Funny?

It seems easier to make funny comments in regard to vegans and their passion for holding all life sacred. Yes, they make mistakes and can be annoying - but they're not enjoying the tortured flesh of another being and then laughing about it and mocking those who have a courage to stand by such deeply felt convictions. This is why I have so little issue with (true) hunters - my family hunts and to them it's not just a way of life a sacred rite in its own right. They honor the animal by the very act of their own participation in its life and death. There are some hunters that hunt only for the pleasure of the kill - I know few of these and they seem far between. Then there are those who hunt the grocery isle and have the courage to joke about the treatment of their food. This is what you're laughing at -

Funny huh?
So many won't even watch this video and many, many more won't make any changes to help end this suffering. Change is hard, right? Mostly it's just inconvenient. If we don't think about it we don't have to make the effort. I know - I did this too. Yet it was there, a seed of compassion planted in both brain and heart. It grew to the point where I could no longer continue eating the way I had known my entire life and it grew further to the point where I would no longer be silent about why a change needed to be made. People who joke about their love of meat and how these tortured animals look delicious are lying to themselves and that's the worst lie of all. Sooner or later the spirit always rebels and we are left fearful of what we have become and how little we leave the world in the way of love and compassion. It's never too late though. Make a change - a small change - meatless Mondays, cruelty free eggs (find the real thing) research and watch this video as a reminder to why change is needed. Don't be a coward and joke behind the hollow laugh of cruelty. No one really thinks it's funny. Including you.

Peace,
Eric