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Outside the Brunswick Street entrance is an open bird cage with a two-sided sign. One side bears William Blakes lines: A robin red breast in a cage/ puts all of heaven in a rage. On the other is Wollens own philosophy: In their capacity to suffer, a dog is a pig is a bear … is a boy. The sign expresses the other strand of Wollens radicalism: his commitment to animal rights. (Wollen does not believe his position is radical at all, arguing his background is decidedly conservative: What could be more radical than killing?) He agrees with philosopher Peter Singer that animal rights pose the greatest moral issue facing humanity since the abolition of slavery. As part of this philosophy, Wollen also opposes dairying, believing it to be cruel to animals and citing health and environmental concerns. Read more: theage.au/national/radical-kindness-the-banker-who-gave-it-all-away-20090409-a25j.html#ixzz2zT0J3UF1 Listen to this incredibly moving and life changing speech by Philip Wollen: youtube/watch?v=uQCe4qEexjc
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 22:18:17 +0000

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