1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NZZJBCOFjh"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/be-kind/">Be Kind To All Living Creatures</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/be-kind/embed/#?secret=NZZJBCOFjh" width="600" height="338" title="“Be Kind To All Living Creatures” — HappyCow" data-secret="NZZJBCOFjh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HorseMini.jpg578224A conscientious worker strikes neither a child nor an animal, no defenseless being; he would not be a coward. A worker who strikes his horse has lost working-class solidarity; he mistreats a worker like himself; he abuses the beast he has the duty to care and protect, and thus shows his own boss an example of abusive exploitation of the weak by the strong, from which he will suffer in turn. One only has the right to call oneself civilised when one treats with equal justice, and equal kindness, everything that suffers, small and weak, people and animals. Ernest Bell library item – from 87 years ago – you can’t improve on the message! A wonderful French postcard. Produced anonymously. Posted in 1929. Translation by The Animalist – AKA – Vincent Berraud. Un travailleur conscient ne frappe ni un enfant, ni un animal, aucun être sans défense; il ne saurait être lâche.  Un travailleur qui frappe son cheval manque à la solidarité ouvrière; il maltraite un travailleur comme lui; il abuse de sa bête qu’il a le devoir de soigner et de protéger, et il montre ainsi au patron l’exemple d’une exploitation abusive du faible par le fort, dont il sera […]