I
admit to being guilty of bandying about the negative statistics
concerning the raising of farm factory animals for the sole purpose of
making the case that animal consumption is a blight on our environment
as well as a major contributor to world hunger and other humanitarian
issues. I also try not to miss touching on the issue of health, since it
is pretty clear that an animal based diet is one of the surest ways to
become a heart attack, cancer, stroke, or diabetes statistic.
Sometimes
however, in my most intuitive moments, I realize that if vegetarianism
is a movement, then many times my maneuvering of statistics can in the
long run become counterproductive. The highest purpose for the
eradication of farm factories is not the environment, nor the overall
health of the human race but because it is the cruelest system
imaginable and responsible for the barbaric torture of innocent animals
for profit.
If the movement to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle
focuses more on environmental woes, as opposed to keeping the main focus
on the barbaric treatment of our animal friends, then even if we win
many battles and get the word out at record pace the result might very
well be merely a tapering off of animal consumption in the same way that
we tend to be more careful about our automobile driving in a gas
crisis. This would cut down on the sheer volume of animals raised and
slaughtered for consumption but it would not eradicate the farm
factories heinous brutality nor the plight of innocent animals caught in
this web of torture.
Another great danger would be that when
many farm factories were forced to shut down due to less demand for
their product, the ones that remained would certainly feel the need to
dream up new ways to pad the bottom line. Profit is and always will be
the only issue no matter what commodity is being exploited, even if that
commodity is an animal with a heart and soul and a great desire to
live, care for its offspring, and to thrive and grow in surroundings
that are compatible with a natural habitat. The profit margins will
never be allowed to suffer for the sake of humane practices, especially
if there is no regulation or enforcement in place. How much more would
this be true when the surviving farm factories had to tighten their
proverbial belts because of economic survival of the fittest..
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