Finding Treasure & Treasuring Finds … (07/04/15)

One of my favorite things to do when I visit the States is to go shopping at thrift stores for used t-shirts; not to merely “have more clothes” (after all, I’m still a pseudo-minimalist Peace Pilgrim) or “look more stylish” (after all, they’re only t-shirts), but rather to see how creative I can get with turning them into Pro-Animal, Anti-Cruelty slogan bearers … Indeed, this is how I turn mere “Finds” into true “Treasures” — as it may be a FIND to locate an XXL shirt at Goodwill that doesn’t have holes in it, and yet that FIND becomes a TREASURE when it can be used to silently yet powerfully champion the causes of Justice & Compassion & Peace & Decency.

Anyway, here is one of my favorite such Treasures.
It not only fits me, but it fits today’s occasion as well …

Peace to ALL … S

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“In my view, the cow deserves her life … as does the ram … as does the elephant … as do the fish — and the dog — and the bee — and the pig — and the chicken; as do all the other sentient beings on our planet. And this is why I will always be in favor of veganism as a moral minimum, because I simply believe that sentient beings have a fundamental right not to be used as someone else’s property. They have no voice of their own — at least none that we humans can yet understand, and yet their cries for freedom are quite clear nonetheless. They plead with us for liberty — they shout to us for justice. They bed us to be brave for them, to be clear for them, to stand forth for them. And thus I see no other acceptable choice but to not only be vegan but advocate veganism … And if these statements make me a “fanatic” or a “freak” or a “fundamentalist”, then I will boldly sew a scarlet “F” on my jacket, so that all may know without doubt that I am fanatic about Compassion, that I am a freak for Justice, and that I am fundamentally in favor of nonviolence. may I wear my “F” boldly and with pride, and may they one day bury me with it on, so that all the world will know exactly where I stood.” ~ inspired by Vincent J. Guihan

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