How often do we learn to empathize

Landen 2022-12-31 13:24:27

The man stepped on its head and stepped on the blood, then peeled off its skin, washed it and preserved it... This is the first time I have seen a living body covered in blood. It opened its eyes and turned its head away, but couldn't complain about the grievance. It couldn't even say anything. At the end of its life there is nothing but a continuous whimper except for the things in the window

"Human beings know that all living beings suffer, but they use the pain of other lives as entertainment." I can't imagine a day when human beings will be treated in the same bloody way, locked in an environment full of poisonous gas, struggled for 20 minutes, slowly died, beaten, scolded and chased away slaughtered in front of mothers, friends, children Landfill... Maybe the wounds I fell when I was just learning to bike were enough for me to cry a lot Seeking comfort and embracing the same life and emotion They may only get the words "Good boy" that obey and walk out of captivity and wait to be killed

People divide people into three, six, nine, and so on. Animals are used as food, clothing, and entertainment. People are not satisfied with having family, friends, and children. Self-deceitful comforts that no longer fit in their own lives: they can get a new home and a new love even if they leave themselves

This world is endangered, it should be hunted, it should be protected, it should be kept in captivity, it should be eaten... "rules" are made by humans who think they have everything to rule, surrender to pain... use violence and weapons to force them to be "obedient" and take their screams as their own superiority Vanity above a species cheers in the audience zoo viewing all make people feel like "their own life or death"

You think the punishment for hurt will force them to surrender

The cheers in the audience that they will retaliate turn into panic-stricken escapes

Wail will one day become human

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    title card: earth-ling n. - One who inhabits the earth.

    Narrator: Since we all inhabit the earth, we are all considered earthlings. There is no sexism, racism, or speciesism in the term 'earthling'. It encompasses each and every one of us: warm- or cold-blooded, mammal, vertebrate or invertebrate, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish and human alike.

  • Narrator: It is the human earthling who tends to dominate the earth, oftentimes treating other fellow earthlings and living beings as mere objects. This is what is meant by 'speciesism'. By analogy with racism and sexism, speciesism is a prejudice or attitude or bias in favor of the interests of the members of one's own species and against those of members of other species.