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Posted on: March 2, 2009
Posted in: Health / Food / Drugs, Video
EARTHLINGS is a feature length documentary about humanity’s absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our complete disrespect for these so-called “non-human providers.”
March 29th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Very good film, a must see, violent, gruesome, but everyone should know and see what happens and how food is put on your plate. Respect needs to be given. I almost became a vegetarian after watching this.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:11 am
Very good video, I even cried… Thanks to this video, I’ll treat all the living beings in the same way as I want to be treated. WE ARE ALL EARTHLINGS.
April 7th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
In response to kyle’s comment from March 29th, 2009: “I almost became a vegetarian after watching this” might just be the most tragic comment possible after having viewed this film. It seems that you may have missed entirely the point.
To the makers, many thanks for your effort in the construction of this informative piece.
April 8th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
I *do* like this documentary- however, it would be good if they could state their sources for facts and figures to make it a more robust production e.g. XXXX thousand chickens in “one building”- how big is the building?- that matters in terms of comprehension for the viewer.
I still intend to go vegan but for those more cynical viewers, a bit more information might go a long way to meeting some questions that otherwise might allow them to dismiss the very good information presented here.
April 8th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
This documentary pushed me over the edge to be a vegetarian. I have been eating little meat (maybe once or twice a month) for the last 6 months and this video has helped me to become a full vegetarian. I just wish that more people would watch it or that this film could actually be shown on tv.
April 15th, 2009 at 10:34 am
My actions from this video is that I will only eat food where I know the source. I will eat what I garden, fish or from local farms where I know the animals were treated humanily, etc. I guess free-range would be the term.
April 15th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Human beings are stupid your world is about to die, your being robbed by the banking cartel.. and your worried about what your diet and the treatment of that pig that just became your ham sandwich… Get a fuckin life, wake up idiots wake up…
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
TRUTH Says:
“Human beings are stupid your world is about to die, your being robbed by the banking cartel.. and your worried about what your diet and the treatment of that pig that just became your ham sandwich… Get a fuckin life, wake up idiots wake up…”
What you say shows your lack of understanding of the inter-connectivity of it all exposes in great clarity your under-developed thought process. Like a kid that pretends to be ‘alpha’ in the playground, yet cuddling up to his mother at night, you pretend to be wise, yet revel in ignorance when you go to bed at night.
April 25th, 2009 at 10:29 am
TRUTH Says:
“Human beings are stupid your world is about to die, your being robbed by the banking cartel.. and your worried about what your diet and the treatment of that pig that just became your ham sandwich… Get a fuckin life, wake up idiots wake up…”
First of all, since the beginning of civilization, there have always been wars (e.g. Roman empire conquered most of the known world) or some kind of disaster (e.g. bubonic plague), and people have always thought that the world was coming to an end, yet we are still alive right now, aren’t we?
Second, do you seriously believe everything you see in these controversial documentaries and have you noticed how one sided all of them are? Do you think people would prefer watching documentaries about how perfect and flawless our world is, or documetaries about how much trouble our world is in? I think this question pretty much speaks for itself.
If you ask me whether I believe everything I saw in Earthlings, I would say not entirely, because a lot of the clips were from over a decade ago and a lot could have changed. However personally I believe that the main ideals and goals of organizations have not, and many of the things highlighted in this documentary is definitely still happening today.
Overall, amazing documentary and a great eye opener, will definitely be cutting down on meat consumption, I don’t think I have the willpower to go completely vegetarian though…
April 26th, 2009 at 10:03 am
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April 26th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
my view has not changed from watching this video. People won’t change because a couple of people want to ruin it for everyone. Meaning driving up the prices of meat when it clearly is a substantial and mandatory part of your life. Face the facts people that don’t eat meat die sooner for the lack of nutrition and usually have symptoms that can spread to innocent people who are true to their nature. That is being omnivorous. Human beings are omnivorous whether you like it or not.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:09 am
For a practcal solutions to producing food, take a look at the vids in the gardening section of this this site. Throw in with an organic farmer today, worry less about eating tomorrow.
Get used to the idea of killing your own food rather than paying for it with your prisoner ducats.
Use whatever ducats you can now to produce a winter stock, and find out where the natural game resides.
City dwellers, beware. If the trucks stop rolling, you are doomed.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I cried this is so sad. How can anyone do this? i will never buy or use anything that i don’t know where it comes from again.
