It took a civil war to free the slaves. What will it take to free the animals? Do you think they will ever be freed?
I know I will fight for them every day of my life. It is my dream that they will be free.
2007-09-01 03:03:47 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
"When the slaves were freed they were able to go into society and make good lives for themselves, because they were actually humans. - Big kid"
You are a blatant racist and I have forwarded a copy of your answer to Yahoo!
2007-09-03 07:28:24 · update #1
This is an animal rights question...not about the vegetarian lifestyle.
2007-09-01 05:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by KathyS 7 · 10⤊ 4⤋
And then what?
When the slaves were freed they were able to go into society and make good lives for themselves, because they were actually humans whereas animals are not.
What do you imagine would happen if all the food animals were given their freedom?
They would wander around eating all the vegetation (and leaving nothing for you) and then die where they stood. They could not contribute to society, would be too big and expensive to be kept as pets. (I dont have room in my garden for a pet Bull).
If we didn't using animals for food and products, the ones you mean would have no purpose and be un-economical to keep and so would have to be killed anyway.
Huh? Pointing out that when the black slaves were freed they went into society and made lives for themselves is a racist remark? How exactly? I think I will report you in turn for being stupid
2007-09-03 03:31:53 · answer #2 · answered by Big kid 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Good question. How can people not see what's going on? Not so long ago people thought it was okay to use black people as they pleased, they thought they were objects. Now most people have realized how wrong that was. But the exact same thing is going on every day with non-human animals! Sometimes I wonder what will happen if one day people stop treating animals like objects... what will they move onto next? It seems like some people just have to consider themselves superior to other living being, maybe to give some kind of meaning to their lives.
I think sadly it will be years before animals are set free, probably even hundreads of years. Seems like things are changing, very slowly. More and more people are turning veggie or vegan. Protests again animal testing labs, that kind of thing helps, I'm sure. People have to know what's going on. People shouldn't be able to hide the truth like they do. If every meat-eater had spent a few hours in a slaughter house, if everyone had been in a lab and seen how animals are tortured so they can have new beauty products every year,... then maybe they would think twice before buy some things.
Good luck, keep up to good work, for the animals.
Go vegan!
2007-09-02 01:27:26 · answer #3 · answered by Vegan Kitty 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Total animal liberation is a far reaching goal, one I do not believe we will find in this lifetime. And even if circuses, factory farms, animal laboratories, fur factories, etc were to be closed down tomorrow, companion animals would still need guardians, as would most of the liberated animals.
It is good that you have such resolve to acheive liberation, but do not become jaded when things do not happen at a fast pace. Count each victory as step towards your goal.
And the only way we will see total animal liberation is through a series of various methods--activism, education, protests, boycotts, and other non-violent actions. I do not believe violence would win this fight--not with Ted Nugent running around.
2007-09-01 05:07:48 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan Nixon 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
OK, in what way are you "fighting" for them Ashley ?
Words don't count.
What exactly are you doing every day to free the animals ?
To free commercial animals it will take compassion, education, empathy, resolve and positive change.
Ranting and insulting people in internet forums could be the way to go though, i am willing to be corrected.
Some of us "do", some of us "dream"
2007-09-03 01:19:11 · answer #5 · answered by Michael H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with you and yes you can compare animals to people because as some smart a's point out, we are animals.
doesn't mean to say we have to be cruel to them tho. people can survive very well without eating animals.
If no more farm animals were bred so be it. end of story. testing on animals isn't conclusive either, remember thalidomide - that was tested on rats and we ain't rats. as was sadly proved.
good for you for having the courage to speak out. go for it.
By the way don't you find meat eaters are so much more aggressive than veggies??
think about it
2007-09-02 23:53:49 · answer #6 · answered by Summer Rain 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What will it take? Centuries of raising people's consciousness and awareness of what actually goes on. Whilst the majority of people feel it's only natural to eat meat and find the V people somewhat weird, we are sowing a seed in their mind. Some people will start thinking about it while some won't. We just need to stay strong and explain to people why we don't eat meat and hopefully that will encourage them to think about how animals are treated and slaughtered around the world. It might take thousands of years before all animals are freed.
2007-09-01 05:46:17 · answer #7 · answered by balgownie34 7 · 4⤊ 5⤋
You're analogy comparing slavery to animals is very weak. You cannot compare the misery and exploitation of humans to animals. I am not sure what you mean by "freed" but most animals are free. Now I agree that animals being used for exploitation is very wrong, but some animal species would not have survived without the assistance of zoos. I think you need to rethink your arguments before you just spew them out in this forum.
edit- Big Kid is right, you ar the one who has been reported he is not racist, he is telling the truth. Wake up you stupid troll!
BTW Frank is right you're not from London. It is rubbish not garbage! Your troll side is showing in all of your latst ?'s!
2007-09-01 03:58:09 · answer #8 · answered by traceilicious 4 · 6⤊ 5⤋
Depends what animals. Circus animals and tortured animals will probably be freed. Animals bred for us to be eaten in harsh conditions will also be helped. But animals bred in good conditions - supply of food and water and shelter and warmth - probably not. They've all got to die one day, its just making them comfortable until that day that matters!
2007-09-01 03:09:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
most animals are free, there are more people that are not free then animals, why don't you worry about them instead of the stupid animals. There are millions of people in China and many other countries that are not free maybe you could fly over and protest their governments and try to free them. It seems like that would be a slightly better use of your time.
2007-09-01 17:17:32 · answer #10 · answered by rome 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
If we stop eating animals, we will have to start culling them to keep the populations down. Entire species that are currently only bred for meat would be wiped out. Why else would people keep entire herds of cows if not for meat, milk or leather? Or should we just let them loose on the streets of London? They eat a lot more than Ravens, they take up a lot more space and they sure crap more than we could ever cope with if they were loose!
If we didn't eat or cull animals, we would have to start culling humans. To be honest, I'm not entirely against this idea either, and if I could be veggie and decide which humans to keep and which to get rid of, I'd certainly consider it!
But natural selection has created a system where predators control the populations of other creatures.
To free the cows and chickens, you would then need to free the lions and tigers to keep the human populations down. It's just not as simple as you think!!
(Please feel free to explain the solution to this little conundrum, as I can't see how it would be solved).
2007-09-01 14:08:32 · answer #11 · answered by Rebecca 2 · 2⤊ 7⤋