A friend forwarded this amazing 2003 documentary: Earthlings. Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix and featuring original score by musician and activist Moby.
As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a vegetarian. I tried when I was around 8… but all members of my family are meat eaters, I had to wait. Almost 2 years ago I decided to go for it, and I couldn’t be happier with my decision. I keep having to answer this question over and over again: why? And it’s true, if I was to start explaining all my reasons to everyone, I would get the typical: “don’t, you’ll spoil my dinner”. Information is available, but most simply don’t want to know, and try to keep their conscience clean when they are dowing their juicy steak.
As the video states, there are 3 stages of truth: Ridicule, Violent Opposition and Acceptance. In order to get there, we first need to be willing to be exposed to the truth. Here is a big part of it:
No matter how many times I’ve heard and watched things of this sort, it never ceases to amaze and outrage me what our species does to others. The footage is uncensored and very hard to watch sometimes, if you are a meat eater, I suggest you don’t watch it after of before a meal… but I do think everyone should watch this, and make an informed decision about what they wear, eat and entertain theirselves with.
I particularly liked this quote, by Leo Tolstoy: “As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields”
You can also find the video and the download with subtitles HERE.
