| 266 chickens die in america every time the human heart beats. they are piled on each other in shit. they can't move. they never see sun or grass or expanse or any of the things we attribute to being. approximately 10 billion animals die to slaughterhouse industry yearly in the US. Unlike the US, Europe has implemented controls. There are no legal controls for this here.
In Maine, in about 2001? 2002? they literally changed the bestiality law to not include the animal/slaughterhouse industry. I guess they were worried about potential turnons of continual slicing open beaks and smothering little chickens? Male chickens are offed/smothered or incinerated right after birth in the egg industry.
there is no easy answer to this stuff. I am sorry to these little animals. I remember being on tour and there would be these little swallows at the starbucks hell I think I took pix and posted them here, and we would be imagining that it was the same little bird at each stop (or I did) and playful jokes about it I would say hi hello! and it made me happy. a being. a little being.
i just can't participate in this sector of the economy. I know that this is not to say that in so doing I haven't opened up my own practices to a billion other inconsistencies. Also, I do not want to be all judgmental of others like some fascist evil and I love my prosciutto as much as the next or more but shit - I'm doing what I can. For now, until I learn otherwise, I cannot eat meat or consume dairy or participate at any further level in that economy.
For whatever it is worth, a compassionate view of beings necessitates...all compassion for all beings. and while that categorical imperative will never be met - I'm quicker to be compassionate at all levels of human interaction. I tend to hate humans more than other animals. And, with a new vision in place, it's all about reducing suffering, compassion, and support of others. to the best of all my abilities.
As such, it makes sense to move towards Law. Which is what I intend. I believe I will be able to litigate for labor, civil rights, anti-death penalty...the world explodes with possibility. thus, fuck. another degree????? yes. but this is the last one. and with that, perhaps, I will be able to implement changes for others' well-being. |
