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Animals must not matter
Everyone says they want a peaceful world but few link peace
with food choices. Even amongst the most
educated, very few believe Animal Rights represents a start to the end of
violence in our world.
To vegans, however, it seems obvious that the only way to
bring about lasting peace is to admit food comforts are linked to human
violence. It’s a tough call for meat
eaters, who’ve accepted that “animals must not matter” in order to continue
eating them, despite knowing what happens to bring the live creatures to our
dinner tables. Their brutal treatment on
farms and abattoirs redounds on us all, weakening us so much that we can’t
commit to change. We have no hope of
rescuing our world.
You’d think we could change, if there were even a slim
chance to save our world, but we’re too far gone, too hooked on favourite
foods, not to mention the leather, wool and silks we are so used to wearing or
the many other products we use at the expense of animals’ lives. We think that, if we tried to change our
lifestyle, out of consideration of animals, we’d have to make too many personal
sacrifices. Perhaps we don’t think that
by setting an example we’d be able to generate enough non-violence to rescue
the planet. So we don’t bother to do
anything, and just carry on as before.
Humans could be the planet’s greatest asset, but to date
we’re its greatest curse. Our refusal to
change our lifestyle, in this one way, perpetuates violence and dooms us to inevitable
self-destruction. All the time we see
animals as property, all the time we keep slaughter houses open, we make a
mockery of Nature and debase our own lives. As long as we continue doing that we’ll find
no peace and remain impotent to repair the damage our violence has brought
about.
Unlike any other predator, whose food supplies are limited,
for us, for a long time, there’s been an abundance of choice. That, largely because we’ve ‘perfected’ our
husbandry techniques by imprisoning animals and captive-breeding them.
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