Doom

The opposite of happiness is doom.
That’s when it becomes all dark in the room.
And the future is dark too,
if only there was something I could do.
Yet failure is at hand.
So much for all the nice things planned.
The world is going down.
Exploitation, pollution, war.
Can someone fetch a clown,
or show me a rising star?
Something to cheer me up
and forget about the syrup
making it all sweet and sticky.
All in decay, that’s tricky.
It takes us down to where the animals are
kept in a jar
or behind a bar.
Their life is a shame
and guess who is to blame.

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Happiness

Happiness is how we feel about our life,
about the accomplishment of strife.
It ranges on a scale from extremely high to utterly low
the latter is a problem though.
For scaling happiness down
makes us morally frown.
It is bad
to make others sad.
That is true
for animals too.
What makes me happy
is to see
others do
what’s good for you
oh dearest to my heart,
animals receiving their rightful part.

See also ‘Happiness‘ in our value shop.

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Add: Animal Happiness, by Vicki Hearne (link to Amazon)

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Freedom

Freedom
of speech for all
bans boredom
above all.

Allahu Akbar
has become
an exemplar
of restricted freedom,

a threat
of violence,
death
and intolerance.

Women, gay or animal
the Muslim radical
is a cannibal
of liberty
and that’s a pity.

Neither on the Christian devout
I must shout
can I be proud,

for though he slices human throats no more
he still
does exploit and kill
turning life on earth for many into hell
as well.

So the religious radical is like a whore
seducing reason and responsibility as does a liquor store.

But freedom of speech for all
can
makes us human
above all.

 

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True world

The true world
is a new world
The old one is false
where the rich are dancing a waltz
over the backs of the poor and oppressed
that old world ain’t best

The true world is one
where light from the sun
prevents hiding in dark
our present brand mark
a lack of reason
and flourishing treason

Bring back beauty
bring back duty
Restore the nobility
of utility
not as mere means to ends
but as in forever friends

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Add: The Expanding Circle, by Peter Singer (link to Amazon)

Add: The Most Good You Can Do, by Peter Singer (link to Amazon)

Add: Moral thinking (link to Amazon)

Add: Personhood, etc. Animals in Hare's utilitarianism, by Varner (link to Amazon)

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Soal

According to the free dictionary
a soal is the sole of a shoe
or a fish,
or a dirty pond.

But, for me
a soal is not a sole
For me
a soal is a soul

A soal is a s.o.a.l. is a s-o-a-l.
A soal is a Subject-Of-A-Life!

A subject-of-a-life has a soul
Animals are soals,
and so are we.

An animal,
whether human or non-human,
is a soal with a soul.

So, don’t treat a soal as a sole!

 

The Case for Animal RightsSoal

Soal
Sole
Soul keepingSoul keepingSole
The Case for Animal Rights

A soal is a subject-of-a-life

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Keys

House key
Car key
Keycard
Master key

A key is nothing without its lock
A lock nothing without malignant desire.

Desire to take
and desire to keep

Keys define what’s mine.
Keys give control

Key words
Striking keys
Control keys

Keys grow greed

Holding the key
makes you master

Loosing a key
locks you out

But keys make slaves

Unlock the chains
Open your heart

Dumping keys
will be liberating

It will release trust
What’s mine and dine
will be ours

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Death

Death is denied,
kept at bay, far away.

Death doom makes us religious,
makes us superstitious.

We sacrifice millions
just to conquer death

White coat torture
convinced doing good
hungry for eternal praise.

Crazy people.

Death is natural,
part of life.

Face it.
Embrace it.

Death enables life.
Let’s make room for others
when time comes.

In a coffin
or ashes scattered

Even better
back to nature

Eaten by the vultures
Make my fellow creatures happy one last time

Wouldn’t that be a wonderful way to say goodbye,
and remain part of nature forever?

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The good deathAnimal experimentation

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Stimulation

All need something to do,
something to respond to.

Stimulation triggers the mind,
sideways, upfront and behind.

It tickles the heart
for a start,

stimulates sensation
as well as contemplation.

Animal welfare stimulates me,
like a flower a bee.

Stimulation is needed, if only seldom
for without stimulation there will only be boredom.

So unless you want to be a bimbo,
don’t let animals go into limbo.

 

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Bimbo

Dog collar for electrical stimulation of dogs - not a good idea!

