finding Justice … (09/09/14)
Today, people are protesting the injustice of governmental oppression in Turkey, people are protesting the injustice of religious theocracy in Egypt, and people are protesting the injustice of an ineffective jury in the United States.
In fact, if we listen closely enough, people everywhere are demanding justice for themselves and their families; and everywhere we look, people are outraged when rights are violated and where justice is not served.
And yet, where are the protests for the circus animals and the zoo residents who are being incarcerated for their entire lives in conditions that can only be described as miserable? They committed no crimes, and yet they have been imprisoned completely against their will.
And where are the protests for the beef cattle who are being brutally slaughtered every minute of every day, all to fill our bellies with their dead flesh? They too longed for a life of love & freedom.
And where are the protests for the dairy cows who are artifically impregnated, have their calves stolen from them immediately after birth, are forced to constantly produce milk past the point of pain until their udders no longer function, and are then hung up by their back hooves to have their throats slit? These gentle creatures never harmed anyone.
And where are the protests for the pigs who have their teeth cut and their tails slit without anesthesia – all to keep them from injuring each other after they go crazy in pens so small they cannot even turn around; all to enable them to grow as fast as possible before they are led screaming to the slaughterhouse floor? Distinctly more intelligent than dogs, these animals certainly did not ask for such a life – and they most certainly did not call for such a death.
And where are the protests for the chickens who are crammed into “cage free” rooms — never to see a blade of grass or a ray of sunshine, or for the male chicks who are sent immediately after hatching to be crushed alive? Is there really an excuse for such denigration and such despicability?
I get it that there are many other social concerns out there … I get it that many of you are understandably disturbed by the injustice of NSA wiretaps, the injustice of Monsanto-inspired governmental corruption and injustice given to the family of Trayvon Martin.
… AND YET …
How many of you are actively supporting the torture of innocent beings by eating eggs?
How many of you are actively assisting in murder by putting meat on your plates?
How many of you are actively encouraging slavery by drinking milk & cream?
According to statistics, almost all of you are still doing so.
Truly, then, today there is no justice …
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