08-03-2011, 12:31 AM
(08-02-2011, 11:14 PM)Diana Wrote:(07-26-2011, 09:14 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Ethically speaking, the abhorrent and abusive conditions to which humans subject animals raised for food is a reflection of the abhorrent and abusive conditions to which we subject ourselves. In a world rampant with such atrocious acts as ritual abuse, infant sex trafficking, genocide, hate crimes, terrorism, and financial enslavement, it is somewhat curious to me that one would choose to take up animal rights as their raison d'être. But it is simply a curiosity, and nothing more. To each their own.My thinking: All life is valuable. All life is sacred. Everything is equal in that no life is more valuable than another. In my mind, humans have a collective consciousness and we bear a collective responsibility for the abhorrent conditions we have created. But the reason, I think, that some people choose animal rights is akin to choosing to protect children: innocence, and inability to do anything about the abuse.
Just a personal observation, and this is my opinion, and I don't look down on a whole group of people,
it's my opinion that most of the animal lovers I encounter do not love humans as much. They tend to sight the innocence of the animal, and I know one who is extremely outspoken about his disgust with humans (children too).
This is my opinion and I do not understand that mentality.