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Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon which all beings depend for life. In my view, the animal rights movement is, at its core, a movement about ending violence to all sentient beings. It is a movement that seeks fundamental justice for all. It is an emerging peace movement that does not stop at the arbitrary line that separates humans from nonhumans. ↗


— Gary L. Francione


#abolitionist #ahimsa #animals #exploitation #inspirational

Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people. ↗


— Bryant McGill


#modern-life #violence #life

Chase asks her what time the appointment is booked for. Rachel says, "It's at 11:30 or midnight. He's supposed to call to confirm." She checks her cell. "But I want to be there early." she says. "Why?" "Just to be on the safe side." "There isn't one, Rachel. ↗


— Joe McGinniss Jr.


#life #prostitutes #prostitution #sex #violence

With tybo men there isn't much difference between fucking and killing. ↗


— Tom Spanbauer


#sex #violence #western-culture #love

War is not a means but an end. It makes violence respectable and makes sadists look like heroes. ↗


— Mary Horlock


#violence #war #respect

Hobbes's analysis of the causes of violence, borne out by modern data on crime and war, shows that violence is not a primitive, irrational urge, nor is it a "pathology" except in the metaphorical sense of a condition that everyone would like to eliminate. Instead, it is a near-inevitable outcome of the dynamics of self-interested, rational social organisms. ↗


— Steven Pinker


#nature

There are certain verses in the Quran which convey injunctions similar to the following: 'Kill them wherever you find them.' (2:191) Referring to such verses, there are some who attempt to give the impression that Islam is a religion of war and violence. This is total untrue. Such verses relate in a restricted sense, to those who have unilaterally attacked the Muslims. The above verse does not convey the general command of Islam. (pp. 42-43) ↗


— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan


#quran #violence #war #religion

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion. ↗


— Dalai Lama XIV


#violence

You can't talk about fucking in America, people say you're dirty. But if you talk about killing somebody, that's cool. ↗


— Richard Pryor


#free-speech #pornography #priorities #sex #violence

The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame. ↗


— Edgar Allan Poe


#intemperance #violence #violence






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