Thursday, November 27, 2008
♥ Happy Cruelty-Free Thanksgiving
Here we are, another year of Thanksgiving! Everyone's happy, gathered at the dining table, chatting about recent events and eating... Hmm. WHO are they eating? Was it Lea from across the road at Planet Farm Co. who just gave birth to twins Maggy and Sam? Or was it Peter from Pawtucket Harvest who just fell in love with Lois? 
"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men." - Alice Walker
Out of all the holidays I love most, it would have to be Thanksgiving. For the past 5 1/2 years I've spent Thanksgiving alone, enjoying a superb yet nutriotional meal probably watching TV in search of some good knowledge. What bothers me, is that I don't believe that people should gather at the tables to celebrate death, because that is infact what meat eaters are doing. It's a time to get together with your families or your special loved one to remember and continue to appreciate all your blessings, but for millions of others... it's a day they dread. Animals produced for murderous consumption are confined to small cages the size of 8 by 11inch paper. They are continously punched, thrown, beaten, mutilated to the extreme and even raped by factory workers!
"In an earlier stage of our development most human groups held to a tribal ethic. Members of the tribe were protected, but people of other tribes could be robbed or killed as one pleased. Gradually the circle of protection expanded, but as recently as 150 years ago we did not include blacks. So African human beings could be captured, shipped to America and sold. In Australia white settlers regarded Aborigines as a pest and hunted them down, much as kangaroos are hunted down today. Just as we have progressed beyond the blatantly racist ethic of the era of slavery and colonialism, so we must now progress beyond the speciesist ethic of the era of factory farming, of the use of animals as mere research tools, of whaling, seal hunting, kangaroo slaughter and the destruction of wilderness. We must take the final step in expanding the circle of ethics." ~Pete Singer
You need to stop thinking like a cavemen because people went through war and millions died so that we could ALL have a better future. The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?" -Jeremy Bentham
Don't be so hypocritical and think you have it bad, imagine what being an animal is like? Your mother is dead, your father was brutally murdered and your brothers and sisters are on their way to the dinner table...all without saying goodbye? "Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him?" -Pierre Troubetzkoy
I really hope that this blog touches someone's heart. I'm not a biased person but as a woman with gene-derived compassion and years of wisdom, I can't ignore this issue! "Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals." -George Orwell, Animal Farm
I don't know of my ancestry but know that being a minority, somewhere in there, my family has suffered segregation, racism & slavery. So it is in my heart to help those who do not have a voice... " Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage." -Sri Aurobindo
To find out what you can do to help animals, just leave me a comment (my message feature is disabled) or go to www.PETA.org :-D Thank you for reading!
Toodles,
D.Rose =]
"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men." - Alice WalkerOut of all the holidays I love most, it would have to be Thanksgiving. For the past 5 1/2 years I've spent Thanksgiving alone, enjoying a superb yet nutriotional meal probably watching TV in search of some good knowledge. What bothers me, is that I don't believe that people should gather at the tables to celebrate death, because that is infact what meat eaters are doing. It's a time to get together with your families or your special loved one to remember and continue to appreciate all your blessings, but for millions of others... it's a day they dread. Animals produced for murderous consumption are confined to small cages the size of 8 by 11inch paper. They are continously punched, thrown, beaten, mutilated to the extreme and even raped by factory workers!
"In an earlier stage of our development most human groups held to a tribal ethic. Members of the tribe were protected, but people of other tribes could be robbed or killed as one pleased. Gradually the circle of protection expanded, but as recently as 150 years ago we did not include blacks. So African human beings could be captured, shipped to America and sold. In Australia white settlers regarded Aborigines as a pest and hunted them down, much as kangaroos are hunted down today. Just as we have progressed beyond the blatantly racist ethic of the era of slavery and colonialism, so we must now progress beyond the speciesist ethic of the era of factory farming, of the use of animals as mere research tools, of whaling, seal hunting, kangaroo slaughter and the destruction of wilderness. We must take the final step in expanding the circle of ethics." ~Pete Singer
You need to stop thinking like a cavemen because people went through war and millions died so that we could ALL have a better future. The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?" -Jeremy Bentham
Don't be so hypocritical and think you have it bad, imagine what being an animal is like? Your mother is dead, your father was brutally murdered and your brothers and sisters are on their way to the dinner table...all without saying goodbye? "Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him?" -Pierre Troubetzkoy
I really hope that this blog touches someone's heart. I'm not a biased person but as a woman with gene-derived compassion and years of wisdom, I can't ignore this issue! "Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals." -George Orwell, Animal Farm
I don't know of my ancestry but know that being a minority, somewhere in there, my family has suffered segregation, racism & slavery. So it is in my heart to help those who do not have a voice... " Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage." -Sri Aurobindo
To find out what you can do to help animals, just leave me a comment (my message feature is disabled) or go to www.PETA.org :-D Thank you for reading!
Toodles,
D.Rose =]
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