Like any social/ethical/moral movement, every one of us
who is genuinely concerned with ending animal consumption must also BE
proactive in sharing the compassionate message of animal pain and
suffering with the public. The deliberate concealment of animal pain and
suffering is genuinely kept from public view because of the moral and
ethical implications it would impose on human society. This is exactly
the morally corrupt foundation we seek to overturn; since we have
learned to apply genuine knowledge and logic toward ending the existence
of suffering in every sentient being.
I do not accept pervasive indifference toward animal
pain and suffering any more. I do not buy into the phlegmatic theory of
human domination over nonhuman any more. This thought pattern is rooted
in the evils of speciesism, of which I am not a member of this ideology
any more. Like most who grew up in the American school system in the
�50's and �60's, I was taught to evolve rapidly into a numbed,
indifferent state of heart and mind toward the importance of life in
other species, so I, too, could exploit the hell out of them. I also
learned from outside the school system, of my superiority and power in a
dominant human world; to justify the torture and consumption of animals
at every level of behavior.
Through a series of self-orchestrated events, I grasped
the reality of this dark situation, as well as the magnitude of
destruction aimed at the animal kingdom. I have discovered within my own
psyche, I am totally opposed to the notion, and find it quite odious in
my quest to experience my life, and the lives of other sentient beings.
I admit I am actively against harm toward anyone or anything. I know and
feel the low current of pain it induces every day. It feels like I have
a bruised soul; every time I hang my head in silent remorse, and think
of the sad, old notion of the vulnerable animal suffering for all time.
Sometimes the pain is so intense I can barely contain my sorrow. I want
to get primal and let out that wicked scream; but know I must contain my
sanity, strength, and courage for the next animal victim.
When I am not actively thinking about this horribly
oppressive phenomenon, the pain level is there, but at a lower ebb. With
my emotional expertise in animal suffering, this must makes my nature
seem quite odd to the millions of uncaring and unconcerned people on our
planet who go about their selfish and pitiless business, as they were
taught.
I hope to see an increase in the population of people
who learn to use, and work with, their own intuitive moral codes and
instincts, rather than what they have been systematically taught, in
perpetuating animal pain and suffering, across the desolate plain of
humanity.
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