THE HOLOCAUST
When I was a child and learned about Hitler and World War II
in school, I was curious as to why so many people would allow the Jewish
holocaust. It was a wonder why people would inflict such horrors on other
people. Then I read about the Milgram experiment.
In 1961 at Yale University, Stanley Milgram conducted a
series of psychological experiments. His goal was to measure the willingness of
participants to obey authority figures. It consisted of an authority figure, “a
teacher” or someone that obeyed the authority figure, “a learner” or the person
who was shocked. The “learner” was someone who pretended to be a volunteer, but
was actually acting. The “teacher” would repeat words and the “learner” was to
select a match to that word. If the “learner” picked the wrong choice, the “teacher”
was ordered by the authority figure to administer an electric shock to the “learner”.
Each participant was in separate rooms.
The “teacher” would keep giving stronger and stronger electric shocks to
the “learner”. Finally “the learner” would say “I need to stop. I’m going to
have a heart attack”. The authority
figure would urge the “teacher” to administer the deadly electrical shock. In
65% of the cases, the “teacher” would reluctantly administer the final shock. Reluctantly
yes, but he still flicked the final switch.
This experiment was repeated by the Discovery Channel’s “Curiosity”
in 2011 episode “How Evil Are You?” They found that 72% of their subjects would
administer the final shock.
This is very disturbing considering we have a holocaust
going on today. One that no one wants to see or acknowledge. Every hour, 6 million animals are killed.
They live horrid, tortured lives, and have violent deaths. I think most horror movie writers base their
movies on the lives of farmed animals.
During the 12 year Nazi reign, about 11 million people,
Jews, Gays, etc. were killed. We do that
to animals in less than 2 hours, every single day.
In all the wars total, throughout history, approximately 82
million people were killed. Every YEAR, 96 BILLION land animals are killed and
about 3 TRILLION fish. A holocaust of death
every year.
The Milgram experiment is important, because it shows how
this holocaust continues. You allow it.
It is wrong, you know this much killing is wrong, and yet you allow it. You are
obeying authority. Every day we are bombarded with advertisements “Eat Meat”, “Drink
Milk”. We have become to believe we need those things to live. We don’t. In fact, many researchers have
found we are healthier and live longer if we do not consume meat, dairy or
eggs. The PCRM (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) has done many
studies that show this. Meat and dairy causes many diseases such as cancer,
heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, allergies, and obesity. Animal
agriculture is also the number one polluter of our planet and number one
destroyer of rainforests.
When you put items in your grocery cart, stop and
think. Do I really want to be a part of
the holocaust? Do I really want to hurt my health, the planet, and other living
beings?
http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2004/farm-moratorium.html
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