A Life Journal For Our Great and Troubled Times
Good people sometimes do bad things. What makes them good, however, is that, after realizing they’re doing a bad thing, they care about it, and they stop doing it. Good is just acknowledging the truth about something, and acting in accordance. Better people make this an ingrained habit, value, and practice. People have worn...
In reply to the Christian hunter argument that the Bible says God gave us dominion over animals, yes, it does say that, but clearly the understanding of what the word dominion means is missing. Dominion means power over, it’s not permission to kill or abuse. A man has dominion over his wife and children,...
In arguments about animal rights, those who oppose the idea, ideas and aims of the movement, seem to forget or haven’t a clue about what animal rights is about. Animal rights is not about people. Its about animals and their welfare. It’s true that people need to make changes to accommodate animal rights but...
We’ve all seen the pictures. Carriage horses bolting or collapsing among the grime noise and dirt of NYC downtown streets. Many people, including celebrities, are shocked and concerned, and activists have been fighting for years to get these poor, overworked horses off the street. This has led to the creation of last year city...
Some people get so defensive in regard to animal rights because they feel they are being blamed. That’s really not the case. It’s not about blame. In our culture and world animal abuse is normal. What animal rights activists are doing is just opening people’s eyes, hearts and mind to the abuse so it...
I just watched the live stream of Rob Stewart’s funeral. Rob, the producer and star of the documentaries Sharkwater and Revolution, was a greatly respected and beloved member of the animal rights community. We were a community stunned by his death and to many, being able to live stream the funeral was a way...
We’ve all seen the images. Constant and graphic, littering our Facebook feed and daily lives. Pictures of smiling hunters or psychopaths, gleefully and proudly displaying the results of their sick indifference, feelings and desires. Animal suffering of horrific degrees and the callous, noncomprehending audiences and consumers. These images, posted online, seem to be...