A Message from Wilbur … (12/08/16)
What if I told you that my human owner raised me and my pig and chicken cousins himself? What if I told you that he raised us from the time when we were babies; that he cared for us and nurtured us and even gave us names and allowed us to become part of his family. Then, what if I told you that when we were the equivalent age of human children, he took us out back where no one can see, and he strung us up by our hind legs, and he took his knife and murdered us all in cold blood … My chicken Friends usually die pretty quickly when he does this, but us pigs — well, it takes a lot longer for us to die — but die we always do; all of us, chickens and pigs alike … We all scream for him to stop of course; we all beg for him to let us live, but he tunes us out and kills us anyway. I guess he’s gotten used to our wails and our moans and our quivering tears. I guess he’s used to ignoring our pleas for help … And the worst part of it all is that after he’s done murdering us he hacks up our still-twitching corpses and feeds the parts thereof to his friends & family!
How monstrous, right? … How unkind — how unethical — indeed, how downright cruel! Some would even say that such a person is a psychopath; someone who has lost all sense of decency & compassion — someone who is violent and dangerous; someone who should be locked up far away from his or her future victims.
But think about this: Every time you take out your wallet to buy your ‘”bacon” or your “nuggets” or your “hamburger”, YOU are paying someone just as cold-hearted to wield that same knife. Indeed, YOU are in essence wielding that knife yourself.
So who’s really the monster?
The thing is… NONE of you has to be the monster. NONE of this has to continue at all. Just because this is how you were raised to live does not mean it’s the right way to live. You don’t have to accept that which makes your stomachs turn or your Souls ache when you stop to think about what you’re actually taking part in.
There is a better way, my Friends, and that way is living vegan … Indeed, living vegan not only means that you & your loved ones live longer & healthier lives, living vegan means that nobody has to suffer and that nobody has to prematurely die for your superficial pleasures.
So please stop paying my farmer Friend to murder us … Please go vegan today … Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Wilbur
(~ inspired by Jeff Rosenberg)
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