May 9th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I grew up eating meat all the time, and after seeing this movie i will never ever eat any animal products………..i cried the whole way through, violent yes but thats the truth……..this is what we have done and consider normal, well its not…….
i am so glad i have seen this now my conscience will be clear……
to think i ate veal as a child………..makes me want to be sick……i hope i am forgiven……
May 31st, 2009 at 11:49 am
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June 6th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Human race is doomed and cursed by its own actions. The race that treats innocent creatures the way it does, will receive the same fate. How ironic it is that everything these people do to the innocent beings, in the end will receive the same fate one way or another. Whether it will be a Hitler or an Obama, this race will pay for its own sins. And not even Jesus will save them for they deserve no mercy. It is true, What goes around, Comes around! How much better it is go and live in between the animals for they will never betray you and disrespect you the way this race of humans does. The only ‘ANIMAL’on this planet is a HUMAN.
June 7th, 2009 at 6:01 am
[...] We’re all in it together, we just don’t all think we are. This film thinks we are. If you’d like to watch Earthlings click here. [...]
June 8th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Everyone on this comment page has made valid points (yes even TRUTH to a certain extent). This is a very good documentary and it shows many disturbing images of how animals have and and are being treated but the fact is that becoming vegetarian based on moral standing is somewhat rediculous. Omnivor for life is correct in saying that human beings are biologically built to eat meat and the human population has grown so huge that if we were to all hunt our own food as ew keane suggests not only would wild populations of animals very quickly go extinct but many humans will starve to death.
The one point that the film puts forward I disagree with is that we should stop killing animals for food because it causes them pain. If you look at the natural processes in the wild most animals die a painfull death. You can not tell me that being malled by a Lion is any less painfull than having your throught cut and bleeding to death. It is simply the way of things. Undue suffering is wrong and is prevalent and should be eliminated but painless killing is unrealistik.
I do agree that things such as puppy mills, circuses and zoos should be a thing of the past however and waling should stop in order to preserve the whale population. I will also most likely never buy leather clothing again unless it comes from animals killed for meat as well as hide.
July 11th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
this makes me sick. i dont understand how some people have the gut to do this stuff. this is incredibly sad. a person can be healthy without killing or ever harming an animal, therefore they take life of other creatures because of their appetite or pleasure.
July 13th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I’m so sad and had to stop watching when I heard ‘gas chambers’ for the stray animals! I’m not sure if I can even watch any more!
July 18th, 2009 at 6:10 am
This documentary has highlighted mans apetite for greed and power over other entities and the measures we are prepeared to pursue to achieve our goals, which is survival. But at what cost? and how far are we prepared to go? I wont steal from my neighbour plate, however I support this industry because I eat meat, and have used antibiotics to controll infection from trauma.
I have witnessed cattle being slaughtered and it was nothing like what we have seen on this documentary,it was far more humane but still disturbing. It is an eye opener to see the total disregard for animals on all counts in this film. The question I ask is “what sort of person(s) would profit from this abuse”. The method of killing those animals for fur with electricution rods and mouth plates, for example or the cow inverting machine so it chokes on its own blood. What sort of person could do that job, to put meat on the table. I did work in a meat factory so understand the bottom line is money, however there are some methods that need to be questioned here. Who would think of throwing a stray dog into a rubbish compactor? It is truely a reflection of the state of humanity at the more severe end of the scale. May I add truth has a point we might be stupid, however lets not give up quite yet and be reasured there are many good people out there working for the good of humanity that do actually care.
July 26th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Great video, sad thing to say really. Tragic, true, grotesque & sadly real video, is the only description i can find now. Reading most people’s comments i can only ask, in a world where money is the true god, how did you think your meat got to your table?
With the no. of meat eaters(including me)their is no other way of farming meat to deal with the demand. It is imposable for all meat today to be whats laughingly called “free range”. Just turning vegetarian is little more than turning a blind eye, “i don’t eat meat so my hands are clean”. Our hands are never clean if we stand by while any type of atrocity is being done!
I read recently “never judge a man by how he treats his equals, rather judge him by how he treats those he believes inferior to him”. Maybe its time i listened to my own words & stopped being a hypocrite!!!!
August 6th, 2009 at 11:02 am
AN ABSOLUTE MUST SEE. One of the most spectacular, urgent and devastating documentaries of the decade.
The film that dares to challenge the accepted norms and presents a stark but fair, gripping argument for taking animal issues seriously.
