a slip in our brain function

We started to take advantage when we took to horses and chased the animals with guns. Now we’ve made it even easier for ourselves by herding them, capturing and breeding them in captivity in order to kill them and eat them. It’s brutal but it’s all done with minimum inconvenience to ourselves. It is a long way from the original fair fight or equal chase! In the age of factory farming, we’ve done a global warming job on our ethics. Even though it may merely be a slip in the brain function of the human, it is nevertheless a crucial one. We see our own vain image reflected back to us in various ways. We see it reflected in the panic we feel over the current ‘climate-change’ threat. In terms of our treatment of captive animals there should be a similar panic and a consequent massive reduction in our cruelty emissions. For that to happen the liberation of animals must be the first step, where we can start the practical implementation of rescuing animals from the dangerous clutches of the ‘users’. Some humans are convinced we should stick with convention and a traditional Western diet and lifestyle. Others say no, because we can no longer rely on society’s codes of morality to keep us ethical.
From the point of view of vested interests, morality has served a useful purpose. It has mobilised consumers into spending their money on goods - such as animal products. The animal industries have put their products out there, everywhere. The consumer uses them without a second thought.
On this train of plenty, people ride in complete confidence with the promise of better times ahead. As consumers, we’re not usually educated about food. We are lulled into a false sense of security by people who do what most of us would never do (for a job). They misinform, they spin and they sell. They make sure we are never morally challenged by using animal products. But by using them we each buy a ticket to ride. And so we all (nearly all) ride the same train as everybody else and know it will carry us all the way to our destination. The train driver seems to know where the train is going and for that reason alone it wouldn’t occur to most of us to get off and walk the tracks instead. If we keep our seat on this train, we believe we’ll be shown the way through, even though we don’t fully understand it. By accepting its authority, we agree with its version of right and wrong. Most people accept the given morality of their society, of their parents, of the majority with whom they identify. People follow morality as spoken by priests, politicians and teachers, even though it has been weakened by double standards. The driver of this train has well and truly lost his way.