Motivated By Justice
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Who do you trust more?
The people trying to protect animals
or
the people trying to exploit animals?
Let’s look at the way most people think, not just Vegan Soapbox readers…
“research from the Center for Food Integrity shows most consumers are twice as likely to believe the Humane Society of the United States and People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals over farm organizations when it comes to humane treatment of farm animals.”
and
“‘The research shows that the closer you are to a profit motivation, the lower your credibility,’ says Charlie Arnot, CEO at CFI.”
The news story is here: http://farmfutures.com/story.aspx?s=42654&c=17
The animal movement will succeed despite our small number of activists and our tiny bank accounts. We will succeed because we are not motivated by money. We are motivated by truth, passion, respect, justice, and love.
When the money stops, animal exploiters will quit. They lose the incentive to hurt animals and they will stop hurting animals.
But we are not motivated by money. We cannot be bought. We will never quit. And because of that fact, we will eventually succeed!
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Originally published October 7, 2010. Republished with minor edits.
“We cannot be bought. We will never quit. We will succeed!”
Yep – It’s all about integrity and the animal industries don’t have an ethical leg to stand on… Not an inch of moral high ground for them. Just the sad and shameful reality that they steal lives for dollars. If there is any justice at all – This will end one fine day.
Hear, hear! Wonderful, yes!
I think we’ve made great strides since this was originally posted. And it’s inspiring to revisit this impassioned idea and see it as alive and justified as before! Press on!
i am motivated by justice, i think we all are. deep inside.. but in the materialism of the realworld of give and take, things stretch and things bend. i don’t believe that justice is blind, but it is close to the truth.
“we are not motivated by money. We cannot be bought. We will never quit. And because of that fact, we will eventually succeed!”
I’ve been wondering for some time whether this form of activism which tries to destroy animal exploitation and business will actually succeed without creating something else to replace it.
Meat-eaters often told me, if they don’t eat meat, what else they gonna eat? No life! They would usually describe the many ways to cook meat, their fondness of fast-foods, branded restaurants, Japanese foods, Thai foods, Chinese foods, Western foods…etc. They just cannot imagine living without these.
Is there a need to create new brands of fast-food outlets and restaurants to compete with, for example, McD? Something to think about