Who Cecil was — who you ARE … (07/30/15)
Killing Cecil wasn’t wrong becasue he was a lion, and it wasn’t wrong because he was a member of an endangered species, and it wasn’t wrong becasue he suffered for 40 hours before being “put out of his misery”, and it wasn’t wrong because someone beheaded him after after he was finally shot, and it wasn’t wrong becasue no one ate his flesh after his head & skin were taken back to the United States to be mounted on someone’s wall … No, killing Cecil was wrong because Cecil was a sentient being who valued his life — who loved life & who feared death & who celebrated the company of loved ones & who suffered in pain when harmed — JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER SENTIENT ANIMAL on this Earth.
My Friends, there is no moral difference between killing Cecil and paying someone to imprison, maim, mutilate and murder the cows, pigs & chickens whose body parts make it to your plate everyday — none whatsoever. Indeed, the case can even be made that Walter Palmer did the far less evil deed, for at least he had the gumption to kill his victim himself, and at least he had the wherewithal to plead for forgiveness thereafter.
As such, I humbly implore you to please wake up to who You TRULY Are … Please start harmonizing your morals with your choices … Please Go Vegan … Thank you.
“Veganism is the natural flowering of consciousness freed from the continuous programming of the inherent violence in our culture. The word vegan is precious, inspiring, and demanding, because it questions the core mentality of our culture and it is the key to our culture’s transformation and to its very survival. So please, let’s love, defend, respect, understand, and propagate this word and what it stands for as if all our lives depended upon it; they very well may.” ~ Will Tuttle
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