Confusion and more squares
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The older girls have a cheerleading exhibition that we are going to watch.
It’s being held in the city. So hubby and I decided to leave home early to
get...
Showing posts with label cruelty to animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cruelty to animals. Show all posts
What of compassion?
"You find out something important about a person when you see how they treat those who are weaker than them. But you find out most about a person when you see how they treat those who have absolutely no power; those who are helpless....the most obvious candidates for this status are animals." —from The Philosopher and the Wolf by Mark Rowlands
What does it say about our species that we subject helpless creatures to short miserable lives that end in brutal deaths so that we might enjoy the taste of milk, cheese, eggs, and meat? If we do this to them for so small a reward, then what might we do to one another for a much greater reward—if we thought we could get away with it?
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