NOTE: The following is NOT - I repeat NOT - directed at any particular person. It is directed at anyone who feels offended because they think I was accusing them of being a rapist/murderer. I usually avoid using the word 'you' but I am using it intentionally in this case, since it is both plural and generic. You know who you are.
For the record:
1. As per the guidelines, I do NOT consent to being the subject of discussion.
2. I'm sure that anyone intelligent enough to understand the words of Ra can surely understand the difference between doing something and having something done to them.
Until recently, I walked on eggshells, avoiding the dreaded 'rape' word even in analogies, for precisely this reason: People get their panties in a bundle if vegans ever dare to suggest that eating meat is the equivalent to raping or killing a human.
But the fact is that, in regards to what is actually happening, what is being done to the victim, the ONLY difference is who the victim is.
The fact is that in order to get that meat on your plate, a sentient being was literally raped, tortured, and murdered, in exactly the same way that humans are. There is simply No way around this inconvenient, inescapable FACT.
Now, obviously, the meat-eater's intention is different. S/he isn't thinking about raping, torturing and killing, and in fact when videos of the reality behind the meat on his/her plate is shown to him/her, s/he will surely feel disgusted and 99% of the time will get angry at the messenger for exposing the reality. In short, meat-eaters typically don't want to SEE the REALITY of how meat is produced.
Why?
Because seeing it forces them to face what they are supporting, and they don't want to do that. It's much easier to stay in denial.
So, clearly meat-eaters aren't thinking about raping, torturing and killing, like a serial rapist/murderer probably is. Their motivations for eating meat are different from the motivation of the sociopath who rapes and murders humans to satisfy his bloodlust.
That should be obvious.
However, and here is the point the meat-eaters continually miss - what is being done to the victims is exactly the same.
EXACTLY the same.
The ONLY difference is the species.
Cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and even fish ALL have pain receptors, ALL display thought and conscious awareness, ALL struggle to escape, ALL clearly want to live! ALL feel pain and fear. ALL bleed just the same as humans.
Cows are routinely raped. Not figuratively but literally.
Farm animals are routinely tortured. Literally. For every single day of their lives.
So when I say that farm animals are raped, tortured and killed against their will, I'm NOT using morbid language to control you or make you feel guilty or any of that nonsense. I am stating simple FACTS.
It is FACT that the animal you ate for dinner today was killed against his/her will, and it is FACT that s/he was, most likely, tortured as well. It is also FACT that the milk you drank in your cereal this morning and the cheese on the pizza you ate for lunch all came from cows that were literally - literally! - raped.
For the record, I have NEVER said "YOU ARE A RAPIST."
What I said was this: "When you eat meat or dairy, you are supporting the rape/torture/slaughter of sentient beings."
Do you see the difference?
C'mon, I'm sure anyone intelligent enough to understand the Law of One can understand the difference in these 2 statements, surely?
Now, if you want to extrapolate from my statement that eating meat from raped/tortured/murdered animals makes you a rapist/torturer/murderer, that is up to you. That would be both true and untrue, depending on the connotation.
It is NOT true in the sense that you, the meat-eater, had the same motivations as the sociopath rapist/murderer. This should be obvious!!!
It IS, however, true in the sense that paying someone else to do the dirty work for you, is still contributing to the dirty deed. Just as the person who pays the assassin is just as guilty as the man who pulls the trigger.
Whether you think you have a good justification for it or not, is debatable.
Why do people pay assassins to kill someone? Various reasons: Money, revenge, power, etc. Most normal, 'decent' (whatever that means in these days of Law of One political correctness) think that assassins and those who pay assassins are the scum of the Earth.
Now, in contrast: Why do people pay for meat at the grocery store, essentially paying for our younger other-selves to be raped, tortured and killed? For money or revenge? No. Simply because they like the taste.
No need. No dire circumstances. No strong emotional charge to kill someone who harmed them, as in the case of human murder.
Simple desire for a taste. Not even needed, being that there are literally thousands of other tastes - other foods - that could satisfy one's hunger just as well, and even be healthier anyway.
It is completely self-serving.
Now does this mean it's - gasp! - STS???
Horrors!
For most people on the planet, who are doing these things unconsciously, No, of course not.
But we live in the age of the internet. It is becoming increasingly difficult for people to remain ignorant about what really goes on in the meat/dairy industry.
And, you people on this forum aren't even 'most people.' You aren't average. You (presumably) have read and studied the Law of One, and many of you claim to be Wanderers - Lightworkers - come here to raise the vibration of the planet. Some even claim to be 6D Wanderers!
For people who are aware of the suffering that their meat habits are supporting, and choose to continue anyway, it is callous disregard.
Now, if you want to think that I am judging you for thinking that true Wanderers would have more compassion than that, then go right ahead and think whatever you wish. I really don't care.