Highlight the issues and provides realistic solutions.
August 12th, 2009 at 1:09 am
great documentary. but as usual, i do feel that everything on Earth should have a balance. If everyone turns into a vegetarian, there’s bound to be overpopulation of some animals. Australia (if i’m not wrong) just recently announced that they are gonna kill camels cause of their steep increase of their population. And there is surely some cons of being a vegetarian that are not known to all yet. We are all entitled to our own opinion so lets just do what our guts tells us to.
nonetheless, i do enjoy this documentary and it makes me wonder why i’ve always been procrastinating my vegetarian diet.
August 13th, 2009 at 2:05 am
Of course like most choosing to leave a comment or two on this board I was very disturbed at the sheer immensity of cruel actions toward animals on our planet (though not surprised).
Many of us do avoid these types of videos or topics because of the immense weight on our mind that they can bear on us. What is the point of it? to watch a video such as this, or to share it with others. Is it to promote a non meat diet, or show and confirm the sin and wickedness that we as humans are capable of. I believe that videos such as this shatter harmful paradigms in our lives. They strip us of our ignorance and leave us with the bare unforgiving truth. If how the truth is presented and received becomes the debate, then we are allowing ourselves to avoid the point, and are just creating a new paradigm to control the damage of the one we just shattered.
Truth’s above comment “Human beings are stupid your world is about to die, your being robbed by the banking cartel.. and your worried about what your diet and the treatment of that pig that just became your ham sandwich… Get a fuckin life, wake up idiots wake up…” may have been crude in word but does challenge us to not become so focused on the issue directly at hand, but to add it to the big picture like a piece of the puzzle. In my opinion even the bankers, governments, jesuits, 2012, Nibiru, fema, and other conspiracy topics all are pieces to the grander puzzle. That our existance on this planet is not one of mortality through survival by “having” to grow food in such factories and turn a blind eye to such atrocities to live. But rather that or existance on this planet is a spiritual one. How we coexist with our fellow man, with nature, and the animals on our planet refects our spiritual state.
The point, the question in all of this then becomes a spiritual one of accountability for our actions or lack of action once ignorance is stripped away. We are care takers of our planet and responsible for its treatment. Though we may not be able to stop all of these tragedies, not becoming a willing participant looking on with approval, does have a spiritual impact on us and others, which in turn will affect our physical world. Continuing on in our lives ignoring this with our now intentional ignorance, just takes us further from understanding the relationship God intended for us to have with Him, our fellow man and all creation.
The final answer is one of relationship and obedience with the creator God. Who has given us freedom to choose wickedness or righteousness, and relationship or separation from the creator and His intended order for our planet and our coexistance with everything on it.
I believe that these things are evidences of the potential tragic self destruction we are headed towards. I believe that God intends to return and sort those who have chosen wickedness or righteousness, relationship or separation and will after judgment create a new earth the way is was intended without sin or suffering.
Don’t miss the real point, debate, and question to these things. Do you have a relationship with the creator and are you walking in obedience to Him in how you live your life before you mortality runs out. I don’t mean to preach but consider for yourselves the BIG picture as this heavy topic weighs on you. Maybe I’m a nut and have blown this out of hand and that’s cool if you think that. But maybe I’m not and you’ve missed another hint(a major one at that)that the real issue IS a spiritual one not one about meat or veggies.
August 13th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Dear movie watchers-
I am vegetarian as well as being an excelent cook.
It requires more time but perhaps that is what must introduced into our daily lives.
Vegetarian food is delicious. If you ate the food I consume daily you would never even think of meat and its rapid and expedient protein source. You would never get fat or have cholesterol.
Tonight for dinner i will be serving Vegetarian lasagna with courgettes tomatos, brinjals, and spinach. A mixed salad with red cabbage, rocket and watercress, sprinkled with chives and thyme.
Please do the research and rid yourself of the protein myth.
Another of my star dishes involve the humble potato- Gratin dauphinois- rusti- potatoes oninon cumin and chilies-boiled and golden roasted potatos-potato puree- potato salad.
Pulses- chick peas tomato parsley cumin coriandre and mint-
Fresh borlotti beans ( or soaked dried beans) with tinned tomatos and garlic and basil.
Humus, menlinzana salata,Greek salad, dosas, puris. papadums
fulcas, spaghetti with pine nuts and rosemary…..
