Comments on: Résistance by Agnès Humbert http://calitreview.com/1459 An arts and culture magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katharine Griffinghttp://calitreview.com/1459/comment-page-1#comment-77127 Katharine Griffing Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:35:43 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=1459#comment-77127 "Humbert shows us that we will never know what it will be like until it happens, and we may not recognize it for what it is until it strikes us in the face. Cruelty and chaos come in many forms. And we, like our 20th century ancestors, are always in danger of becoming part of the nightmarish machine." Read any account of the horrors of modern industrial factory farming of animals, or watch the videos taken by brave committed individuals who have infiltrated these factories to witness the atrocities committed against these poor creatures, and you will be "struck in the face" by "cruelty and chaos." We don't even have to be brave to help in the resistance to this contemporary horror show - just be willing to open our eyes and our hearts, become educated about what is going on, eat less animal products, and spend a little more time and money to seek out meat and dairy and eggs that have come from real farmers who have committed to raise their animals humanely. Billions of animals are born, raised and then killed under horrific conditions every year. These atrocities are committed so that we can eat huge amounts of cheap eggs, dairy and animal flesh. Just keep asking yourself: How much suffering am I willing to tolerate for my food? “Humbert shows us that we will never know what it will be like until it happens, and we may not recognize it for what it is until it strikes us in the face. Cruelty and chaos come in many forms. And we, like our 20th century ancestors, are always in danger of becoming part of the nightmarish machine.”

Read any account of the horrors of modern industrial factory farming of animals, or watch the videos taken by brave committed individuals who have infiltrated these factories to witness the atrocities committed against these poor creatures, and you will be “struck in the face” by “cruelty and chaos.”

We don’t even have to be brave to help in the resistance to this contemporary horror show – just be willing to open our eyes and our hearts, become educated about what is going on, eat less animal products, and spend a little more time and money to seek out meat and dairy and eggs that have come from real farmers who have committed to raise their animals humanely.

Billions of animals are born, raised and then killed under horrific conditions every year. These atrocities are committed so that we can eat huge amounts of cheap eggs, dairy and animal flesh. Just keep asking yourself: How much suffering am I willing to tolerate for my food?

]]> By: Stefani Forsterhttp://calitreview.com/1459/comment-page-1#comment-57725 Stefani Forster Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:28:29 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=1459#comment-57725 You must read the Afterword and translator notes to appreciate the writing style in this memoir. Thank you Barbara Mellor for finding this work and translating, with your excellent notes, for English readers. This is one of the best "Resistance" books I have ever read. The clarity of her memory, humor and simple descriptions make the events clear. I was struck by the statement: "The Germans are a spineless lot on the whole, lacking any ability to reason things through or view them with a critical spirit; and they suffer from a total and absolute lack of initiative, inculcated by their educational system down the centuries.", on page 264. A word of caution to those of us in the U.S. during the Bush era and under our current educational system. You must read the Afterword and translator notes to appreciate the writing style in this memoir. Thank you Barbara Mellor for finding this work and translating, with your excellent notes, for English readers. This is one of the best “Resistance” books I have ever read. The clarity of her memory, humor and simple descriptions make the events clear. I was struck by the statement: “The Germans are a spineless lot on the whole, lacking any ability to reason things through or view them with a critical spirit; and they suffer from a total and absolute lack of initiative, inculcated by their educational system down the centuries.”, on page 264. A word of caution to those of us in the U.S. during the Bush era and under our current educational system.

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