Hey, Birkir here
We're going to ask people what they think about this picture right here and what is actually represents
Honestly
Think that this picture is quite sad
But it's a reflection of the society and reflection of of the reality that we live in but, because eventually...
Human beings they evolve, they change
the attitude towards the nature towards animals etc and
And it's a little bit sad that pets are perceived in certain ways and the other animals are perceived in
Another way, but it's also it doesn't happen overnight. It's also a process, and I think it's going to take its time, and it's not
From one day to the other a lot of people has changed the attitudes toward
This the information is it's becoming more and more accessible nowadays
So who knows I might become a vegan soon as well
So so you think the world is changing and that it should change - towards like loving all animals
Instead of just...Of course. I mean because at the end of the day if they are a
beings with with
Sentiments and with feelings no matter how
No matter how different they are but the living beings yeah, so so I'm I'm totally
for it
but it's all it also has to be in a part in a way that we can do it because
There is struggle as well in terms of finding the right food in certain places
The way that you get access to it the amount of money is bad
I'm sorry
I like I think if people
want to change... because this is hypocritical. You cannot say you love animals if you go kill them
you don't need to kill them yourself. If you pay for someone to kill them you're a part of the system. You're a part of the
hypocrisy. So when people say "I love animals" while they eat their bacon I think they're just hypocrites
But I think the society's brainwashed to believe certain things and we turn a blind eye
to
What's really happening, and because you're not killing you the animal yourself therefore. "Oh, I'm not doing anything wrong"
"Oh, culturally.. "Oh back in the caveman where.." it's all bullshit. You know, it's just society where, you know, as a society
we're brainwashed. Formatted to behave a certain way because
Capitalism say so, and in industry's corporate say so. I became vegan five years ago
Probably the best thing I ever done in my life
And I've done some pretty cool stuff. Most vegans would say that it's the best thing that they..
Tell me one vegan that doesn't love and is not passionate about being vegan. Exactly, it's not like we're crazy
"So you guys try to put.." you know. No! we just really believe it
We fill it you know in every single cell of my body
I've never felt healthier. I've never felt
You know my mind, and my spirit, my ethics are together in line with who I really am
I'm contributing for a sustainable world. I mean tell me one bad thing about being vegan
One - yeah
No, I absolutely agree otherwise. I wouldn't you know I you could see the way that I started the conversation as well
I'm trying to be diplomatic because it doesn't mean if you eat meat
You're immediately a bad person, and it immediately makes you feel makes you be against animals and trying to find excuses
No, it's not like that. It's the way that society has been constructed for centuries and it cannot happen overnight of course
I respect people that that manage to do it and they do it, but of course
I don't think that pushing your way of doing things towards the others in an
Aggressive way because because some vegans are quite aggressive about it and quite vocal about it
I think everyone needs the space and needs day time
That's the whole the difference between humans are about but I absolutely agree with whatever she said and I absolutely
Think I think this is the way it should be yeah,
There's definitely some, like vegans can be really pushy
But if you think about it from the animals point of view if you were in the animals shoes
Would you want somebody to be pushy for you and aggressive to people to change or?
I don't think it's about being pushy or aggressive.
and I'm not saying that people, I mean I ate meat for like almost 25 years of my life
And milk and everything, so I chose not to see it
So I'm not saying people are bad or wrong, like I mean
I don't see it as much different from, for example, if you look back 200 years ago, they had slavery
Yeah, exactly you know it's not that different
But like I think it's more comfortable to be a non vegan or non vegetarian person where it's like
"Oh, yeah, you know you guys are trying to push it on another", like No. We just literally see something that is so wrong
It's just so against everything like because we love animals. Human beings are compassionate, you know
But we we choose we definitely choose to turn a blind eye to the to the, to what's happening
And and and but that's an argument that people use "oh you guys are very pushy very.." No, we literally see.. I didn't say you guys
I said some vegans, and I think you have to agree with me. I'm sorry, but you have to agree with me
Like imagining 200 years or years ago
And you see someone with, you know, with a (certain) skin color, being turned into slave
I mean how would you react to that? Wouldn't you be fighting passionately about, this is wrong, we need to do something
And I'm a 100% sure that the world is becoming vegan, things are changing massively, and I'm so excited
I mean looking five years ago and looking now
It's completely different, but I think you should go faster because we need it for to save the world
It's not even about the animals or our health, it's about saving the planet
I mean and we're in the right place to talk about that. I think it's gonna change massively now in 2018
Yeah last two years. It's just exploded everywhere
Supermarkets have like so much. I'm so excited. Here in Iceland, like I see the word vegan everywhere. I'm like, oh my god. It is amazing
I'm so happy. I'm so happy
It's veganuary this month so. Veganuary, yes. Yeah yeah.
Yeah, a lot of people are taking part. Yeah, so so what would you say that is?
What would you say the thing is that's stopping you from being vegan?
I think it's a really personal thing and I don't want to share my personal information
I mean, about it because it doesn't really have.. I don't really look for excuses
And if I do it, I would rather do it properly rather than just say okay
I will and then not doing it completely you know, so
For now I'm I'm happy with the way things are but I'm really planning to
To take the right steps towards it. Yeah, I have I have some information here. Yeah, we have a card
Yeah, we have a card here, and it has all the information about how to go vegan
And yeah the documentaries and whatnot you can check and inform yourself. Yeah, that's great. On how to be a healthy vegan, you know
Completely, I'm all for it and I said I have a huge respect for people who have done it as well
But I don't like when I'm not being respected back, and I don't like when when okay you are trying to find excuses
And you're not doing it
I don't like these kind of comments because because you don't know my situation nobody knows what the other person's shoes are
You know, so that's the thing. So here we have
If you want to have a challenge to go vegan, there's challenge 22.com. Okay.
