I learnt recently of the extermination of Indian minor birds by a council in the centre of Sydney, Australia. Indian minor birds apparently post a threat to native Australian bird-life and are deemed to be pests. Cursory discussions explored ways to remove them from council boundaries, with extermination by gassing the finally agreed method. Thus, as my friend walked past a public car park on a sunny Friday afternoon, she witnessed first-hand the dispassionate extermination of these lovely creatures.
Two officers enticed many birds into a large cage before covering it with a specially designed plastic sheet. The cage was fully lined apart from a hole the size of the exhaust pipe on their council vehicle. The opening was stuffed with the metal exhaust pipe from their automobile which one amongst them held in place as the opposite started the engine. What followed was the extermination by gassing of these animals. At intervals 2 minutes the task was complete, the plastic sheeting removed to reveal six lifeless birds in the cage, dispassionately thrown into a box for later disposal. When asked, the RSPCA, with equal dismay, advised that this process was the approved way to remove these birds, apparently pests to native bird-life.
Mahatma Gandhi (1989 - 1948), Statesman and Philosopher said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it's to protection by man from the cruelty of man."
Extermination by gassing in the Nazi holocaust is testimony to the potential of personalities to exert outrageous discrimination on a category of persons deemed to be a threat to privileged others. Unspeakable violence perpetrated upon sectors of the humanity is a reflection of a scarcity consciousness intolerant of diversity and richness of lifestyles, opinions and worldviews.
The instance in this text of the extermination of birds is a challenge for us to consider how we tend to contribute to, in this case, holocaust? After we set ourselves up as superior creatures on the planet, choosing who to share the environment with, we have a tendency to play a part in the larger holocaust for that we have a tendency to are all responsible. We should every raise ourselves 'Where are we have a tendency to affording ourselves larger privilege than alternative living entities on this planet? Where are we dominating and controlling with scant respect for the interdependent nature of our existence on earth?' Whatever class of abuse we have a tendency to are outraged at - whether of kids, animals, atmosphere or alternative, we should each raise ourselves 'Where am I doing this in my life?' What we have a tendency to see in our world could be a reflection of ourselves and if we have a tendency to need to vary what we see, we must initial amendment ourselves. Currently take into account this approach of thinking in every relationship you've got with others?
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