Thursday, September 19, 2013

Speciesism: Coming Home to Roost

Only in a delusional, superficial, and speciesist society could spawn this September 16, 2013 New York Times article title: “In Pursuit of Tastier Chickens, a Strict Diet of Four-Star Scraps.”

Corporate Media Lessons: The value of a sentient being is based upon how humans judge its taste when cooked. Diets are an acceptable—even admirable—way of eating. “Strict” diets, of course, are best. The value of food is based upon how much elites are willing to spend on it.

Times reporter (sic) Jeff Gordinier wastes no time in getting to the reinforcement of conditioning. His opening sentence: “They may be the most pampered chickens on the planet.”

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Monday, September 16, 2013

What If the Emperor Had No Soldiers? (Re-think: “Support the Troops”)

I’ve been to a handful of recent antiwar demos that were inspired by the evolving situation, re: Syria. I’ve heard accurate condemnations of Obama, Bush, Assad, and so on. One thing I haven’t heard: any mention that U.S. saber-rattling is made possible by those who enlist to be paid to wage illegal and immoral wars, interventions, invasions, and occupations.

Reality Check: There is no American Empire without the cannon fodder we call “our troops.” They push the buttons, pilot the planes, staff the ships, write the codes, guard the prisons, launch the drones, design the missiles, and so on and so on.

We rightfully aim our rage and invective at the masters of war, but seem to shrink at the prospect of calling out the volunteer warriors. 

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Great Feelings of Love (for all earthlings)

Angela Davis has declared that being vegan is “…part of a revolutionary perspective—how we not only discover more compassionate relations w/human beings but how we develop compassionate relations with other creatures with whom we share this planet.”

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