"People need to be desensitized to the suffering of others gradually.
A society that teaches that the suffering of animals doesn't matter is
well on its way to raising future sadists. Virtually every serial killer
in America will tell you tales of a childhood spent tormenting frogs,
cats, and dogs. This is no coincidence. The scale from swatting flies to
knowingly eating the results of farmers who treat animals inhumanely to
cold-blooded murder is a continuum with a slippery slope. How much blood
is on your hands?"
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