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I know how inconsistent I can
be when I disregard the ‘homeless man’ on the streets at night - I see him and
ask myself why should I care about him? I don’t want to take on another
‘responsibility’, so I pretend not to notice him. And by doing that, I pretend NOT
to notice what I know I have noticed.
It’s the same with the way
most people choose NOT to see the animals behind the food they’re eating. They
know that chickens and pigs are just like dogs and cats, yet they treat one as
unlovable and the other as loveable. The homeless man is just as deserving of
love as my closest friend, more so, and yet I ignore him completely. Afraid of
catching his eye. He’s not our concern, as animals are not our concern. We
don’t regard all sensitive and sentient creatures as of equal importance.
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