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\"\"<\/a>I am almost silenced by the on-going atrocities man commits against himself, animals, and earth. And again, appalled by how man successfully glorifies each and every act of violence.<\/p>\n

gen\u2022o\u2022cide
\n\u2013\u2002 noun
\nthe deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.<\/p>\n

National, racial, political, or cultural? It seems as though genocide is, by definition, restricted to the human race.
\nIf this is so, what is “the deliberate and systematic extermination” of animals called?<\/p>\n

One of the following perhaps?
\n* Dinner
\n* Fashion
\n* Entertainment
\n* Culling
\nIt seems as though the deliberate and systematic extermination of animals, for whatever purpose, has been renamed by people so that the mere idea of genocide isn’t even applicable. There\u2019s something in our human culture that fulfills the definition of genocide but is also called something completely different: war. Granted, both sides usually have the ability and resources to engage in combat. Still, is it not the deliberate and systematic extermination of a certain national, racial, political, or cultural group of people?
\nIt is, but somehow we’ve even disconnected ourselves from blatant, systematic destruction of humankind.<\/p>\n

It seems as though the term \u201cgenocide\u201d is excused when at least one party has a superior desire to engage in combat. Human greed, anger, and hatred are three emotions responsible for the displaced connotations associated with genocide. In other words, we use these emotions to justify and rationalize violent actions \u2013 and do so successfully (i.e. the slaughter of animals for human consumption, fashion, entertainment, etc. and war).<\/p>\n

In the end, the only difference between the deliberate and systematic extermination of people and deliberate and systematic extermination of animals is one hell of a manipulated word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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