Jeffrey Masson's new book on the emotional world of farm animals

[Guest guest]

> Masson argues for the equivalence of human and animal emotions because

he hopes this will lead us to the ultimate stage of treating farmyard animals

well: not exploiting them in any way at all, including taking their eggs or

milk. If they feel like us, how can we kill them, treat them cruelly or use them

for our own ends? Sadly for Masson, all too easily. Look how we all manage to

sit down to our laden dinner tables while millions of our fellow humans starve

and suffer in the poor world.

 

I think institutionalized greed in the form of corporate profits has

eliminated the concept of needs and suffering of other beings. This is

from a friend:

 

I recommend that you read the last chapter of Ted Nace's book, The Gangs

of America. You can find it

online here: http://www.gangsofamerica.com/read.html It's all good, but

the last chapter is a really good summary of both the problem and the

recognition of the sorts of things we'll have to do to " fix " it.