I Will Not Stand By- POWERFUL Slam Poetry! [Non-Graphic Version] | Gary Yourofsky

• published: 20 Mar 2015
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This is the non-graphic version of Gary Yourofsky’s incredibly powerful slam poem. For those who want to share the poem but not the graphic imagery, I created this non-visual version. This poem was written by Gary Yourofsky in 1996 and is finally reaching the public in video form. Gary calls for us to face the reality of our actions both as a collective society and as individuals. We are the oppressors, the abusers, the murderers. We are the villains in this scenario. And we cannot and will not stand by. [Poem written out below] The Original Version: http://bit.ly/1Cy2w4X Tweet This: http://ctt.ec/2jmCt Subscribe to Gary: http://bit.ly/GaryOnYouTube Subscribe to Bite Size Vegan: http://goo.gl/NSm8yc Concepts covered: Animal Testing: http://bit.ly/AnimalTestingSeries Pet Animals: http://bit.ly/petplaylist Animals for Food: http://bit.ly/1F8gLxu http://bit.ly/1EY6oed Animals for Clothing: http://bit.ly/1Mocsls Animals for Entertainment: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIqdlomtuStYJe3oD-NpUxydS3_iOPJq Hunting: http://bit.ly/13BXdD1 Ethics and Morality: http://bit.ly/1zWFq6G Our Disconnect: http://bit.ly/1zFlMam Speaking Up for the Animals: http://bit.ly/1w1lLSS Gary’s Website: http://www.adaptt.org Gary’s Famous Speech: http://youtu.be/U5hGQDLprA8 Full Poem: The videos I've seen Heinous and malicious Images of carnage Evil and wicked Abattoirs of horror Slashed throats and severed bodies Dismembered heads and hooves Mass killings so ungodly The fur electrocutions Anal and genital Gassings and neck-breakings The scenes are unfathomable Baby seals being clubbed For their skins we shall beat them Foxes in steel traps A leg chewed off for freedom Is it elegant and glamorous A death sentence for their beauty Or repugnant and loathsome That's injustice and iniquity A cow ovariectomy Without anesthetic A pig being scorched Burn research is pathetic Toxicity tests in a rabbit's eyes A circus elephant is beaten In chains he cries A mouse convulsing from a lethal injection A live cat embalmed and used for dissection Our compassion, unfocused In a skewed direction Medical research need not vivisection A baboon dazed in a head injury lab Researchers remorseless Three of them laugh It's the humans, the humans Most horrifying of all Blinded by their actions Deafened to the calls The reprehensible acts Which I will never forget The sinful atrocities on God's pets It's not inconvenient To care is magnanimous To save a life is honorable To issue death is blasphemous I cannot and will not stand by without choice I'll decipher their cries and be their voice Bite Size Vegan is veganism [simplified]. subscribe for fun, friendly, and fast information on how and why to live vegan! Awesomeness: ★Subscribe: http://goo.gl/NSm8yc ★FREE eBook: http://bit.ly/Ebook4Free ★Support BSV & Get Rewards!- Join the Nugget Army On Patreon: http://bit.ly/TheNuggetArmy ★ Support BSV- Give One-Time Donation: http://www.bitesizevegan.com/one-time-donations ★Work With Me!: http://bit.ly/1vPNWQg ★Visit: http://www.bitesizevegan.com ★Shop: http://www.bitesizevegan.com/store Follow Me: ★Instagram: http://instagram.com/bitesizevegan/ ★Twitter: https://twitter.com/BiteSizeVegan ★Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BiteSizeVegan ★Tumblr: http://bitesizevegan.tumblr.com ★Google Plus: http://bit.ly/16BQDP7 ★The Vegan Nugget Playlist!: http://goo.gl/x6RzBX ★Blog Post for This Video: http://wp.me/p3VBHs-JV Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, parody, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/GIP3/