Friday, April 1, 2011

cruelty free?

whenever i hear or read the words 'cruelty free '  and  'living a compassionate life' im always surprised that neither  term refers to being nice to humans .
in regard to makeup 'cruelty -free' means that it was made without animal testing. nowhere does it say that the condition of the workers at the makeup plant were treated kindly.
a lot of celebrities claim to be living a 'compassionate' lifestyle. this means they are vegan. they are compassionate by being compassionate to animals ,  there is no reference of kindness to other humans as defining  their compassionate nature.
it is sad that being 'cruelty-frre ' does not refer to humans. perhaps it is easier to be kind to animals than to humans. animals don't talk back to you.

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