Quotes
- A sharp distinction between humans and ‘animals’ is essential if we are to bend them to our will,make them work for us, wear them, eat them—without any disquieting tinges of guilt or regret—Carl Sagan
Longer version of the quote
> Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A sharp distinction between humans and 'animals' is essential if we are to bend them to our will, make them work for us, wear them, eat them — without any disquieting tinges of guilt or regret. It is unseemly of us, who often behave so unfeelingly toward other animals, to contend that only humans can suffer.
- Ofc you haven't heard of him
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/284258
> You're a rich white kid from the suburbs. Sure man just fly away, forget about everyone else down here. You help me take down x, you help real people with real lives. Think about that next time you're fighting some stupid elephant man or whatever