Another one bites the dust

I don't read many blogs online - few are worth the time - but I do read those of people I know or have met. One such blog is that kept by Roger O'Donnell, who used to play keyboards for The Cure but is now out on his own as a solo artist. His album is fantastic and I have a lot of time for him - he's a generous and approachable guy.


Anyway, he recently surprised me by posting this on his blog at www.rogerodonnell.com:

"As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” Pythagorus

“Nonviolence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all living beings, we are all savages.” Thomas Edison

30/12/06> One of the weirdest things that happened to me this year was to stop eating meat. I have been a fully paid up member of the carnivor club all my life, in fact I dont really eat any vegetables, potatoes of course but not much else. When I met Erin and she told me she was a Vegetarian I didn't think too much about it and over the years she has never tried to convert me. We live next to a dairy farm and now see animals every day and they have become real living things to me, not
just a tray in the supermarket wrapped in plastic. This summer I happened to be talking about all the conflict in the world with some very intelligent ( well I thought they were ) people and casually suggested that until we stop killing animals unecessarily to feed oursleves how could we ever expect to stop killing each other. I probably had a ham sandwhich in my hand at the time and certainly wasnt judging anyone but the reaction from them was so shocking and defensive and irrational it took me aback.

It really made me think about how we don't even question doing what we do, in most things actually, let alone having animals slaughtered in our names by the millions every day of the year. So if you have ever thought about it why not think again? its not easy but as I say every time I finish a meal "nothing had to die" ... in fact I got those quotes above form a page of quotes and reading what these people have said over the years makes so much sense. I particularly like the one about not making your body a grave yard for animals !

So I am not going to start preaching but just think about it. If every time you were hungry something had to die and you had to kill it could you, would you do it ? and no Im not going to join Morriseys band hahahah, or Mobys for that matter....