WRITER ISAAC BALSHEVIS SINGER ON THE NEED TO STOP TORTURING AND KILLING ANIMALS

Isaac Bashevis Singer

I found a Facebook page today with graphic pictures of human cruelty against animals.  It also has many memorable quotes about animals, how we treat them, and what they mean to us.  Of all those quotes I chose this one by the writer Isaac Bashevis Singer to share with you: 

“As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.”       Isaac Bashevis Singer

 Then I looked him up online and found these other comments he made about animals:

 

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“People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.”  

 

"In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.”  
 

 




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"What do they know-all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world - about such as you? They have convinced themselves that man, the worst transgressor of all the species, is the crown of creation. All other creatures were created merely to provide him with food, pelts, to be tormented, exterminated. In relation to them, all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka.”  
 

“When a human kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice. Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why should man then expect mercy from God? It's unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give. It is inconsistent. I can never accept inconsistency or injustice. Even if it comes from God. If there would come a voice from God saying, "I'm against vegetarianism!" I would say, "Well, I am for it!" This is how strongly I feel in this regard.”  
 

More quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer: 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/14444.Isaac_Bashevis_Singer

 

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/isaac_bashevis_singer.html

 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer

 

This is the Facebook page I mentioned - Animal Cruelty Exposed - ACE 

The pictures are truly shocking.  But without visual evidence such as this one, how are we to know the extent of human cruelty against other creatures?  Without feeling shame and outrage, how are we going to find the way to help animals?  Or at least stop consuming animal products?

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Animal-Cruelty-Exposed/363725540304160

 

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