Every Argument Against Veganism | Ed Winters | TEDxBathUniversity
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Published 2019-04-26
Ed Winters is a vegan educator, public speaker and content creator based in London, England. Winters is the co-founder and co-director of Surge, an animal rights organisation determined to create a world where compassion towards all non-human animals is the norm. In 2016 Surge founded The Official Animal Rights March which succeeded in a growth from 2,500 participants in London in 2016 to 28,000 participants across the world in 2018. In 2017 Winters produced the documentary Land of Hope and Glory and launched the on-going moving activism project The Big Vegan Activism Van. He has spoken at over 1/3 of UK universities and has given speeches across the world.
In October 2018 Winters opened Unity Diner, a non-profit vegan diner in London where all of the profits go directly back into helping animals. He launched The Disclosure Podcast in February 2019. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
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“A meal for us lasts only a few minutes, but that meal has cost the animal their entire life.” That says it all.
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I'm upset that the opportunity was there to call this an Ed Talk and nobody has taken it.
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It’s been almost 7 months since I watched this video, and I’ve completely adapted to a vegan lifestyle. The only genuinely difficult part is that lack of understanding of people around me, but hey that’s not in my control. Thanks Ed.
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I'm already vegan but I come here every now and then to learn how to articulate and respond to various arguments thrown at me. Ed is a terrific speaker!
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I’m not a vegan but this talk has really helped me to understand why I need to stop using animal products and eliminate them from my diet. Thank you Ed.
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1) 1:10 “this is my personal choice” 2) 2:55 “animals are bred for this” 3) 3:20 “it is legal/cultural 4) 4:35 “we need animal products to survive 5) 5:40 “we are meant to eat meat” and “we have canines” 6) 6:35 “who cares if we are herbivores or omnivores?” 7) 7:55 “our ancestors did it” 8) 8:20 “animals eat other animals 9) 8:55 “if i was stranded on an island” 10) 9:55 “It’s the food chain! Circle of Life!” 11) 12:10 “what will we do with the animals?” 12) 13:13 “Mass production of vegetables=animals still die” Like my comment so more can see so more vegans can debunk the justification of killing animals! THANK YOU ED!
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1:04 Personal choice 2:46 Animals are bred for that purpose 3:07 Legality over morality 3:36 Culture / tradition 4:32 Animal products as a necessity 5:33 Natural way of life 8:26 Lions eat other animals 8:55 Necessity (on detail) 9:56 Food chain - 10:26 specially relevant comment 11:35 Circle of life 12:06 What do we do with billions of animals 12:49 specially relevant comment 13:17 Vegans are hypocrites 15:11 Soya farming 15:45 Vegetarian is enough of a change 17:32 Humane slaughter 17:56 Taste 18:33 Vegans force their views
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I've always lived by this philosophy: "if there is no victim, then it's not a crime", and somehow overlooked the fact that the animals i eat are also beings and are my victims. I want to try veganism a shot. Thanks Ed
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It's soooo nice to hear him speak so fluently and calmly, without anyone interrupting him or arguing in circles like it's usually the case with the street debates
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"I don't think people don't care, I think they don't know. Once they know it's hard not to care." Maggie Q.
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I’ve been vegetarian since 2010 and vegan since 2014, I never was able to put into words why I chose to do what I did, but calm, intelligent conversations like this make it so much easier to explain 🙏
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This is really well constructed and presented. It would be nice to see discussions like this in the schooling system.
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This guy's street interviews turned me vegan ~2 years ago and haven't looked back. Ed is possibly the best and most effective animal activist around today
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When I became vegetarian at 11 the meat eaters in my life were aggressively rude, hostile and verbally abusive. People tried to hide meat in my food. I find it odd that meat eaters claim Vegans and Vegetarians are intolerant when I have never pressured or forced anyone to eat anything vegan or vegetarian.
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My biggest regret in life is not going vegan sooner, thanks Ed for influencing my decision to go Vegan!
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It took me exactly 10 years from the moment I said "I want to become vegan" to actually becoming a vegan. I feel extremely proud of myself for achieving this.
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Anyone else have to crank up the volume to hear this?
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i have never seen such a positive comment section of a vegan video before. he covered all the bases with great information and reasoning
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Thank you for articulating everything I have ever wanted to say in arguments with non-vegans
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Ed speaks the way every vegan actually wished they sounded like - calm, empathetic and logical. I have no idea how he does it, but I think the clue is in the intro - he can step back into the shoes of the meat lover he used to be, but with hope and forgiveness instead of judgement. Truly an incredible person.
