Meat is meat, right?
All photos from The Picky Glutton
If the sight of human animal meat shocks you, then so should the sight of non-human animal meat shock you. All animals are sentient, human and non-. Please consider that non-human animals feel pain, experience suffering and love, and want to live, just like human animals. The only difference is a human-constructed definition.
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cow: i am not a steak
my baby is not a veal.
we want to live
that is what is real.
aquatic life: i am of skin and scales
i am not a fillet.
so fishermen and fish eaters
go away.
birds:we are of wings, and feathers
we want to fly,
for your meals we do
not want to die.
so think how it would be if this were you,
and you found yourself a choice
on a spaceman’s menu!
Karen Lyons Kalmenson
Our Compass 
“Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.”—Robert Louis Stevenson
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Wonderful contribution as always, Mark, thank you. I wish people would learn to view others as they would themselves. In a meat-eating life, there is little empathy. And I frankly find cannibalism more palatable then eating non-human animals, at least that would not be hypocritical.
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it really is that simple Stacey-imagine a world in which everyone treated others how they themselves wish to be treated. all the false justifications ridiculous arguments and blatant lies quickly disappear when one is a victim of violence instead of being a perpetrator. as Gautama Buddha so beautifully stated:
“All beings tremble before violence. All love life. All fear death. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?”
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That is a brilliant one, I greatly wish people would understand it applies to more than just “humans”. Thanks.
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Thanks Stacey for PETA’S Vegan Shopping Guide. I placed a link on the widget bar on Chef’s Compass.
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Wonderful, thank YOU, Sharon, for all you do.
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cow: i am not a steak
my baby is not a veal.
we want to live
that is what is real.
aquatic life: i am of skin and scales
i am not a fillet.
so fishermen and fish eaters
go away.
birds:we are of wings, and feathers
we want to fly,
for your meals we do
not want to die.
so think how it would be if this were you,
and you found yourself a choice
on a spaceman’s menu!
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So perfect, thank you, love.
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you are so very welcome, and thank you.
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wonderful poem Karen-thanks so much for sharing. it is just so very sad that what is considered inalienable for humans has to be stated over and over when it comes to other species.
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and state it we will until we are heard! and thank you mark
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Powerful visuals girlfriend! I had trouble looking at them. Of course, I have trouble looking at all meat these days despite the fact that I used to eat cows and chickens. How did I have such a change of heart? And more importantly, how come more people don’t? Celeste 🙂
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I don’t know, hon, perhaps, and most likely, you have been a compassionate person your whole life and came to realize how that should extend to all animals, not just human animals. I have been a compassionate person all my life, I’ve loved all ever since I can earliest remember. I just didn’t apply it to food animals until I was older. 😦 I’m making up for it as best as I can. 🙂 Thank you for being you.
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You’re making up for it in a GRAND way with your awesome blog chica! Celeste 🙂
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Oh, and as for your other question, good question, I am still trying to figure that out. People have to KNOW that the animal is being killed for them, but social justice doesn’t extend to those types of beings. It’s ingrained into our social network that it is okay, permissable to kill animals for all facets of human existances. Even religion, which greatly disappoints me for the most part in a western culture, excuses killing animals. After all, how many hunting preachers are out there? A LOT. One needs to be awakened, so to speak. I consider activists as two sorts: emotional and logical. I’m emotional, and then there are those who are logical: it’s just pure logic to extend rights equally amongst all. Somehow that thought as to occur. That’s why I share videos so much. As hideous as they are, they can bring about a change by what they show as the truth (versus what people believe to be the truth).
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I’ve been thinking a lot about how my eyes were opened to how our society treats animals. The game-changer for me was watching the movie Vegucated. My husband and I both became ethical vegans after watching it. I keep thinking that if only everyone watched that movie, that lots more people would awaken to animal compassion. I recently had a thought about how I can get lots of people to watch the movie. I’ll be posting about it soon! I’m curious to see what you think of my crazy idea. Celeste 🙂
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speaking of Vegucated, it is free to watch here on Hulu: http://www.hulu.com/watch/478858?playlist_id=1040&asset_scope=movies
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Oh, thanks for that!!
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Awesome, looking forward to it, I will share! And thanks, Mark! I’ve never had that one on OC.
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Sometimes I think taht vegetarian are more disgusting then animals. It’s not about hiw we treat animails it’s about – eat vegetables! You ‘re human! and be like a human so kill other people, hurt them, destroy all things you met on the way! but more important is to eat vegetables.
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Reblogged this on Sherlockian's Blog and commented:
Well said.
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