A Must-Watch.

I was never a person who cared much about what landed on the plate and where it came from. Recently I watched a short clip about McDonald's food that doesn't start to rot or smell or anything, even after four years. I stoppped eating fastfood after that, because I simply don't want to eat something that be anything else but solely made out of chemical waste. Also, we know that the meat can't be from healthy animals. You already feel it when you swallow a bite of a hamburger. Full of flavour enhancers, tasting like 'unhappy' meat. Believe me or not, it really happens that way for me.

Now, what I wanted to talk about: Watch Earthlings. It's a movie about how we humans mistreat animals. How they get abused, brutally slaughtered and senselessly tortured by soulless assholes. (One scene in particular, where a man tries to shoot a pig and repeatedly says things like 'Oh, I missed you. I will get you, you motherfucker. Oooh, missed again! But don't worry, I will get you!' has really shocked me.)
I cannot grasp why anybody would want to inflict such pain on helpless animals. They have a heart, a soul and a brain, like we do. They may not be as highly developed in their skill to express their feelings as we are, but they are earthlings, equal to us.
What I also thought the whole time throughout the movie was, that if anybody ever did those things to another human (hanging them on ropes and slitting their throats or skinning them while they are still conscious, for example), they would get their asses into jail and rot there until oblivion. If anybody ever cut a baby's foot and cut off their ears at the same time, without giving them anaesthesia, they would be killed immediately.
But no, they are animals, let's not care about what is done to them. They can't feel the pain anyways, oh just screw it and take pleasure from killing them.
What may also sound sadistic, but is reasonable, is that I found the scenes where the elephants took their small revenge and trampled over people in a circus and in the streets and almost killed them a little bit satisfying. (But they got shot in the end, so we humans won again.)

To sum it up: I've never cried and shouted and swayed back and forth like a baby so much in one evening. Almost all of the scenes are horrible and unbelievable, even though you just KNOW that it's happening right now, at this moment, and again, and again.
What you should consider while watching the movie is a) What if that weren't animals but humans? (In every single scene.)
b) What did the animals do to those calling them motherfuckers and mistreating them cruelly?
c) Eat less meat.

We've always bought from organic farmers, even though it's a lot more expensive, but knowing where the meat comes from and that the animals lived a happy life is priceless. You don't have to eat meat every single day. You can taste the difference, like I said. You know that you wouldn't let the same things happen to yourself. If you can still feel good about eating cheap meat after hearing the screams of the tortured animals and seeing the blood splatter out of their heads, you are definitely sick. Or just like so many ignorant other people.

I have promised myself that I will cut back on meat, only buy organic products and won't buy leather, fur or make-up that is tested on animals. I won't go to circuses, zoos or buy pets from a store. I will adopt animals from animal shelters. I will make sure that they lead a good life as long as they are in my care.

So, enough of the talk, here is the movie: (I hope this works!)


Make the Connection. EARTHLINGS.com

Help feed the world!

I feel that I could help at least a single person through playing that all day. Please also go there and spend 30 minutes of your life, it will make you feel great immediately.
And tell all your friends about it. This way, life makes sense again.