Wednesday, April 16, 2014

The Toxic Human

1025: 
By observing Vegan Principles we can make a start to overcoming our violent natures.  Veganism shows up what humans have done (and are still doing) to animals.  More so, it shows the utter waste of energy used in producing food from animals.

Once a plant-based food regime is up and running in our lives, it quickly becomes obvious just to what extent we’ve been poisoning ourselves and how toxic animal food really is.  Epidemiological studies show that ill health is closely linked to animal-based diets, showing the link between a high intake of animal protein and the high incidence of deadly disease. These studies are generally swept under the carpet. There’s a deafening SILENCE when it comes to the dangers of using animal foods, not to mention the silence of protest at inflicting mass cruelty on a defenceless animal population!!  Ignoring all this just corrodes our ethics.

We’re led to see ethics as a rather threadbare garment unlikely to keep us warm.  So we’ve substituted ethics for 'moral codes'.  This allows us to do whatever we want to animals, just so long as archbishops and imams and rabbis say it’s okay!  This is sad enough, but it puts us to sleep, diminishes our outrage and makes us compliant. We stop wanting to protect the innocent.
       
This is why Animal Rights is so urgent.  The protection of animals from humans is essential. Humans can’t be trusted with animals any more than paedophiles can be trusted around kids.  Do we continue to drive animals insane on a mass scale everyday because we fear ending up "Vegan" if we don’t?

Ed: CJ

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