as i melt in the sweltering heatwave
we're experiencing here in melbourne, i watch petey and shadow
constantly on the move inside to outside, outside to inside, finding
refuge in all sorts of places, continually visiting their water bowl
as i continue to top it up - and my thoughts shift to other nonhumans, and i start to weep for all those
enslaved in tin sheds with no opportunity to move away from the crush
of bodies in the oppressive heat, with only stagnant (if any) water
to slake their desperate thirst... i weep for those in paddocks with
no shelter, with no water and no way of getting to the dam on the
other side of the fence... i weep for those chained in backyards, and those confined to cages... i weep for those incarcerated in
feed lots forced to defecate where they stand, lie and sleep, with nowhere to move
to escape the feces filled pens.. i weep at the brutality that humans
continue to perpetrate against our nonhuman kin... i weep at the
compassion that seems to be so lacking in so many... i weep for all
the victims of human abuse, and i weep for the victims of human apathy...
"If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth - beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals - would you concede them the rights over you that you assume over other animals?" ... George Bernard Shaw, playwright, Nobel prize in literature 1925
so, while i continue to melt and weep, i thought i'd share this video that popped up on my google+ stream
the other day... simone reyes is vegan, an activist and a
wonderfully passionate orator... although i don't agree with her view on peta or
their 'naked activists on the corner' misogynistic campaigns - the only point we disagree on
(because you can't subjugate one to free the other, and that's what
peta's campaigns do - you can read more on that point in ruby hamad's article 'the problem with peta') please take the time to watch this
inspiring young womon...
and here's some dark vegan humour to end this post... on those rare occasions i go to a restaurant with necrovores i want a waiter just like this one...
4 comments:
I grieve for the animals fenced in and unable to run free from the bush fires, too. On the other hand, it's great to hear all the work that's being done to keep stock safe (special assembly areas for animals, etc).
In terms of the videos, I'll admit I didn't watch the first one, but the second one, about the vegan waiter, punched home its message. Humor is a wonderful tool for change.
Keep blogging. People like me are reading and learning.
yes parlance, those in bushfire areas are on my mind too, both farm raised and wild... although i look forward to the day none are considered 'stock', but regarded as someone, not something... sadly keeping 'stock' safe is not for their precious lives, but for human 'benefit' - ironically so most can then be transported to slaughterhouses to be brutally murdered for human consumption...
i hope you watch simone reyes at some stage - she brings passion, articulation and humour to her talk - she speaks facts and figures, common sense and logic - she is articulate and a pleasure to listen too - i could have listened to her for hours - 46 minutes just 'flew by'...
how coincidental your comment "Humour is a wonderful tool for change"... i have just read a blog post this morning entitled "Serving Up Truth with a Side of Humor" at this vegan life - http://www.thisveganlife.org/serving-up-truth-with-a-side-of-humor/
In the U.S. as the climate gets hotter I read more and more stories of "livestock" dying in the scorching heat. The west is in an unprecedented drought... I can't imagine the suffering and waste of life that is expected during this coming summer. Surely we will cook the planet for the lust of a burger. :(
Like the videos! Stay as cool as you can.
we have many drought affected regions here too bea - even one queensland town is looking at evacuating 3000 with no rainfall for the past 2 years and dwindling water supplies for the inhabitants...
if only people would understand that the 'animal agriculture' industry is not only built on slavery and brutality, it's also an environmental disaster that's destroying the planet...
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