Orange and dried fig salad, apple crumble-
Vegetarian food is not deprivation ( please look to india and the middle east for serious inspiration)
It is liberating yourself from the suffering of other fellow creatures. It is being creative and fair.
Do experiment and discover the difference.
Forget postulating and proselatizing as our friend above is
doing.
Bon Apetit
August 13th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Dear movie watchers-
I am vegetarian as well as being an excelent cook.
It requires more time but perhaps that is what must introduced into our daily lives.
Vegetarian food is delicious. If you ate the food I consume daily you would never even think of meat and its rapid and expedient protein source. You would never get fat or have cholesterol.
Tonight for dinner i will be serving Vegetarian lasagna with courgettes tomatos, brinjals, and spinach. A mixed salad with red cabbage, rocket and watercress, sprinkled with chives and thyme.
Please do the research and rid yourself of the protein myth.
Another of my star dishes involve the humble potato- Gratin dauphinois- rusti- potatoes oninon cumin and chilies-boiled and golden roasted potatos-potato puree- potato salad.
Pulses- chick peas tomato parsley cumin coriandre and mint-
Fresh borlotti beans ( or soaked dried beans) with tinned tomatos and garlic and basil.
Humus, melinzana salata,Greek salad, dosas, puris. papadums
fulcas, spaghetti with pine nuts and rosemary…..
Orange and dried fig salad, apple crumble-
Vegetarian food is not deprivation ( please look to india and the middle east for serious inspiration)
It is liberating yourself from the suffering of other fellow creatures. It is being creative and fair.
Do experiment and discover the difference.
Forget postulating and proselatizing as our friend above is
doing.
Bon Apetit
August 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 am
I think most of you people should go take a safari and check out how lions often eat their meals. Their victims are often eaten alive, and if not, bleed to death from missing a limb or severed throats. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that picture. A pig or beef killed in a butchery seems to be a quick death compared to the way thousands of animals are killed by other animals each day. Seriously guys, grow up, creatures eating creatures is the only reason life is still growing on earth and humans are no exceptions. If as human we never killed animals for their leathers and warm clothing, we would never be here today. Not to mention, alot of domesticated animals would just die to the hands of numerous predators in the wild without human interventions.
August 24th, 2009 at 5:39 am
one word… “wonderful”
August 25th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Why can’t you people leave your opinion on a topic without being nasty towards others? If you don’t agree with something, how about stating your view on things politely without telling people to “grow up” or “wake up & get a life”??? It seems to me that people who make statements like this are the ones that need to grow up! Or better yet, keep your stupid comments to yourself & don’t bother posting something on a forum about treating animals equally!
August 31st, 2009 at 1:40 am
My sincere thanks and upmost respect to the filmmakers – you have achieved more than you’ll even know with this film. Triumphant.
September 12th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Great work by Shaun Monson, who not only wrote, produced & directed this nice masterpiece of a documentary and shown us that the Human is the only animal who acts as an animal by killing the animal for his personal needs…a shame. Shaun you & your team deserves a loud round of applause for this great job very well done.
September 12th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Hi.
Let me tell you a little about myself before I tell you how this documentary changed the course of my life.
I loved meat, poultry, fish.
I recently 2 1/2 years ago adopted my 1st pet, then over the course of the last two years adopted 2 more. I have three dachshunds in my family now. I love animals more then I ever have before.
I’m 49 yrs young, married, and I have 3 daughters.
I have been on a meat strike before, after seeing the movie “FAST FOOD NATION” I stopped eating meat for about 2 weeks, I lost my will power, and returned to my lifelong bad habit of eating murdered meat, and poultry.
Then 5 weeks ago I was emailed by a friend, the Earthling Documentary.
I was horrified. Afterwards, I was determined to surf the internet for more vid clips relating to animal cruelty.
You name it, I saw it all; China fur farms; Skinning animals alive, slaughtering dolphins, Japanese whaling, Korean dog and cat eating, Cattle farms, animal shelter Gassing, ETC. I continued to see more horrible things.
I’m not sure what MANKIND means anymore. MAN – KIND, I don’t think so.
Afterwards, for about three days all I did was hug my three Dachshunds, and was very depressed.
Since then I haven’t eaten any meat, poultry, or farmed raised fish. I only eat certain kinds of wild caught fish, but I do not know how long I’ll keep up with the seafood. I may eventually give that up as well.
