Escaping the ‘pit’

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Our world is full of murdered animals. And so it seems obvious, from the ease with which we kill them and eat them, why there's so much violence and selfishness associated with our species. It’s rather like a ‘pit’ we’re kept in, where escape means leaving behind the very people and lifestyle that makes our life liveable. But as conscientious consumers, we must leave the animal-killers behind. If we must get out of the pit, we have to convince others to do the same. It's not quite like oppressed people fighting for their own freedom by undermining the oppressor. In this case, we are not fighting for ourselves or only for the welfare of our fellow humans but for the liberation of those who can't free themselves - the 'voiceless'.

Animals can do nothing for themselves to counter human behaviour. They are helpless against  the domination of humans who enslave them. So, some of us must act on their behalf, to defend them from attack, even when attacking them is legal and usual and accepted by nearly all people. The defencelessness of innocents is a classic cause. Even though it means that all 'freedom fighters' must be at least vegan, we know there are many who are outraged by the violence and self-serving nature of animal-abuse and animal-killing. Which is why, against all odds, vegans are keen to encourage others to join the cause.

         

Today, this is beginning to happen as more and more of us are calling on others to join us in boycotting every branch of the Animal Industry. If consumers act together we can dismantle animal imprisonment and the whole industry reliant on it. We presently have in custody billions of animals, locked in concrete and steel tombs, awaiting execution. For them and for all of us, that’s a pit worth escaping from.