“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” – Calvin Coolidge The night of the slaughter is neither holy nor silent. In the United States, 22 million turkeys die at Christmas alone. Their deaths are not plenteous in mercy, peace, or goodwill. These animals writhe at the…
I am almost silenced by the on-going atrocities man commits against himself, animals, and earth. And again, appalled by how man successfully glorifies each and every act of violence. gen•o•cide – noun the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. National, racial, political, or cultural? It seems as though genocide is, by definition, restricted to the human race. If this is so, what is “the…
Sixteen hundred. One thousand six hundred, prisoners, slaves, dancers. Sixteen hundred every single year are captured and stuffed in jackets after being torn away from their mother’s forever listless corpse. From here, they are sold to various industries worldwide that harvest Sloth Bears for their bile, their “fresh” dance moves, and their spirit. Seven to ten thousand are left in the wild. Do the math. At this rate, if there…