And it's basically just people will help you out for free. I've seen a lot of it a lot of these
documentaries by the way, yeah, if you do the challenge you do a vegan diet for 22 days and people will help you out for free
Yeah. Earthlings is here as well. That was it, for me. Me too. *High five*. Five years ago, changed my life.
I also have seen a lot of
Most of these actually and of course we were well aware and you're doing a good job if you are making
Raising more awareness about it. Yeah. Thanks a lot, man
Now you mentioned earlier about like you want people to respect your like your choice
No, not my choice
But my space and what would at the time that I would like to take with it as well and the and it's I think
It's a bit disrespectful
saying that are you just trying to find excuses because
Just like just like I mentioned that a lot of vegans are pushing I
Know some of the vegans are pushy, so you have to say that you can also say that a lot of people make excuses
It's true
But like you know when people talk about being vegan
There's you know like I understand maybe five years ago was hard to find food. You know not anymore
I mean for example here there was no there was just sandwiches and there was no vegan sandwiches. Yeah
Yeah, but but but people talk like very often talk about how it's more expensive to be thinking that that's an excuse that's absolutely not true.
You know you have a choice, and and I think people will take their time and you know my might be sooner or later
but I think people eventually will understand the benefits not just for their health and
For the animals before the for the planet
And I think is you know one of the reasons probably doing this here is because we're in a place that you know is reminding us
of the problem of climate change and how that can be devastating
For the world really. And and animal factories is the number one cause and people don't talk about it
Only now people start to talk about it
It's like we know if you want to have the world left to lead for your our children our grandchildren
We better start taking precautions and going vegan it would be the number one thing to do you know yeah
I think most people are good people like well
It's not our fault that we were born into a society that thinks it's normal to eat other animals
Well even when we don't have to
So I think people are just waking up to it, and and most people are good people like I say and this gonna take
Yeah, I think a good person. Thank you
Thank you. We don't really know each other each other you know, but I think it's just..He is a great person!
Yeah, but, it's it's I think it's human nature a to
To to be blinded by certain things or to just go with the flow etc
And it takes time to wake up and some people take more than the others
I still don't see myself as a slowest thinking person in this aspect because I because I really look
I'm aware of what's going on in the industry. I'm aware of how the animals suffer
The money that pharmaceutical companies make also on the whole meat producing industry and the money that the government makes as well
But so this is why it's it's such as it's a system. That is
Constructed this way and where we were raised like that, and it doesn't you know the change doesn't happen overnight
And I think if people that really believe in it, but but haven't done it yet haven't gone vegan yet, I think
They they cannot be treated as you know okay, you should do it, and now you know
Basically what we need to do is educate people right.
Educate people on the facts and how they personally feel about animal cruelty, right.
Most people would say they're against animal cruelty
Absolutely, and I think it's also a personal thing to explore and to to as you see I've seen pretty much all these documentaries that
You've got that you've given because because I have an interest in it
And I really want you know some some at some point to do it
but in but there are also a lot of people that don't even realize it and it's
important
The message that is being sent in general because you see the media is not really covering a lot this
Because the government's the they are quite against people going vegan as well
It's not the popular opinion
No, it's not, but so that's why it's good that you are making documentaries and and good luck with it
Thanks alot. Alright guys, thanks alot for the interview! You guys have been great.
You're very welcome. Thank you very much, well done aye
Yeah, thanks
If there somewhere we can watch it afterwards let us know yeah. It's on YouTube called the Vegan Iceland
Vegan Iceland? Ok.
A youtube channel. We've already done a few interviews outside and stuff yeah
Is there many vegans here in Iceland now, is it growing? How many?
Okay, I already have it. On Facebook the Facebook group is over 20,000 people now. Okay, it's great
Yeah, Vegan Ísland is the facebook group
It's this one right? yeah this one
You're going to come on there, for sure, this has been a good one
but I was also talking about because you know that people tend to be pushy on this subject, vegans...It's a passionate subject, yeah.
It's almost like you see the light, and you're like, "You have to see the same light, wake up!"
Yeah You're seeing animals being tortured, mutilated and killed
And it's happening in the billions, every week there's 1 billion at least killed
It's crazy. And we just close our eyes.
It's one thing that I have to mention that you have also been eating meat at some point. Yeah, yeah
I think it's it took you your certain path, and your certain way to find a way
And so you have to give space and respect to people that take time
That's that's why because I the first thing that I said and
immediately
And I would repeat is that I have a huge respect for people that has gone vegan because it's not an easy thing to do
So that's why I have a huge respect, and I hope to be respected back even though I'm not here yet. You know I
Think it's pretty easy to go vegan now. I think the hard part is the social aspect of it
Talking to your family and stuff about it and your friends.
Christmas, I've been begging for five years. Can we have a vegan Christmas? They're like "no". I'm like come on. I'll cook. It's just
Yeah, they're like not having it, but but then well
You know essentially I believe like I can tell I can tell I can see the difference is is massive so exciting times. Anyway anyway
Any vegan restaurants?? Any good vegan restaurants to have here? Yeah, do you have happycow? (app)
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