treekisser: “Have you ever screamed "ouch” when you burned your finger,
treekisser: “Have you ever screamed "ouch” when you burned your finger, stubbed your toe, or broke a bone? I had blood drawn today for a routine test. The phlebotomist messed up and I yelled “Ouch!” I said “Ouch” again when I had to pull off the bandage and took the hair on my arm with it.What if when we feel pain, it didn’t stop? What if we had to keep our finger on the hot oven, or if someone kept sticking the needle in us as we screamed, or kept ripping the hair off our arm? This is what it’s like for the animals you eat, wear, and pay to see.How can people who have such a low threshold for pain have such a high tolerance for inflicting it on others? If you contemplate that question, perhaps you will stop doing to others what you would beg on your hands and knees for others to stop doing to you.” - Andrew Kirschner -- source link