All things are relative, and that includes radicalism. Do I go too far, or not far enough? That depends on who you ask. Ask a hunter, and I’m an extremist “anti”; in the eyes of the everyday meat-eater, I’m a vegan food Nazi.
But to an actual radical—one of the die-hard few who won’t be happy until every cage is empty, every cattle ranch is bankrupt, every mink is freed and every fur farm burned to the ground—well, I’m probably considered too fuckin’ nice. It’s not that I don’t want to see every hog farm abandoned, every laying
hen liberated, every trap melted back into pot metal, every trophy hunter prosecuted and every meat-eater veganized.
I guess I just don’t have that much faith in humanity.
I can’t get past the feeling that the only way all this human evil’s gonna end is when the species goes completely under, due to, say, a pandemic, major drought, storms or food shortage—the kind of things we’re likely to see as the climate keeps changing for the worse.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t try to do everything humanly possible (within reason) to stop the coming global train wreck, but meanwhile, I’m going to continue to secretly hope Mother Nature will hurry up and get her shit together to make right her biggest mistake. She’s been an overly permissive parent to the spoiled species Homo sapiens thus far, letting them get away with uncontrolled, selfish misbehavior.
It’s about time for her to rein in the over-intelligent, under-compassionate, over teched, under-ethical killer ape, even if she has to throw out the baby with the bath water.
Exposing the Big Game 
Ok, Jim, I understand, but Earth Mother doesn’t rush. I prefer to think that she gives the planet rock and roll every now and then and shakes off a few fleas?
Consider this, only one in thousands of cows is tested for Mad Cow Disease. So those gravy-stained lawyers on the hill, in DC that run the dog and pony show live on c-span, will eat all that infected meat…problem solved. And all those deer hunters in Wisconsin…same thing. It must be working already, especially with the WS murders.
Jim, my sentiments exactly! I love the way you write.
Thanks, good to hear it.
This is an important question to ponder: how radical is too radical? Many AR advocates argue that any action that damages human property or endangers human life risks turning-off potential supporters. In my opinion, if this strategy had worked in the past, or had a snow-ball’s-chance-in- hell of working now, we would not find ourselves in the planetary desperate straits we currently are in. If the spaceship that we call home is falling apart at the seams and the majority of the crew is being cruelly enslaved, tortured, and exterminated by a self-serving and destructive minority, there seems little that could be done to alter the situation that would qualify as “too radical.” If you had lived in the Third Reich would sabotaging the rail system, killing concentration guards, blowing up SS barracks, and assassinating the leadership of the Nazi Party be seen as just too over-the-top? Probably not if you were a Jew or other victim of Nazi tyranny. I sometimes think that AR supporters who although being genuinely dismayed by the way animals are treated in our society, are a little too comfortable with the status quo and don’t wish to rock-the-boat too much lest they themselves risk personal discomfort. They talk-the-talk about the impending ecological catastrophe looming over the planet, but they won’t walk-the-walk, as though they don’t truly believe down deep that we really are on the cusp of an world-wide ecological melt-down. If family members and friends were being systematically murdered and your house was in danger of collapsing on top of you at any moment because selfish neighbors were busy stealing bricks from the foundation, is there anything, really, that you could do that would qualify as “too radical.” “In an inherently unjust society, the truly just will only be found in prison” — or else on the run from the law!
Thanks for providing this website and a forum for those of us who find the present situation intolerable and are determined to change it, or else die trying.
You’re welcome.
Amen to your writing Jim!
Thanks Claudine.
Once again you’ve hit the nail on the head-or on the coffin….thanks Jim!
Thank you Deb, glad you liked it.
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Jim you have done much more for me than any author, I wouldn’t of dropped everything and moved out to Breckenridge to make some noise and prove something to myself. I enjoyed reading your blog everyday. Remember you did that all on your own.
That’s great, thanks for letting me know. keep it up!
Dywane, I used to live in down on the Blue, near William’s Pass many years ago and my husband was one of the crew that put the water and sewer lines in Breckenridge. I miss that place. I hear it is all ski condos now? I hope where I lived, way out in the boonies is still pristine? I never would have left but it was unaffordable due to lack of housing. I loved the climate there! I lost weight and got very healthy during my time there. You are lucky to have a chance to live your life there!
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