I lost 11 lbs in 14 days, and a total of 28 lbs in past 5 weeks. My cholesterol level has begun to show improvement. I feel a lot better.
I believe by eating murdered, tortured animals, the results of Cancer, obesity, poor health, food poisoning, slow deaths from certain illnesses, etc., is nature’s way of revenge.
It’s amazing that when you purchase Murdered, tortured meats, poultry, furs, etc., you can get coupons, sale days, buy one-get one free, free turkeys or hams when you spend enough at your local supermarkets, etc.
But in the end Evil has it’s price.
Gerry
October 20th, 2009 at 9:02 am
A very powerful and moving documentary. I am already vegan but have my moments of weakness, however this film has cemented for me how far wrong humanity has gone in its treatment of other creatures.
I am not fundamentally opposed to humans eating meat, as many people on here have stated animals eating other animals is part of survival. However the mass farming, exploitation and murder that characterises the modern farming and fishing industries is a far cry from the small scale farming that was once employed by traditional communities, and is still employed by many indigenous cultures. It is also a far cry from hunting for meat as our early ancestors did. How many of us now would chose to eat meat if we had to hunt and kill it ourselves? Not many, and not only because many of us couldn’t bare to murder an animal but also because it is unnecessary – if there was no animal produce in the shops we could survive, and be argubly healthier, on plant foods.
Modern farming is not about survival, humans now eat vast quantites of animal produce that is not only unnecessary but also harmful to health. We do NOT need meat to get sufficient protein or iron. This is a myth perpetuated by the meat industry, just as we do not need to drink the milk of another animal to obtain calcium for strong bones; countries with the highest milk consumption have the highest rates of osteoporosis. There is no other animal that drinks the milk of another species throughout adulthood- it is non-sensical.
There is no excuse for the despicably cruel way many animals are treated purely for our eating pleasure, entertainment and fashion whims. It is not only disgusting but also unsustainable for the planet and incapable of supporting the ever expanding population.
For the sake of animals, the earth and human health and our future on this planet we seriously need to re-think our attitudes to animals. Becoming vegan may not prevent animal cruelty, but it actively makes a stand against it.
Frances
October 28th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
so are all carnivores “speciesists”?
October 31st, 2009 at 11:18 pm
I am a vegan of 2 years and about to watch this particular video for the first time. I should already say thank you, though. Does anybody else feel like meat eaters are paranoid schitzophrinics? It also seems like they are grossly misinformed about how people evolved in diet over time, how badly these animals really are suffering and that vegans/vegetarians are predominately some of the most caring and considerate people out there. If a veg person seems angry sometimes, it is only because we seem to be trying to move a mountain off a land mine with the struggle for a more humane world. Bad things don’t have to be one or the other, by the way. They can coexist and are often linked if you look hard enough. Peace. Save an animal from suffering, or a human.
November 1st, 2009 at 12:52 am
I am glad I am vegan. Why isn’t everybody?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
This response is for Brad..you say that its the nature of things.However the difference here is that animals dont have the same consciousness as humans.For instance they get hungry so they kill.Humans have the ability to STOP and make a choice.
Also to address anyone whom thinks youll be malnutritioned without meat,well dear hearts I have been a vegan for over 20 yrs and I am not thin,I am healthy.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
This response is for Brad..you say that its the nature of things.However the difference here is that animals dont have the same consciousness as humans.For instance they get hungry so they kill.Humans have the ability to STOP and make a choice.It is up to us to make the proper decisions and it is my hope that more people will become empathetic with others suffering.If you were suffering at the hands of another would you want help,mercy??????
Also to address anyone whom thinks youll be malnutritioned without meat,well dear hearts I have been a vegan for over 20 yrs and I am not thin,I am healthy.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
[...] Watch Earthlings here [...]
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:58 am
If I do it a little bit cheaper I can make a little more money.
How many of the world’s evils can be tracked down to this process?
“I will feed you and clothe you.” One day, we may rely again on the animal as our ancestors did, and face to face with them, we will again show them the respect they deserve.
December 15th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
I was applaud and sickened by this movie. I cried for weeks, could not sleep or eat. I could not believe humans could be this cruel.
It is true animals in the wild kill viviously, and often animals that are the prey die slow horrible deaths. but that is wild animals not humans that can think and have choices as to what we wear, eat, what entertainment we see etc etc. we are not wild animals we are suppose to be humans and have the intelligence to treat all creatures with respect and humanely. anyone who can say using animals the way this movie shows is ethical, natural, acceptable or doesnt turn instantly Vegetarian, i can only say you are heartless, and living in total denial.
