(11-19-2011, 01:08 PM)Bring4th_Aaron Wrote: But wouldn't the end of cruelty and the bringing up to equality of those oppressed require a change in our current society? I think it's possible for those two things to happen through numerous ways...
Yes. But the point I was responding to was whether we are being 'controlling' and 'trying to impose our views on others' (yellow ray) as the motivation.
Our motivation is to champion the oppressed and end the suffering. That makes it green-ray.
As a side effect of that, if society is changed, then so be it. The end result might be the same, but the motivation is different. Changing society isn't our direct motivation. Compassion is the motivation...green ray.
(11-19-2011, 04:58 AM)Pickle Wrote: This is wild. My friend (distant relation) told me tonight that she cannot have her dads ashes because the prions survive. Crazy. CDC is wanting more samples also now.
That's creepy! What kind of abnormal, Frankenstein-like matter is the factory farming industry creating? Hark back to days of Atlantis...
The argument about plants being as aware of animals is moot. Each time a person eats meat from a factory farm, they are contributing to the rape of the rainforests. All those majestic trees, cut down to make room for more cows. All those rich and diverse species going extinct. All those plants and animals killed or displaced...to make room for more cows to feed the never-satisfied craving for meat.
Quote:"What we are seeing today is a total disaster," said Ahmed Djoghlaf, the secretary-general of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. "No country has met its targets to protect nature. We are losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. If current levels [of destruction] go on we will reach a tipping point very soon. The future of the planet now depends on governments taking action in the next few years."
Industrialisation, population growth, the spread of cities and farms and climate change are all now threatening the fundamentals of life itself...
...According to the UN Environment Programme, the Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction of life. Scientists estimate that 150-200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every 24 hours. This is nearly 1,000 times the "natural" or "background" rate and, say many biologists, is greater than anything the world has experienced since the vanishing of the dinosaurs nearly 65m years ago. Around 15% of mammal species and 11% of bird species are classified as threatened with extinction.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/20...c-security