#killing

Our favorite games were killing. Our favorite books were death. It had been beaten into us: God is love. Not the parched face and gnarled capes across a stick body; jittering in the nude sky, we couldn't see trying to touch us for the blood in our eyes. ↗

— Joseph Bathanti

#catholicism #death #god-is-love #jittering #killing

We should not be surprised that more and more people feel comfortable about consuming animal products. After all, they are being assured by the “experts” that suffering is being decreased and they can buy “happy” meat, “free-range” eggs, etc.. These products even come with labels approved of by animal organizations. The animal welfare movement is actually encouraging the “compassionate” consumption of animal products. Animal welfare reforms do very little to increase the protection given to animal interests because of the economics involved: animals are property. They are things that have no intrinsic or moral value. This means that welfare standards, whether for animals used as foods, in experiments, or for any other purpose, will be low and linked to the level of welfare needed to exploit the animal in an economically efficient way for the particular purpose. Put simply, we generally protect animal interests only to the extent we get an economic benefit from doing so. The concept of “unnecessary” suffering is understood as that level of suffering that will frustrate the particular use. And that can be a great deal of suffering. Killing Animals and Making Animals Suffer | Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach http://bit.ly/tuMHIV ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#animal-products #animal-use #animals #diet #francione

There is no greater evil than killing. I don't care whether they call it war or justice. Life is precious. ↗

— Brian Jacques

#killing #life #life

I am glad," he said, "that I do not dwell in your country among such savage peoples. Here, in Caspak, men fight with men when they meet - men of different races - but their weapons are first for the slaying of beasts in the chase and defense. We do not fashion weapons solely for the killing of man as do your peoples. Your country must indeed be a savage country, from which you are fortunate to have escaped to the peace and security of Caspak. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

#men #society #violence #weapons #men

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#been #before #each #had #him

In all, dozens upon dozens of groups and organizations have prioritized stopping the killing in Darfur before there is no one left to be killed. It is high time that we, the U.S. Congress, join our name to that list. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#congress #darfur #dozens #groups #high

There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse. ↗

— Golda Meir

#decisions #difference #even #even worse #exactly

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed. ↗

— Mary Tyler Moore

#being #choices #creature #food #given

We may not find the answers. We may not find Bigfoot. We may not find a chupacabra. We may not find out who was responsible for killing JFK, but we're going to keep looking, asking, probing. And one day - you know what? - we may get some of those answers. ↗

— George Noory

#asking #day #find #get #going

Cullen is up there killing my children. He's killing everyone. ↗

— Priscilla Davis

#everyone #killing #up