In light of the last couple of posts, I think the following video is more than appropriate:
In light of the last couple of posts, I think the following video is more than appropriate:
the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated --- Gandhi
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Absolutely, Akasha.
Excellent speech given by a young David Icke (in a vibrant green tie)
Indeed, an equation that has a rippling effect in our multiverses
treat animals with respect, love and dignity
treat people with respect, love and dignity
treat this planet and all sentient life with respect, love and dignity...
the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated --- Gandhi
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Documenting Columbia's declining bull-fighting industry at the hands of an awakening youth:
An interesting and revealing quote within the article from a pro-bull-fighting member of Columbia's political elite states:.....one protester painted in red told me the story of going to her first bullfight with her uncle when she was 10. Now 17, she recalled the experience: “I thought it was horrible to see the suffering of the bull. It hurt me when the bull tried to get up and the matador kept taunting it. And the people applauded. It made a mark on me.” Of the uncle who brought her, she said, “He’s a very closed-minded person. He thinks that humans have no responsibility to animals. He doesn’t believe that the bulls feel pain.” She said her generation “will not torture for tradition.”
I'd actually agree with the statement. Although the bull in the ring's fate is sealed as soon as it enters, there is a very real possibility it will be able to enact some form of vengeance on its destroyer (see graphic but somewhat cathartic video below), a highly unlikely position for regular beef (and ex-dairy) cattle to be in as they enter the slaughterhouse…:….. The bull is a warrior and its nature ordered it to die in the fight and because of this you can assume that it would suffer more dying in a slaughterhouse than dying in the bullfighting ring…..
…..which begs the question, when will the outcry against bloodsports extend to the (rest of the) meat industry? If slaughterhouses seated 10 000 spectators, much sooner I suspect.
the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated --- Gandhi
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