2-12-05

Quote of the day:
"Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our
equals" Charles Darwin

Thought of the day:
I don't claim to know everything on the subject and maybe I'm wrong, but I
think it's almost impossible to live in this or probably any society without it
being at the expense of some animal. Be it food, film, medication, seats,
shoes, and more, something died for it. In many cases somthing died so that we
as humans can live. You may not even realize it. Is this wrong? Honestly, I don't
lose sleep over it. Does that make me a bad person? Does any other animal
worry about the animal it uses to survive? I always feel that I'll worry about
animal rights when human rights are not a problem, but then I could just be
rationalizing. To be honest I don't really care that much for animals. Maybe
it's because I don't have much experience with them. I eat them, wear their skin,
the seats of my car are made of them, I watch movies and take pictures with
film made from them, etc. Some people pick and choice the animals they feel
should or shouldn't be used like this. Is that any better or worst? Really in
the end we're all animals and I care as much about the pig I eat as the spider
cares about the fly. So perhaps I may just be a beast, but I think at least I
can say I'm not hypocritical about it. Am I?