![]() Maybe you’re lucky because there’s a hamster-like wheel you can walk on for exercise, though you have to compete with hundreds of others trapped in their own filth just like you to get to it. ![]() The moody bipedal creatures run, wrestle, and somersault through the soft grasses for which you can only yearn in mourning. Your compatriots are surrounded by parasitic insects, and the unquenchable itching says maybe you are, too. Maybe your teeth have rotted and your fur has thinned from self-injury and starvation. You have wounds, pain, and unquenched needs that have never been met. Your eyes are so thickened with pus from untreated infection that you can only strain to see out from them. Imagine a life without sunlight behind the bars that confine you. But daydreams are not reality, and utopias are a fantasy–especially for the animals. Embodying a nostalgic type of serenity, how can one not be inspired by a life so antithetical to our increasingly vapid preoccupations and existential crises? It’s like a vacation for our collective neuroses, if only for a few moments while we immerse ourselves in a daydream. Their Christlike forgiveness, extended even to those who murder their children (1), are widely publicized and lauded. ![]() Home | Blog | Uncategorized | The Amish and Animal Cruelty: An Unexpected Mix The Amish and Animal Cruelty: An Unexpected Mixīorn of conservative Anabaptist roots, The Amish are known for simplicity, pacifism and integrity in the face of persecution. ![]()
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