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It’s all very well, altruism. It makes me feel good to think
that I’m being altruistic but it’s no compensation for the injustice I might feel
inside. What about me and my own interests? Wouldn’t daily altruism be making a
rod for my own back? I can’t just ignore my burning anger or my sensitivity to
what I’ve seen with my own eyes.
Let’s say that I have the deepest
rage about it all, and that I’m in a perpetually shocked state at what some
humans are allowed to do to animals. How does it make me feel that they get
away with it? And, plus, they’ve got so much power on their side and I have
none – that’s impotence for you! So, back to my rage. I get angry about just one
thing, that the Vegan Animal Rights movement seems to have no traction in our
society. We don’t noticeably influence anything. All we can do is protest
publicly or act illegally. We can’t directly influence what is being done to
animals because what they do is quite legal and it’s socially acceptable. How does that make me feel? Well, not exactly
altruistic. It doesn’t immediately make me want to teach people the truth of
things, I just want it to stop. I just want to cry. But nothing is going to
stop because I want it to. In reality it’s a long road to travel, the gradual
eroding of one mind set and its replacement with another. Humans have freewill
and a legal system to support animal slavery. Humans also have a strong liking
for all the products of the Animal Industries. To break that down we need
maximum patience, commitment and imagination, and a minimum of
sympathy-inducing tears.
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