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blondie58

(2,570 posts)
Sun May 25, 2014, 10:55 PM May 2014

Just watched Earthlings

🌻. Has anyone else watched it yet?
I didn't finish it yet- needed to take a break.
I knew it would be intense, but I found myself yelling at my TV in scenes such as, the guy who threw a dog in a trash truck. And then to see an animal being skinned- while he is alive and looking at the camera.

Ok, that's it for me. No more meat. Ever. I can't be part of this anymore. 😟

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Just watched Earthlings (Original Post) blondie58 May 2014 OP
Yeah, it's extremely disturbing. LeftyMom May 2014 #1
I have never seen it, RebelOne May 2014 #2
A very good, but not easy to digest, primer on speciesism. flvegan May 2014 #3
I'm glad to read about this here. Granny M Jul 2014 #4
Oh no - sounds like a movie i have to see ... Jovi-Balani Sep 2014 #5
Yes, Jovi-Balani blondie58 Sep 2014 #6

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
1. Yeah, it's extremely disturbing.
Sun May 25, 2014, 11:10 PM
May 2014

I had to take a little break to go throw up in the wastebasket. I think it was the dolphins being dragged behind trucks. Even now the thought of the bloody streaks behind them on the street makes me a bit green around the gills, and I think I saw the thing seven or eight years ago.

I only watched it the whole way through because people kept asking me about it. I can't really recommend it to most people for that reason. I'd rather they go spend the day at an animal sanctuary.

flvegan

(64,389 posts)
3. A very good, but not easy to digest, primer on speciesism.
Mon May 26, 2014, 03:20 PM
May 2014

I saw it quite some time ago and recall it well.

Congrats and kudos on "no more meat" for you.

Granny M

(1,395 posts)
4. I'm glad to read about this here.
Mon Jul 28, 2014, 06:34 PM
Jul 2014

I know I won't be able to cope with watching the film.

I'm 99% vegan (occasional honey is the exception), already converted. So I would be torturing myself needlessly.

I'll recommend to omnis, though.

Jovi-Balani

(14 posts)
5. Oh no - sounds like a movie i have to see ...
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 01:27 AM
Sep 2014

Im vegetarian but still eat dariy and eggs - maybe this will be the game changer..

blondie58

(2,570 posts)
6. Yes, Jovi-Balani
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 02:28 PM
Sep 2014

Chickens and cows are treated very badly to bring those products to the market. 😟
And did you know that the male chicks are sometimes ground up alive because they are of no use to egg production?
So very sad.

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