There is an ecological principle that "everything
is connected to everything else." This means that
every action has many ramifications. Hence, adopting
vegetarian diets not only reduces brutal treatment
of animals; it also improves human health, reduces
stress on threatened ecosystems, conserves resources,
and provides the potential to reduce widespread
hunger. In view of the many threats related to livestock
agriculture, next to attempting to reduce the chance
of nuclear war, working to promote vegetarianism
may be the most important action one can take for
global survival.
While it is true that there are some people who
love animals and are cruel to people, the reverse
is more often the case: those who are cruel to animals
are also cruel to human beings. Some of history's
greatest humanitarians were vegetarians and/or strong
advocates of vegetarianism. Among Jews, these include
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Franz
Kafka, and Isaac Leib Peretz.
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