I've said everything there is to say on this subject. If anyone would like some tips on how to go vegetarian or vegan, there are a couple of threads devoted to that topic.
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For the record:
1. As per the guidelines, I do NOT consent to being the subject of discussion.
2. I'm sure that anyone intelligent enough to understand the words of Ra can surely understand the difference between doing something and having something done to them.
Until recently, I walked on eggshells, avoiding the dreaded 'rape' word even in analogies, for precisely this reason: People get their panties in a bundle if vegans ever dare to suggest that eating meat is the equivalent to raping or killing a human.
But the fact is that, in regards to what is actually happening, what is being done to the victim, the ONLY difference is who the victim is.
The fact is that in order to get that meat on your plate, a sentient being was literally raped, tortured, and murdered, in exactly the same way that humans are. There is simply No way around this inconvenient, inescapable FACT.
Now, obviously, the meat-eater's intention is different. S/he isn't thinking about raping, torturing and killing, and in fact when videos of the reality behind the meat on his/her plate is shown to him/her, s/he will surely feel disgusted and 99% of the time will get angry at the messenger for exposing the reality. In short, meat-eaters typically don't want to SEE the REALITY of how meat is produced.
Why?
Because seeing it forces them to face what they are supporting, and they don't want to do that. It's much easier to stay in denial.
So, clearly meat-eaters aren't thinking about raping, torturing and killing, like a serial rapist/murderer probably is. Their motivations for eating meat are different from the motivation of the sociopath who rapes and murders humans to satisfy his bloodlust.
That should be obvious.
However, and here is the point the meat-eaters continually miss - what is being done to the victims is exactly the same.
EXACTLY the same.
The ONLY difference is the species.
Cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and even fish ALL have pain receptors, ALL display thought and conscious awareness, ALL struggle to escape, ALL clearly want to live! ALL feel pain and fear. ALL bleed just the same as humans.
Cows are routinely raped. Not figuratively but literally.
Farm animals are routinely tortured. Literally. For every single day of their lives.
So when I say that farm animals are raped, tortured and killed against their will, I'm NOT using morbid language to control you or make you feel guilty or any of that nonsense. I am stating simple FACTS.
It is FACT that the animal you ate for dinner today was killed against his/her will, and it is FACT that s/he was, most likely, tortured as well. It is also FACT that the milk you drank in your cereal this morning and the cheese on the pizza you ate for lunch all came from cows that were literally - literally! - raped.
For the record, I have NEVER said "YOU ARE A RAPIST."
What I said was this: "When you eat meat or dairy, you are supporting the rape/torture/slaughter of sentient beings."
Do you see the difference?
C'mon, I'm sure anyone intelligent enough to understand the Law of One can understand the difference in these 2 statements, surely?
Now, if you want to extrapolate from my statement that eating meat from raped/tortured/murdered animals makes you a rapist/torturer/murderer, that is up to you. That would be both true and untrue, depending on the connotation.
It is NOT true in the sense that you, the meat-eater, had the same motivations as the sociopath rapist/murderer. This should be obvious!!!
It IS, however, true in the sense that paying someone else to do the dirty work for you, is still contributing to the dirty deed. Just as the person who pays the assassin is just as guilty as the man who pulls the trigger.
Whether you think you have a good justification for it or not, is debatable.
Why do people pay assassins to kill someone? Various reasons: Money, revenge, power, etc. Most normal, 'decent' (whatever that means in these days of Law of One political correctness) think that assassins and those who pay assassins are the scum of the Earth.
Now, in contrast: Why do people pay for meat at the grocery store, essentially paying for our younger other-selves to be raped, tortured and killed? For money or revenge? No. Simply because they like the taste.
No need. No dire circumstances. No strong emotional charge to kill someone who harmed them, as in the case of human murder.
Simple desire for a taste. Not even needed, being that there are literally thousands of other tastes - other foods - that could satisfy one's hunger just as well, and even be healthier anyway.
It is completely self-serving.
Now does this mean it's - gasp! - STS???
Horrors!
For most people on the planet, who are doing these things unconsciously, No, of course not.
But we live in the age of the internet. It is becoming increasingly difficult for people to remain ignorant about what really goes on in the meat/dairy industry.
And, you people on this forum aren't even 'most people.' You aren't average. You (presumably) have read and studied the Law of One, and many of you claim to be Wanderers - Lightworkers - come here to raise the vibration of the planet. Some even claim to be 6D Wanderers!
For people who are aware of the suffering that their meat habits are supporting, and choose to continue anyway, it is callous disregard.
Now, if you want to think that I am judging you for thinking that true Wanderers would have more compassion than that, then go right ahead and think whatever you wish. I really don't care.
I've said everything there is to say on this subject. If anyone would like some tips on how to go vegetarian or vegan, there are a couple of threads devoted to that topic.
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