Food Choices Page #12

They have language signal.

They have love.

So when they are

about to face deaths,

in a death chamber,

they fear, and they

sad, and they anger.

- You know, everybody

talks about the holocaust,

what about the holocaust we're

creating for the animals?

Every year, we're killing

billions and billions

of animals, and you

want peace on earth?

Peace on earth is for

all living entities,

not just humans.

People just got

locked up in Utah

for photographing a

cafo, a concentrated

animal feeding operation.

These people keeping

the people ignorant,

and it's sick, to make money.

And if the truth gets

out, if people know

where their food came from,

or how their food was produced,

they wouldn't eat that sh*t.

- When you start to

threaten the dominant

paradigm of society,

you're going to become

a force to be reckoned

with, and they'll do

everything they

can to destroy you.

And that's exactly,

that's happening now.

- There are still

people who'll see that,

and they'll be resistant,

i mean, I was one

of those people, you

know, I grew up in Texas,

eating beef all the time,

and I loved animals,

I always loved the

companion animals

I grew up with, and

you know, I never

really thought much, i

thought I was eating healthy.

So I think a lot of the

resistance that people feel is

because we're so conditioned

to eat these things

all the time, we've

been conditioned from

a very young age.

- And even if we make the

intellectual connection,

even if we say, "yes,

I'm eating a cow."

We still don't make the

emotional connection,

because if we did, we

would feel the empathy

that would cause us

to feel disgusted

rather than appetized.

- I couldn't pretend anymore

that was, eating that

chunk of chicken breast

was the same as the

broccoli next to it,

it just didn't, I couldn't,

i couldn't fake it

to myself anymore.

- And there's a

reason why, you know,

slaughter houses,

and feed lots are not

located in densely

populated areas.

It's not for lack of

space, it's because people

don't want us to see it.

Then those animals

go on a long journey

to the slaughter house,

at night, usually.

So we don't see a lot of

that, and that's by design.

- Who's to say which

animals are to be tortured,

and killed?

We've decided in America,

in our part of the world,

cows and pigs, and

lambs are to be eaten,

but in some parts of

the world, they eat dogs

and cats, and in some

parts of the world

they eat snakes and monkeys.

- Yes, it's true that

people have eaten animals

for thousands of

years, but today,

for many people in the world,

there's absolutely no

need to eat animals.

You know, we are

causing, as human beings,

massive suffering, to

other sentient beings,

suffering that is

completely unnecessary.

When eating animals is

no longer a necessity

for survival, then

it becomes a choice.

And choices always

stem from beliefs.

- There is a

popular myth that perpetuates

the idea that fish

don't feel any pain.

That makes it easier for

people to consume it,

since it seems to

be more humane.

But, is it really true?

- Fish have proprioception,

they have feelings.

And so there are a

number of researchers

that would tell you very

clearly that it's a very

uncompassionate way to

eat, you're slaughtering

between one and three

trillion fish per year,

and all of those fish

have sensory reception,

they all have feelings.

- The industries

depend on keeping these

facts out of our consciousness.

So for example,

we learn to resist

taking in information

from those who

may help us begin

to question carnism.

If you shoot the

messenger, you don't have

to take seriously the

implications of their message.

- So we need to

educate our children

the true meaning of

what these animals

really are, by showing,

and by awareness about life

of the pig or chicken is

very much same as life

of cat and dog.

- Our time on

this planet is very short.

And change can

sometimes be difficult.

And slow.

But by taking the right steps,

we can point ourselves

into a better direction.

As for myself, this was

the most exciting journey

I ever took.

And I look forward

to continue living

a healthy, plant-based

lifestyle with my family.

And to keep empowering others

with this information.

- It's so important for us

to take care of ourselves.

For our own human

health standpoint,

but it really won't

matter how healthy we are

if our planet isn't healthy.

- You know what's

unique about us?

We are the only species

out of the millions

that does not live in

Harmony with nature.

- At least it's good

to educate yourself

and be aware, and

then you can make

the decision from there,

because ultimately,

it's your choice

to make, you know.

It's not like, "hey, you

know, you're the worse

"person if you don't do this."

No, it's not like that, but

at least educate yourself,

find out, you know, so

at least you just know.

I mean, you can make

the choices on your own.

- I don't believe there's

an evil cabal of doctors

and government people,

I believe there's

a system in place,

and the world is so asleep,

and they've

forgotten, intuitively

that people just

follow the system

without thinking,

without questioning,

and it's because they're asleep.

It's not because

they're stupid, it's not

because they're not motivated.

- I mean, it's really insanity

when you think about it.

That we are sitting

here, in the modern day,

and we've got to talk

about eating fruits

and vegetables.

You know, you go back

in any time in history,

past, say the last 100, 200

years, and it was just like

everyone was doing it.

- If you want to be a

responsible steward of our

precious planet, and

its' dwindling resources,

eating a plant-based

diet really is

the only solution.

And by voting with your dollar,

and eating a plant-based diet,

you are saying no to

animal agriculture,

and all the devastation,

all the havoc

that it's wreaking

on our planet.

- I think that every human being

wants to do good.

I think that every human being,

in their core, wants

to do what's right.

And I think that

if we look at it,

and we say, "you know what?

"What is it that I can do today,

"to make the environment better,

"to make my health better,

"and to have

compassion for animals,

"for our fellow creatures.

"What is it that I can do today?

"I can start on the path

to a plant-based diet."

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