Shabaz Ali, a chemistry teacher from Blackburn, England has amassed such a hefty following with a simple format for his posts: anything on social media seen as ludicrously ostentatious and expensive trends are taken to task. The humorous and low-key way in which the challenge is presented is indeed its charm!
I speak to the social media sensation about why he has adopted vegetarianism, as a Pakistani.
00:00 Trailer
01:52 Who is Shabaz Ali?
03:22 Why Shabaz decided to go vegetarian
06:51 Disconnect between our food and its source
09:04 Is eating dogs wrong?
10:47 Cowspiracy movie: effects of dehumanizing living beings
13:07 Amy's journey of leaving animal products
14:26 Biases of people towards eating different animals
15:37 Humane slaughter of animals
19:38 All religions reward non-violence
23:26 Does necessity justify killing animals?
24:35 Does veganism hurt people's livelihoods?
27:51 The reality of soy farming worldwide
29:04 Wrong perceptions of veganism
29:51 Shabaz's guilt for just being a vegetarian
33:46 We are empathetic by our very nature
37:36 Shabaz's new book: I'm rich, you are poor
42:10 Ending
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