Today's blog from featured author/writer Opal Dockery:
OUR PAINFUL WORLD
Pain surrounds me. Everywhere I look, I
see things made form leather or people eating animals (meat). I feel
so bad to be involved in such suffering – constantly! I am involved
just by being a part of this painful animal – cruelty world. I hope
that someday this will change. I want to do more than hope. I want to
be a part of the change.
When I think about all the pain in the
world, it saddens me. I know people are hungry, children are abused
and sexually assaulted, and the list goes on. We are all aware of
these problems, and efforts are made to help alleviate the
sufferings. But everyone knows that not enough is being done.
One type of suffering we all overlook
is that which has to do with animals. They suffer constantly; but
nobody hears their cries. They are born to be butchered and eaten or
whatever else our so-called “humanity” decides to do with them.
People talk about animals' rights while
they are eating their steaks. Greenpeace activists forget that the
tuna, also, has feelings even though it cannot cry like the Dolphin.
If we see a slight resemblance such as
monkeys being experimented on or hear a cry similar to ours such as
the Dolphin, then we feel that these animals should not be killed or
tortured. But the other animals have feelings, too – even though
they cannot express it to us in order for us to understand.
But I understand and so do many others
like me. The killings and the murders must be stopped the pain and
suffering must cease. When you bite into your steak, think about the
pain suffered for this one bite. Oh, yes, was the animal male or
female? What is the number of different animal's flesh all jumbled
together that you are eating?
How can a person love their pets and
still be a meat eater?
We have enough food in our society,
such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains that we do not have to
resort to the ignorance of being a meat-eater.
We should lift our heads high and rise
above the ignorance of our ancestors. We should study health and
realize that meat is not a food and is bad for our bodies. Most
cholesterol problems would cease if we stopped eating meat. We must
search our hearts and souls and come face to face with the fact that
we are basically good, and gentle people. We are not slaughterers and
murderers. We must figure out a way to let the animals live!
THE ACCEPTABLE SIN
An Award Wining Documentary Short Film
Featuring Opal Dockery
Directed by Jack Truman
A Dixie Film
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