Myth # 42 : " But I only eat humane meat ."
Myth # 42 : " But I only eat humane meat ."
First & foremost my Friends , there is absolutely no such thing as " cruelty-free meat " – and there most certainly is no such thing as " humane slaughter " ... Leaving aside the fact that many of the most egregious cases of animal cruelty have been documented on “ cage-free ” &/ or “ small-family ” &/ or “ animal friendly ” farms , every single farmed animal on every single for-profit farm is inevitably forced to suffer a cold , cruel death at a very young age . Is this blatant contradiction not clear enough ? Then let ' s take a neutral , unbiased look at the basic definitions of the words involved :
“ Humane ” is generally known to mean " characterized by tenderness and compassion , especially for those who are suffering or in distress ".
“ Slaughter ”, on the other hand , is recognized as meaning " to kill another being in a violent or brutal manner " … Now , let ’ s define one more term –
“ Oxymoron ”, which is " where two or more incongruous positions are combined to create an patent contradiction " – with a prime example of this being , of course , " humane slaughter ".
* You see my Friends , no matter how " humanely " farmed animals are raised , they still suffer immensely – both physically as well as emotionally – throughout their drastically shortened lives .
* You see my Friends , the terms " cage-free " & " free-range " & " grass fed " & " humane " are merely distractions ; hollow words provided by the meat & dairy industry to keep you from recognizing the ultimate Truth : namely , that sentient beings are being imprisoned , enslaved & ultimately murdered solely because they are not powerful enough to stop us from doing so .
* You see my Friends , it is no more possible to " respect " farmed animals than it was for a slave owner to " respect " his slaves – or for a concentration camp guard who had been kind to the Jews under his command to " respect " them while leading them to the gas chamber .
* You see my Friends , there really is no such thing as " humane slaughter " – just like there is no such thing as " humane rape ", or “ humane torture ”, or " humane child abuse ", or " humane domestic violence ".
* You see my Friends , it ' s not how we use animals that is the salient point , but rather that we are using them at all . The patent wrongfulness of slavery & slaughter lies not in the way they are carried out , but that they are carried out in the first place . The harm of slavery is the enslavement -- just as the harm of slaughter is the forceful ending of lives that desperately wanted to continue living .
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