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Two tightly interwoven global catastrophes—entirely man-made (“anthropogenic” as the educated aseptic term has it) are now facing human civilization: meat addiction and global warming.
This VICE episode is eloquent in laying out the case for action on both fields, but, being the product of a huge corporate media conglomerate, it does not dig into the actual socioeconomic and political causes of the current dilemma. Basically we are in this pickle because capitalism still controls much of the governmental levers in the Western bloc, capitalism is on a collision course with nature, and the main capitalist nation in the world is also its biggest and most irresponsible superpower: the United States. Washington’s nefarious influence before and after WW2 has contaminated scores of nations across the globe. This sorry fact has in turn given rise to a set of illegitimate figureheads whose main task is to do the bidding of powerful, entrenched plutocratic interests that are now literally murdering the planet. In the process these forces are also subjecting living nature—our fellow creatures— to an incalculable degree of suffering.—PG
Watch this program closely, learn the essential facts, and mobilize!
VICE-Meathooked-Drought from patrice greanville on Vimeo.
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It is not possible to overlook the fact that in a judeo.christian society MEAT is Sacred. It was given to man along with his right to run ripshod over animals, for his use and benefit in any way he sees fit:
Genesis 9:1-3 “The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.'”
The addiction to meat is an addiction to cruel religions that sanctify violence to animals: judaism, christianianty and Islam. The vast majority of these religions – 3 billion strong claim entitlement to meat.
The addiction must be dealt with at its root… and the religions that sanctify it must be held accountable… and be repudiated if we are ever to end the the sanctity of slaughter.
In India where dominion is not mainstream, it is life that is sacred. The Jain tradition holds that All living beings are entitle to remain free from human inflicted violence. Animals are not a commodity, but independent beings whose lives have inherent value. The Jain community has lived cruelty free for thousands of years. This community avoids all animal flesh and prohibits the use of silk and leather, as both are products of violence. The Hindu tradition too has understood the meaning of AHIMSA – reverence for life. Though not as complete as the Jain community, the four hundred million or so Hindus who abstain from meat for religious reasons have embraced ahimsa.
So long as the semitic religions cherish slaughter and view ahimsa as taboo, they will remain mired in the bloodshed of so many billions of animals and of each other, just as these religions have done for thousands of years. It is impossible to break out of the cycle of violence when slaughter is sacred.