And then I passed by another depressing casualty of callousness – a bastion of barbarity – a festering cultural wound that is so often found in places like this; places frequented by the vapidness of tourism and the vanity of mere tourists. There is nothing educational in imprisoning the innocent, my friends, just as there […]
We would all do well to remember that jokes making even indirect fun of the suffering of others are in no way funny or even mildly amusing; and that all they succeed in doing is expose those whose sense of empathy and justice and goodness and compassion has been duly drowned in spiritual sloth and […]
I walked onward that morning, enjoying y time alongside the river immensely, until I the path came to an end and I exited to see a local McDonald’s nearby. I was thirsty at the time, so entered the establishment to follow my rote script and exclaim why I was walking and ask for a drink […]
“Becoming aware of the intense suffering of billions of animals and of our own participation in that suffering can bring up painful emotions: sorrow and grief for the animals; anger at the injustice and deception of the system; despair at the enormity of the problem; fear that trusted authorities and institutions are, in fact, untrustworthy; […]
Things have gotten so “manly” these days. In response to the chaos and anger of the times, I see so many people acting out in ways that are so aggressive — ways that are understandable, yes, and yet also ways which have been proven time & time & time again not to work. All this […]
“To truly live is to war with trolls.” ~ Henrik Ibsen Yesterday, during a rather intense online chat about the myths meat-eaters use to justify treating animals as mere commodities vs. the merits of living as a vegan (i.e. seeing animals as equally worthy sentient beings), it finally happened: I was called — among other […]
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