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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.29,0:00:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: Hi it's Emily from Bite Size Vegan\Nand welcome to another vegan nugget. Today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.58,0:00:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm honored to be joined by my friend and\Nmentor Gary Yourofsky who has graciously agreed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.65,0:00:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be here and answers questions that you,\Nthe Bite Size Vegan audience, have sent to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.61,0:00:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me. I'm going to be releasing this interview\Nin a series of videos so be sure to stay tuned
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.49,0:00:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the channel. Gary I just wanted to thank\Nyou so much for taking time out of your busy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.90,0:00:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,schedule to be here and answer some of these\Nquestions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.86,0:00:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gary: Anything for you Emily. Emily: Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.68,0:00:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright so to start\Noff, one of the questions that I got a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.82,0:00:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from people, and I think for someone who's\Njust had their eyes kind of opened and is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.27,0:00:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,considering going vegan, or has gone vegan,\Nor perhaps they're a vegan who just watched
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.96,0:00:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your speech and realized that they want to\Ndo more, and they've come to this point of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.50,0:00:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"what can I do, what action can I take?" What\Nwould you say to someone who wants to get
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.56,0:00:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started with vegan animal activism?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.50,0:00:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gary: It's got to be education based\Nactivism, whatever you're doing. This is not
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.12,0:01:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my realm, this is not my bailiwick, I'm not\Ngraded in advising people how to be an activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.22,0:01:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I do know that you have to teach people.\NYou have to edify, you have to preach. So
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.83,0:01:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somehow maybe set up class room lectures like\NI'm doing in high schools and colleges and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.47,0:01:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,elementary schools, middle schools. Set it\Nup at a church, at a synagogue, in a mosque,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.34,0:01:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the YMCA, leaflet, do something like that.\NWhat I don't recommend any more is probably
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.11,0:01:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things that most people like to do, which\Nis protesting. I just think protesting has
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.50,0:01:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost its luster over the years. Civil disobedience,\NI don't think you can win in a courtroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.99,0:01:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you win in a classroom every single day.\NDirect action is always valuable too, if you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.17,0:01:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to liberate animals. That would be an\Nawesome thing to do. But focus on education
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.02,0:01:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make that your goal and things will fall\Ninto place. And don't beat yourself up too
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.45,0:01:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much when you find somebody that isn't paying\Nattention and isn't listening. Move on and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.22,0:02:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find somebody who does want to listen. They're\Nout there, people are thirsting for knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.05,0:02:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is your goal as an activist to find those\Npeople who are thirsting for knowledge, teach
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.83,0:02:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them, convert them, and keep on doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.02,0:02:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: Some people argue that being\Nvegan alone is not enough. What are your thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.27,0:02:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that? Do you think being vegan and in adopting\Na vegan diet, do you think that alone can
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.61,0:02:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make an impact?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.54,0:02:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gary: I think it's the only thing on\Nthis planet that can actually make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.70,0:02:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is it enough from the victims point of\Nview? Of course not. Billions of animals are
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.100,0:02:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being tortured and killed. But I'm really\Ntired of people turning on the news and getting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.80,0:02:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in all the world issues. The Darfur\Ngenocide, women in Afghanistan still don't
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.91,0:02:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have equal rights, homosexuals in Uganda are\Nbeing killed, I understand this is a major
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.97,0:02:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,injustice. But you can't do anything about\Nit so stop talking about world issues that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.75,0:03:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have no control over, and here's something\Nyou could stand up three times, four times,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.12,0:03:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five times a day and say "I'm opposed to discrimination,\NI'm opposed to injustice, and that's why I'm
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.42,0:03:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating vegan meals." This is something you\Ncan actually do. But from there, yeah sure
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.34,0:03:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get out there. Get more active, teach people,\Ntalk to people. Again back to the education.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.72,0:03:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: Something that I've heard from\Na lot of people and that I know I personally
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.70,0:03:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can struggle with as a vegan activist, is\Nwhen you're faced with all of the suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.98,0:03:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world, and all of the people who don't\Nseem to care. How do you keep going and keep
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.06,0:03:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your head up and not get lost in just the\Noverwhelming suffering that's going on?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.84,0:03:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gary: It's tough. I'm forever frustrated,\Nforever stressed, forever saddened. I was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.28,0:03:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling you before, I died inside a long time\Nago. But I'm going through the motions for
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.15,0:03:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the animals, because whatever I'm going through\Nand whatever you as an activist are going
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.77,0:04:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through, is nothing compared to what the animals\Nare going through. In the slaughterhouse,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.20,0:04:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the vivisection lab, at the circus, at\Nthe zoo, at the rodeo. That stuff is purely
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.69,0:04:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evil. You have to keep on going for them,\NI don't know how else to say it. I don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.45,0:04:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a magical formula, a magical solution, to\Nmake you not become frustrated, not become
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.82,0:04:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stressed out, it goes with the territory.\NEnlightenment is bitter sweet, and I've told
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.32,0:04:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this to a lot of people. It is bitter sweet.\NIt's wonderful to know the truth, to see the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.65,0:04:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truth, to live the truth, but it's maddening\Nto see how selfish and evil our species can
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.54,0:04:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be. You have to keep on going for the animals,\Nthat's the only thing. Just think about them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.84,0:04:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep on going for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.22,0:04:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: Gary I just want to thank you\Nso much for giving us your time and I've been
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.15,0:04:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked on behalf of so many of my viewers to\Njust thank you for everything that you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.53,0:04:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.77,0:05:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gary: Thank you, keep on. Everybody\Npass her stuff around, it's tight stuff, honestly.
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Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.38,0:05:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: Stay tuned to the Bite Size Vegan\Nchannel for more installations of Gary's interview.
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