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Old Nov 28, 2010, 10:57 PM
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Thats a false economy... which means that you don't have a limit or quota for caring. By caring about animals it does not mean one has to choose one vs the other. Caring is the one thing that you get more to give away with each bit you do give...

having said that... i notice people who suffer but i have no real connection with people. i don't understand most people and i don't feel kindred with them the way i do with animals. i also know the animals have nothing to do with the situation in the world, but people do... and while an individual person may not cause it, people as a whole do. The number of people who suffer at the "hands" of animals = next to none, but the opposite is beyond calculating. Animals dont have the capacity to lie, cheat, steal or hate... they may physically injure or kill a person but they dont torture people.

there are literally hundreds of agencies to help people... so people do notice how people suffer.
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