The potent Paradox … (03/28/15)
“The very existence of labels like ‘free range’, ‘cage-free’ or ‘humane certified’ shows that our society has a growing concern for the welfare of animals raised for food. And yet any time consumers of meat, eggs or dairy products advocate for ‘humane’ treatment of farm animals, they inevitably confront an unavoidable paradox — and that paradox is this: the movement to treat farmed animals ‘humanely’ is based on the idea that it is wrong to subject them to unnecessary harm, and yet killing animals we have absolutely no need to eat constitutes the ultimate act of unnecessary harm.
Indeed, each & every one of us in the west has ready access to a plethora of plant-based foods, along with the free choice between sparing sentient life or taking it, and as such there is nothing even remotely humane about rejecting compassion by choosing violence & death for animals instead — all just because we happen to like the taste of their flesh & their secretions, and essentially just because they cannot fight back. ” ~ inspired by Ashley Capps
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