humans come first?

[Guest guest]

The general public looks to the animal welfare groups to tell

them what is right and wrong to do to animals. If animal welfarists

limit their arguments to human health and conservation so as not to

be seen as provocative, or if we appear to agree that human

interests come before the interests of non-humans, then why should

we imagine that the average person would care about cruelty to

animals?

 

This is my policy:

 

'We believe that the Golden Rule applies to animals, too.

We don't accept the prevailing notion that " people come first' " or

that " people are more important than animals. " Animals feel pain

and suffer just as we do, and it is almost always humans making

animals suffer and not the other way around. Yet in spite of how

cruelly people behave towards animals -- not to mention human cruelty

to other humans -- we are supposed to believe that humans are

superior to other animals. If people want to fancy themselves as

being of greater moral worth than the other creatures on this earth,

we should begin behaving better than they do, and not worse. Let's

start treating everyone as we would like to be treated ourselves.'

 

--Kim Bartlett

 

 

 

 

>Dear Patricia,

>

>I guess when it concerns the issue of (supposed) Human health risks

>Animal Welfare Organisations tend to step carefully and are wary of

>aiming overt critisism at the perpetrators of animal abuse and

>cruelty in the name of protecting Human interests. For the simple

>fact that they may themselves become a target and be accused of

>putting Human and Animal interests on the same level - which is a

>no-go territory for most. It is generally accepted that man comes

>first, always. And, sad as it may be, the animals are the ones who

>pay the bill.

>

>Regards,

>Diana

>

>

 

--

Kim Bartlett, Publisher of ANIMAL PEOPLE Newspaper

Postal mailing address: P.O. Box 960, Clinton WA 98236 U.S.A.

CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS IS: <ANPEOPLE

Website: http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/

 

 

Something to think about: We believe that the Golden Rule

applies to animals, too. We don't accept the prevailing notion

that " people come first' " or that " people are more important than

animals. " Animals feel pain and suffer just as we do, and it is

almost always humans making animals suffer and not the other way

around. Yet in spite of how cruelly people behave towards animals

-- not to mention human cruelty to other humans -- we are supposed to

believe that humans are superior to other animals. If people want

to fancy themselves as being of greater moral worth than the other

creatures on this earth, we should begin behaving better than they

do, and not worse. Let's start treating everyone as we would like

to be treated ourselves.

 

 

[Guest guest]

humans come first?Dear Kim,

 

lest you misunderstood me: what you write here is also my stance on the issue. I

simply meant that the 'Humans come first' is the generally held opinion by the

vast majority of people.

I am with you on this - 100%.

 

Regards,

Diana

 

-

Kim Bartlett

Diana Hartig

Cc: aapn

Thursday, January 08, 2004 8:24 PM

humans come first?

 

 

The general public looks to the animal welfare groups to tell them

what is right and wrong to do to animals. If animal welfarists limit their

arguments to human health and conservation so as not to be seen as provocative,

or if we appear to agree that human interests come before the interests of

non-humans, then why should we imagine that the average person would care about

cruelty to animals?

 

 

This is my policy:

 

 

'We believe that the Golden Rule applies to animals, too. We don't

accept the prevailing notion that " people come first' " or that " people are more

important than animals. " Animals feel pain and suffer just as we do, and it

is almost always humans making animals suffer and not the other way around.

Yet in spite of how cruelly people behave towards animals -- not to mention

human cruelty to other humans -- we are supposed to believe that humans are

superior to other animals. If people want to fancy themselves as being of

greater moral worth than the other creatures on this earth, we should begin

behaving better than they do, and not worse. Let's start treating everyone as

we would like to be treated ourselves.'

 

 

--Kim Bartlett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Patricia,

 

I guess when it concerns the issue of (supposed) Human health risks Animal

Welfare Organisations tend to step carefully and are wary of aiming overt

critisism at the perpetrators of animal abuse and cruelty in the name of

protecting Human interests. For the simple fact that they may themselves become

a target and be accused of putting Human and Animal interests on the same level

- which is a no-go territory for most. It is generally accepted that man comes

first, always. And, sad as it may be, the animals are the ones who pay the bill.

 

Regards,

Diana

 

 

 

 

--

 

Kim Bartlett, Publisher of ANIMAL PEOPLE Newspaper

Postal mailing address: P.O. Box 960, Clinton WA 98236 U.S.A.

CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS IS: <ANPEOPLE

Website: http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/

 

 

 

 

Something to think about: We believe that the Golden Rule applies

to animals, too. We don't accept the prevailing notion that " people come

first' " or that " people are more important than animals. " Animals feel pain

and suffer just as we do, and it is almost always humans making animals suffer

and not the other way around. Yet in spite of how cruelly people behave

towards animals -- not to mention human cruelty to other humans -- we are

supposed to believe that humans are superior to other animals. If people want

to fancy themselves as being of greater moral worth than the other creatures on

this earth, we should begin behaving better than they do, and not worse.

Let's start treating everyone as we would like to be treated ourselves.