Get Familiar with the words and phrases used by members of barc
To better understand the goals of this discourse community, people need to know particular words and phrases associated with BARC, also known as the lexis’.
First off, BARC is the Body of Animal Rights Campaigners, which is UCF’s only animal rights organization.
Animal rights is the term used to show that all living beings, not only humans, deserve to be treated ethically for the benefit of humans and animals.
Advocacy means to promote a certain cause, and BARC advocates the ethical treatment of animals.
Vegetarianism is a term that is closely associated with BARC, which means to have a diet void of meat, fish, and other foods that require the killing of an animal.
A vegan diet is stricter than a vegetarian diet, which means to have a diet void of any animal product including dairy. Foods containing gelatin are avoided by vegans as well, because gelatin is made from the ligaments and tendons of animals.
Animal exploitation is a term that means the use of animals in a harmful or negative way for the benefit or pleasure of a human, which includes hunting and fishing.
Sentience is a word used to describe the ability to experience feeling such as pain or pleasure, and BARC describes all animals as having sentience and therefore they deserve to be treated ethically.
Speciesism is the discrimination of a living thing based on its species, or the belief that humans are superior to all animals and that they exist for human’s benefit.
Factory farming is a term used to describe the large scale production of livestock for food, which is usually associated with the unethical treatment of these animals.
The term leaflet is used by BARC to describe any piece of information that advocates animal rights in a peaceful and non-forceful way to help educate about the unethical treatment of animals.
First off, BARC is the Body of Animal Rights Campaigners, which is UCF’s only animal rights organization.
Animal rights is the term used to show that all living beings, not only humans, deserve to be treated ethically for the benefit of humans and animals.
Advocacy means to promote a certain cause, and BARC advocates the ethical treatment of animals.
Vegetarianism is a term that is closely associated with BARC, which means to have a diet void of meat, fish, and other foods that require the killing of an animal.
A vegan diet is stricter than a vegetarian diet, which means to have a diet void of any animal product including dairy. Foods containing gelatin are avoided by vegans as well, because gelatin is made from the ligaments and tendons of animals.
Animal exploitation is a term that means the use of animals in a harmful or negative way for the benefit or pleasure of a human, which includes hunting and fishing.
Sentience is a word used to describe the ability to experience feeling such as pain or pleasure, and BARC describes all animals as having sentience and therefore they deserve to be treated ethically.
Speciesism is the discrimination of a living thing based on its species, or the belief that humans are superior to all animals and that they exist for human’s benefit.
Factory farming is a term used to describe the large scale production of livestock for food, which is usually associated with the unethical treatment of these animals.
The term leaflet is used by BARC to describe any piece of information that advocates animal rights in a peaceful and non-forceful way to help educate about the unethical treatment of animals.