Goat simulator

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SEO CEO

SEO: Search Engine Optimization
Running a website makes you an SEO slave
The slave of Google, Bing and Yahoo!

Surfing the web makes you an SEO CEO.
CEO that’s us!
We are Chief Executive Officers.
SEO that’s us too!
We are Optimized Search Engines.
We are SEO’s CEOs.

We are animals
Animals have bodies
Bodies are engines
We are engines

Animals are optimized,
optimized for survival and reproduction
We are optimized

Animals are sentient,
sentience induces search.
We search

We are SEO’s CEOs: Search Engine Optimization’s Chief Executive Officers

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SEO CEO Book: Animal EvolutionSEO CEO Book: Animal Evolution

SEO CEO Book: Animal cognition: Evolution, behaviour and cognitionSEO CEO Book: Animal cognition: Evolution, behaviour and cognition

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Speed

Speed may be good.
You get more things done.
But don’t forget to live in the meantime.
and don’t forget the lives of others.

Speed may be bad.
You are taking risks.
So don’t forget you are alive
and don’t forget others are as well.

Find your natural pace.
It is in-between speeding and slow motion.
Accelerate just for fun.
Slow down as well sometimes,
just to enjoy the fun of it
and to find your natural pace.

Let it wax and wane.
Play with it.
Enjoy it.
So you won’t forget to live
and appreciate the natural speed of other creatures,
whatever that may be.

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Speed related book: Animal welfare - limping towards EdenBook: Animal welfare - limping towards Eden

Animals with speed

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Values

What are values?
Are virtues values?
What about duties?
Needs?
And resources?

Do you value human life?
The lives of animals?
Plants?
Bugs?
Viruses?

Do you value imaginary lives?
Extra-terrestrial life perhaps?
Do you value virtual life?
Are values virtual?

Do you value death?
What about a good death?
Eu-thanasia?
Dying for a cause?

Do all values have a magnitude?
And how is it quantified?

Is all value worth money?
And all money value?
Is there a common value denominator?

Are some values more valuable than others?
Is there a Maslowian pyramid?
Basic values at the bottom
Esoteric, philosophic ones on top?
Or instrumental ones down under
and intrinsic ones above?
Inherent or intrinsic
Aesthetic, moral or monetary?

What about conflict?
Is there a pecking-order among values?
Is more value always better than less?

And what is it that creates value?
We humans?
What about animal values?
And values for plant?

Can we fundamentally value the wrong things?
Value what is not of value?
Or does anything become of value only because it is valued?
Can there be anything of value left if there is nobody left to value?

Value all that values
Value more
Value all values
Even value what is not valued
Because valuation generates value
Value everything
Even nothing

Added value:

Book on values: The value of lifeBook on values: The value of life

Book on animal values: When elephants weepBook on animal values: When elephants weep

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Fiction

Fact, fiction, fantasy
the truth is important
to know about animal welfare
but fiction is important too
to understand animal welfare
not knowingly
but feelingly
fiction supports imagination
understanding what it is like for them
understanding with your heart
empathy and compassion
hence, animals need science and fiction:
science – fiction

 

Fiction related book: The compassion of animalsFiction related book: The compassion of animals

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AWSN: Animal Welfare Solutions Network

AWSN: Animal Welfare Solutions Network

A is for Animal, which includes humans too
W is for Welfare, which includes poor states too.
S is for Solutions, which includes problem formulation too.
N is for Network, which includes things and their relationships too.

AWSN is
human and animal
poor- and good welfare
problem formulation and solution surfing towards Nirvana
through the internet of things.

A = Animal + Human = AniHum
W = Well-fare + Poor-fare = WholeFare
S = Solutions + Problems = Surfing
N = Network + Things = Nirvana

AWSN = AniHum WholeFare Surfing Nirvana

AWSN :
………….Animal
…………………….Welfare
………………………………….Solutions
………………………………………………..Network

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Startlite nirvanaStartlite nirvana

Book: The well-being of farm animals - Challenges and solutionsBook: The well-being of farm animals - Challenges and solutions

Book: Building an arkBook: Building an ark

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Time

Life is time
……….. time to do
…………………….do what has to be done and
…………………….do as you please
……………………………………please you
……………………………………please me
…………………………………………………..until I run out of time
…………………………………………………………..for you and me

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Book: One at a timeBook: One at a time

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