Humans and the so-called lower animals
A few quotes about our relationship with the other animals of the world from the Sunbeams section of the November issue of The Sun Magazine.
It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about
in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons.
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women for men.
—Alice Walker
If one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people.
–Ruth Harrison
As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior toward creatures, all men were Nazis.
—Isaac Bashevis Singer
If you’re not familiar with The Sun, check it out. Personal, political, provocative and ad-free. Plus it’s published right here in North Carolina, Chapel Hill to be exact.
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