vegans "Being Taken Seriously", on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKIeX_zay0Q

Friday 15 April 2016

尼港事件: an Essay on the Nikolaevsk Massacre, 1920


A fascinating and horrifying event in the world's history, transpiring where the borders of Russia, China and Japan overlap, and involving all three: https://medium.com/@eiselmazard/1920-the-other-russo-japanese-war-70deb2972c42

Thursday 14 April 2016

Pet Ownership and/or/as Slavery

On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrpNQ-kzy50

Talking to the Vegan Cheetah (Video and/or Podcast)


Over one hour long (there's a link to the audio-only version, downloadable as an MP3/podcast, below the video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP1nkuON9NY

Goals in Life OTHER THAN Vanity & Issues OTHER THAN Veganism

Two videos recorded after writing my final exam for the semester:

Goals in Life OTHER THAN Vanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml5zqRTZmkk


Vegans on Issues OTHER THAN Veganism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEaM8UEf9jM

Organizing Dissent: Digital Veganism vs. Real Life Vegans


On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5ZOprf09UE

Why Do I Study Languages?

Why Do I Study Languages? Advice Nobody Wants to Hear [Ep. 003]
On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8m01_AMjZI

Vegans don't own pets: domestication and/or/as evil

On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOawDbvCPjw