@rogy Said
How on earth am I supposed to be forcing anything on you? You appear to have no understanding about the nature of social change - some people, the pioneers of a new idea - have to talk about it for others to consider it.
If you really think there is no connection between human and animal slavery, then I would invite you (not being able to force you) to read The Dreaded Comparison: https://www.amazon.com/Dreaded-Comparison-Human-Animal-Slavery/dp/0962449334 which contains a foreword by human rights advocate Alice Walker.
Have you ever been to a "cattle market" and seen how the buyers size up and bid for the animal slaves? The slaves, btw, are often branded, or have their ears punched.
rogY
Ok. I am against actual cruelty to animals. I am against branding and ear-punching cos that sucks.
But there is a mjor difference between cultivating a food source and taking people from their homes to force them to work themselves half to death just to make a few dollars more on that cotton crop.
I am against cruelty to animals. I don't eat lamb because I believe that it's cruel. I do however eat beef, chicken and pork but try to make sure it comes from RSPCA approved sources. Being in Aberdeen I have friends who've grown up on and around working farms and they were never cruel or neglectful and neither were their parents/neighbours. They valued the animals.
And by the way, this isn't about social change whatsoever. You say time and again that I have no idea about these things. You know absolutely nothing about me, what I know or what I've seen so how about you stop assuming that you know me and take a second to listen for once instead of cracking stupid "jokes" or calling me a stupid little girl for once?