Eenie, meenie, miney, mo -
What shade of grey does your compassion show?
Many say that life doesn't provide us with black and whites... Nor does morality. Many believe everything exists in a nebulous, shades-of-grey world.
Here's the story of an accident involving a cargo of cows. The double decker truck didn't clear an overpass and several "passengers" were injured. The cow-owner had to euthanize 7 of them.
Here's the quiz: Since animal ag claims they "care" for their "stock" - When was it exactly that the farmer "cared" most? Was it when he originally loaded the cows to go to slaughter? When he killed the "damaged" ones? Or when he loaded the rest to continue their journey to the knock box?
Of course this is a rhetorical question... Anyone with the gumption to do a smidgen of honest thinking would know that when it comes to taking lives... There is no gradient degree of compromise. This applies too if you're paying someone to do the killing for you! It's just plain black and white wrong!
If you're not doing it now - please consider living your life in a thoughtful way. There's absolutely no justifiable reason to not be vegan. None.
There's so many things wrong with this story that I hardly know what bit of junk to pick out first...
The differing views of Sunday hunting in Virginia is contaminated with superstitious rubbish that goes something like this:
A deer and rabbit hunter says that God wants wildlife to have a day of rest.
And the guy who hunts elk and pigs, thinks it's his "God given right" to hunt any time.
In the end it comes down to "sacred" property rights and "holy" money. The additional killing day is worth $300 million... And well, people own land and all the life in it.
I say the deer, the rabbits, pigs and anyone who possesses a body has a right to the life within it... All the time!
If Sunday is a day to pick up "The Good Book". May I recommend a few others?
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. ~Susan B. Anthony
See this adorable little "cowboy" pig? Isn't he a happy fellow! So pleased to be the trademark for Columbia Packing Inc. in Dallas that is, according to their website, "celebrating 90 years" of family pride and tradition. But wait! Is there trouble in paradise? Poor little Columbia Piggy's not too happy that all his blood is being dumped in the Trinity River. In fact, federal, state, and local authorities say this Texas meat-packing company is under criminal investigation for contaminating the water ways and threatening human health. Slitting pig's throats certainly threatens their health too! :(
The Texas Environmental Crimes Task Force has been looking into the plant for two months now. They were tipped off by someone who filmed the suspicious red stuff flowing in the creek/river - via aerial footage. Thank goodness there are no laws (as of yet) to discourage filming animal enterprises - Because if there were... This whistle blower might very well have faced fines for exposing "pork production". Maybe...
No help to the pigs - But this packing house was suspended twice for "humane" violations in the handling and slaughter of our happy cowboy pigs...
Still that doesn't seem to bother 3rd generation Joe Ondrusek one bit. He's too busy smooching with fellow animal killers:
Participating in "livestock" shows, judging meat at fairs. And best of all being in the USDA Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point program. Everything's so civilized and safe isn't it?
The reality is - Pigs don't want to be mascots for murder. They don't want their bodies to be harmed. They don't want to be confined, forced or man handled. They don't want their lives to be stolen. They don't want their precious blood to be "waste".
Please - Have no part in one drop of blood shed! It's the least we can do.