I pray this movie changes lives daily.
I am so thankful I am aware of these astrocities and have choosen not to be a part of them any longer.
December 19th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Human is the most dangerous species which live on this earth.
December 21st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
the last time i checked compassion was considered to be a virtue,(a good thing} can a person have to much compassion, can a person be to merciful,not in a religion called Christianity, most here would consider themselves Christian or at least respectful of Christianity ,in this twisted moronic world it is considered a character flaw or weakness to be compassionate!!!!!!!!! if this is your position,your very own life is of zero value,but you do not wants to deal with these issues, it is easier not to care!
January 17th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
humans.
to evolve, one must take care of the cattle for others to have time to think on new solutions for mankind to evolve.
and no whining about it
a lazy creature is not born lazy, it becomes lazy…
February 4th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
I couldn’t watch Earthlings. I watched a bit, and saw a cow being murdered, and that alone has been haunting me for months. I don’t know why I even started to watch it because I don’t need documentaries to motivate me. I just need to draw on childhood memories, because I saw it live, in person. I grew up on a farm that raised cattle. It was free range – our cows spent the summers in the green pastures and the winters closer to home eating the baled hay, alfalfa, and oats that my father grew himself. Picture perfect, right? Wrong. Our cows may have had amazing lives, but their deaths were still horrible. For people who think they’re doing animals a favour by only eating free-range meat, don’t kid yourselves – a murder on a quaint little farm isn’t much different from murder in a slaughterhouse. There is still pain, suffering, FEAR, betrayal, and blood. So much blood. The cows were all sold when my parents retired. So they ended up in a slaughterhouse anyway. I became a vegetarian at the age of 13, much to the dismay of my family. What prompted me? Seeing a cow laying on the ground, bawling and screaming in pain, because the bullet didn’t kill her, and watching my Grandpa bend down and use a sharp knife to slit her throat…My parents forcing me to eat a cow that they had butchered – a cow that I had tamed and would come to me to get pet and to get treats like apples and carrots…Hearing the chickens screaming as their heads were shoved between two nails on a board (so they couldn’t move) right before the axe fell. And yes, they do “jump” when their heads are cut off…Being forced to help with plucking the feathers…I can still recall the smell, almost 20 years later. I could go on and on. During the day, when I’m at work, I have to censor my thoughts to make sure that they don’t stray to those memories because even after all these years, the tears are almost instant. The worst part of it is that I will NEVER, EVER make up for the first 13 years of my life when I lived as an omnivore. That is a guilt I will carry with me until I die. When you become a vegetarian it’s like getting a new pair of eyes. You perceive everything so differently. It’s kind of like being the first kid in your group of friends that stops believing in Santa Claus. Or like being unplugged from the matrix. You wonder what the heck was wrong with you before – how you could have been so blind and ignorant. How you could have thought you were doing your body good by filling it with death and suffering. How you could so conveniently compartmentalize which animals were pets, and which animals were food. Last year I became Vegan, and even through that change, I look back at my vegetarian days in horror and ask myself what in the world took me so long to see the light, and how I was even remotely justifying the the use of free-range eggs. My point is – watch Earthlings and make the switch to a Vegan, or at least a Vegetarian lifestyle. Appreciate that you can watch it on TV, and you don’t have to see it, and smell it, and feel it in person like I did. Appreciate that you have the luxury of stopping the film when you can’t take it anymore. And then instead of moping and feeling sad about it, do something and stop eating animals. If a 13 year old girl could do it, in an area of Canada where vegetarianism is still almost taboo, I’m sure you can handle it too. For me at age 13, it took a short hunger strike to convince my Mom I was serious, and she may as well stop trying to sneak dead animals into my food. Many people comment about how much willpower it must take to be vegetarian/vegan. I’ve never understood this. I went from feeling disgusting and guilty as I was eating meat one day, to never eating meat again, and feeling free. Like I’d been in the dark, and someone turned on the lights. It takes about as much willpower for me not to eat animals, as it takes for a meat-eating human not to eat other people. I’m very low on the food chain. I can’t even comprehend animals as food. I can’t even eat fake meats marketed towards vegetarians/vegans. Once you change the entire way you perceive your fellow earthlings, willpower will be a non-issue.