Slaughtering Common Sense

Before reading what I have to say, please follow the link (click on title of this post) I've provided...

Ok, assuming you've read it by now, now you will understand when I say WTF? The statement by the Cargill representative said,

"We believe the reason for the animals balking, or not moving forward, was that there were too many people present during the audit, distracting the animals," he said. Klein said there were two or three additional government people and three or four additional Cargill employees on hand."

The statement almost made me go cross-eyed! The truth is that the animals balked and didn't move forward because they knew they were being led to their deaths. Anyone with a functioning brain would understand that. Having said that, I realize that there are still some people who make believe that animals (besides their pets) are stupid and don't mind being abused, raped, and slaughtered. Humans in power always find a way to justify cruelty to those they have power over - whether it is non-humans or people with a different race, gender or sexual orientation. They like to make believe the others are below them, and their pain is either non-existent or it does not matter.

The slaughterhouse industry is not humane. The purpose of a slaughterhouse is to kill. If your job is to kill others, you have to repress a part of your humanity. You leave your compassion at the door so that you can torture and kill another being. Slaughterhouse workers often become abusers at home (you read about this in a book called Slaughterhouse). Although some people who kill do it with compassion, such as a veterinarian who euthanizes an animal who is in a lot of pain and dying, these are not the kind of people who are in these slaughterhouses. Even the "humanely raised" animals go to the same places the factory farmed animals go to get killed.

Unnatural Foods

Although I have been trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle, I find that it is very difficult in a world that tries to alter nature. Besides staying away from animal products, refined grains, soda, high fructose corn syrup, as well as parabens in beauty products, I abstained from eating seedless fruits. I figured they were hybrids because plants must have seeds to reproduce. However, I never thought much about vegetables like carrots, beets, corn, potatoes, beans, rice, and wheat as being hybrids. I knew that some of the items I just named were likely to be genetically engineered if they were not organic, but you can buy organic versions of each of these foods.

I learned that these are foods that will not grow naturally without human intervention. I briefly learned about this last year during my fast - at least about carrots. I also remember reading books by Dr. Laila Afrika such as Nutricide and Afrikan Holistic Health. The words were seeds planted in my mind. The seeds started to grow as I watched a presentation on YouTube by Dr. Sebi. Dr. Sebi discussed hybrid foods as well as many other topics. After watching his presentation I thought about the foods I eat and realized quite a few of the foods I consume are hybrids - corn, carrots, beans, wheat, rice, cashews, and walnuts. I thought if those are all unnatural, what will I eat? Of course there are alternatives, but either they can be difficult to find or I just don't eat them often.

I believe that nature provides all we need. Human beings try to break everything down to protein, carbohydrates, fats, calories, etc. The life force contained in a piece of food can not be duplicated in a laboratory. I also don't believe that humans need to cross breed or alter the genes of plants to make them better. They were created perfectly. Now people are pushing to grow "meat" in a laboratory. Who knows the effect this unnatural "food" will have on human bodies? I don't think it is an animal-friendly solution. Most people crave authenticity, and it may push a lot of people to have more of the real thing. There are people looking for grass-fed cows now. The majority of cows are fed grain, and even though people eat them anyway, folks say that naturally fed cows taste better. To me, there is a big difference between fresh squeezed juice and store bought juice the taste and the life force is just not there, so I wouldn't be tempted to consume laboratory grown food.

Antepartum Depression

I've noticed that while you can find information on postpartum depression, almost no one talks about antepartum depression so I am including this link: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/depressionduringpregnancy.html

and this one:
http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/pregnancy-depression

Drugged

As I read the health section in the news, I see the same stuff over and over - another ground-breaking study on drugs, vaccines, etc. done on animals. I don't know about you, but when I see that a test has been done on an animal, and I don't conclude that it will work the same way on human beings. I do, however, see the cruelty and lack of respect for the lives of other species. I don't care that it's "science"; it's speciesism. With their actions, scientists are saying that the lives of animals are expendable especially if experimenting on them could possibly help human beings. It is the same mentality that allowed experimentation on black people in America. It was wrong then, and it is wrong now. The best cure for anything is prevention. Instead of figuring out what causes certain diseases, and trying to eliminate the problem at its root, we are busy trying to find a "cure" - a bandage to put on the problem.

I find it amazing that there seems to be a drug for almost anything. Have you ever seen those drug commercials for people with high cholesterol - you know, the one that blocks the cholesterol from food? This is the same commercial where the so-called patient has said he has tried "diet" and exercise. I'm thinking that if he ate foods that didn't contain cholesterol, then he would have no need to take a drug that blocks cholesterol from foods from entering his system. Doesn't it just make sense? Their idea of diet is probably having a diet coke with their grilled chicken.

Now, I am seeing in the news that drugs that were thought of as safe are proving not to be safe, and there is a great debate over vaccinations as well. I think humans are far too dependent on drugs. It seems to me that we've lost touch with ourselves. When we are sleepy, we consume caffeine. When we are in pain, we take drugs. When we can not deal with our emotions or problems, we take drugs. We even think sleep and pain are our enemies. Sleep is necessary, and pain is a message. Pain usually occurs when something is wrong. It is a call to pay attention to our bodies, and pain doesn't disappear because it is suppressed.

Don't get me wrong. Sometimes medication is necessary when there is no other alternative. I remember a time when I was in the hospital and in a lot pain. At the time, morphine was my savior. The nurse at the hospital gave it to me when she realized how much pain I was feeling. I've never had it again, but at that time it helped a lot. I just think people should not abuse drugs. Drugs that seem harmless can still be abused. If you have an addictive personality or you're looking for an escape, and that drugs makes you feel good, you may have trouble stopping the use of the drug.

I understand the desire to feel good, to escape, to take ones mind off of stressful thoughts, but sometimes we look for an artificial solution for our problems and the problems don't go away because we haven't solved them.