Freeing the Prisoners … (04/29/13)
CELEBRATING our LIBERATION
“Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand.” ~ Bodie Thoene
68 years ago today, the prisoners of Nazi Germany’s concentration camp in Dachau were liberated by U.S. forces. Though not the first camp to be emancipated, Dachau’s deliverance was possibly the most significant … It was the first such camp to be opened by Hitler after he rose to power in 1933, and it is no small coincidence that Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945 — the very next day following Dachau’s closing.
We can celebrate the fall of this haven of horror as a victory for goodness over evil, as the triumph of justice over persecution, as the ascendancy of freedom over enslavement, and as the conquest of compassion over torment.
Our Souls cry out in anger & despair any time our brothers & sisters are confined against their will in conditions of starvation, overcrowding, disease, denigration and torture and it is indeed a Good Thing whenever they are freed from such despicable suffering.
And yet I must pause and wonder how it is that my many meat-eating friends can express rage over the injustices perpetrated by the Nazi’s in WWII, and yet simultaneously look away with calm indifference from the equally disgusting injustices being perpetrated every day in their own country.
Frankly, I find this hypocrisy more than a bit disturbing. It seems to be a matter of an inconsistency most grave … Either calmly accept the evils done by humans against other humans (shrug your shoulders and look away from all the world’s tyrants, slave-traders, torturers & terrorists) and go on eating your factory-farm meat, OR you must raise your voice against BOTH.
And yet, once we decide to do so, how do we raise our voice effectively? How can we truly make a difference? What can we do to fight this repugnant evil that still writhes & festers in our own backyards?
Well, you can rest assured that the U.S. army is NOT going to come to the rescue this time … Indeed, these present-day animal-Dachau’s in Europe & the U.S. are well-hidden from your view, making their physical liberation almost impossible, and these bastions of injustice are also well-defended by your politicians, turning your voice of protest into a whisper and your “vote for change” into a feeble hand half-raised.
AND YET, WE CAN FREE THESE PRISONERS.
You see, these concentration camps are still open because YOU are paying for them. Every time you eat a hamburger from a fast food chain or grill some chicken in your back yard, YOU are telling the owners of these disgusting Dachau’s to keep on incarcerating — to keep on torturing — and to keep on killing.
The Nazi’s were wrong to maintain Dachau in any shape or form. And today’s modern-day meat-eaters are guilty of a brutality just as wicked & just as savage.
This news is hopefully quite disturbing … After all, we are all Good People at heart. We all know that torturing & murdering other sentient beings merely because they taste good when seasoned and fried is base and primitive and vile.
And on the other hand, this news can be quite liberating as well. You see, if YOU are responsible for factory farms remaining open, then YOU can close them.
And to do so, all you have to do is stop supporting their brutality …
All you have to do is stop supporting their senseless cruelty …
All you have to do is STOP EATING WHAT THEY ARE PRODUCING!
Concentration camps are WRONG in every sense of the word. Please help close the ones near you — and please do so today.
Thank you.
“You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it, or use it for great Good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place will be something that you have left behind… Let it be something Good.” ~ anonymous
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