Many of you will know I am a huge supporter of Any Means Necessary when it comes to the animal rights movement. This covers every option available to us from informing people about what REALLY happens in the real world, educating and teaching to armed resistance, no holds barred attacking. Well I just wanted to talk a little more about my vision regarding the armed resistance animal rights so badly needs. For years the animal rights movement has been a moral driven movement which has held a strict unwritten code of conduct stating that no other living being should be harmed during the movements activities. While I agree this would be such a beautiful road to walk on I have to face reality and realise its not really getting us anywhere fast! Yes we have achieved amazing things in our history, mainly getting animal rights into peoples faces but we're constantly hitting brick walls at every turn. Now I say lets try something new, something radical, something desperate. Those we speak and fight for cannot wait any longer, they need us more than ever and I for one hear their screams every time I see pictures like these:
Of course most of you will have seen these pictures before and have been equally outraged as me but its clear to me that whatever we're doing isnt working fast enough. We then have to ask ourselves what can we do that would have an immediate impact, we have to answer that question with another. What will make people think? Yes the pictures, videos and educational operations are working but in a limited and slow capacity. We need something which has an immediate impact on the world and in my opinion that is an armed resistance. A resistance that lets every animal abuser worldwide know that they will face the consequences of their actions in the most severe way. Its time to step off our moral pedestal and face the enemy on level ground, show them we will no longer allow this holocaust to continue.
Many time when I speak to other activists about an armed resistance I get the same response, "we can't allow violence to tarnish our movement" Humans are animals too so we cant possibly hurt another human" "we would just be as bad as the abusers if we used violence" and so many more. I just cannot accept this way of thinking as a realistic movement, all our enemies know is violence, all they respect is violence and I say its time they were shown some respect!
There is also the issue that we may all be locked away in padded cells as soon as the authorities get wind of our resistance but I firmly believe with dedication, organisation and structure we could mount an underground resistance capable of instilling fear into the abusers. As much as I love the ALF and what it has achieved I now see the ALF as an excellent stepping stone and we must now move onto the next step and organised and structured movement which also includes a respected leadership. Don't worry I'm not putting myself forward as I would rather be on the front line but if we are to be organised and structured then we must have good leadership. This I admit is the stumbling block to an armed resistance since power hungry misguided activists could become an issue but with a little thought and understanding we could manage to overcome this!
An Armed Resistance within animal rights IS coming its just a matter of time, sadly that is exactly what the animal kingdom doesnt have is time.
Hi Dev, just wondering exactly who you class as "the abusers"?
ReplyDeleteDo you include your family and friends who are complicit in the violence because they are the consumers who force the supply of products stolen from other animals? Do you include the 95 year old woman down the street who has a touch of milk in her tea each morning? She's every bit as responsible for the continuation of nonhuman commodification as the man working in the dairy farm.
I'm interested to know your definition of "the enemy".
The simple answer would be yes however an armed resistance would obviously have to concentrate on the bigger picture!
ReplyDeleteSo, your armed resistance would take out 99.9% of the population? Where would you start? Who would you consider the greater enemy?
ReplyDeleteOf the 40 or 50 people in the world who actually support the vague concept of "By any means necessary", which warrior would supply the artillery to take out the rest of humanity?
Just a few thoughts, hope you don't mind my curiosity, Dev.
This is interesting. I enjoyed reading Carolyn's words, and the one reply from the Animal Rights Book.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn is not an animal lover in the sense that we, or I, feel it. She is too intent on being 'clever' rather than helping or supporting any movement.
Carolyn :-) is your typical internet troll; they ask the same questions on every site, whether animal, children, or religious sites!
Carolyn might be male, even though they would be a poor excuse for one; or female, ditto!
I support 'by any means necessary'!
For too long, humans have had the upper hand; and what are we but flesh & blood creatures like the ones who are tortured?
Put 'Carolyn' in a room with me for 15 minutes, and i'll answer her/his, stupid, boring, intentionnall questions!
First of all I find your numbers a little staggering and supporting of myview that you lead a rather sheltered online AR life Carolyn. No offence is meant by that but I think between the enviromental movement and the AR movement we have a lot more than 40 or 50 activists who would be willing to be soldiers for the cause! So really I would have to disagree with most of your comment, no offence meant.
ReplyDeleteI agree with anonymous, anyone who respects and loves animals wouldnt sit by and watch them suffer because it clashes with their other beliefs
ReplyDeleteCherry
By any means necessary...
ReplyDeleteIt is unfortunate that we have people who claim to be ARA and as the animals are suffering,they are choosing to use valuable time by drilling others about their opinions !
We are not here to have a debate, it is time for action ! We are not here to look smart or get compliments. We are in a war and shall treat it as such if necessary !
Carolyn, you do your thing and we will do ours !!!!
You seem to be doing no more than the trolls, simply trying to get us off track and waste time...
March on Soldiers...