"When you recognize the justice of the animals’ cause, you understand for the first time that your life up until now has been based on terribly immoral acts. A moment later, you realize that the same is true of your family and friends, and of nearly all the people whom you and our society respect and honor; their lives, like yours and mine, have been based on evil. This, I think, is perhaps the greatest obstacle that we have to overcome…The pain generated by this kind of cognitive dissonance is intense. Experiencing it, most of us go into denial and lash out at the messenger, flatly refusing even to consider the question of animals’ rights because of the horror with which we would have to regard our own past life, and the lives of our parents, spouses, teachers, clergy, friends, and co-workers, not to mention our national leaders, our religious and philosophical mentors, and our national heroes..." - Norm Phelps
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 02:04:09 +0000
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