In the newspaper today in New Zealand, a cause i am passionate about (one that holted my eating of chickens) has hit the news again. A group of animal welfare activists released birds from their cruel conditions into wide open, green spaces. Though their efforts are illegal, this group continue to expose the farmers and free birds (often chickens). A thought struck me. This group have had sucess in bring prosecution to companies who are ill-treating the animals which is a fantastic outcome.
But i have a question: Can we justify the activists actions (of breaking the law) with the fact that farmers actions are much worse (unethical and cruel)?
Should we find another way of protest?
Point to ponder...
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7 comments:
It says in the bible that the laws of God are greater than the laws of man (in a manner of words). I dont think Jesus had the local town laws in mind when he trashed the temple. If everyone through-out history had simply not acted because they were worried about laws we wouldnt have our Martin Luther Kings or Rosa Parks etc.
Therefore, when appropriate it proberly is better to ignore laws in order to better a situation.
true... thats where real chagne happens often, is where the rules are really challenged. Another thought- i thin the media give these guys a few labels that cause their image to be alightly negitive.. like athta they are extremeists, activists, radical etc. words and structure have a profound effect on how things come accross and can shape peoples perceptions.
I agree. Often the media blows things way out of proportion. They could be doing it to sell a story. Or perhaps they are doing it to shift the opinion of people watching it. But whatever the reason I think it is important to investigate both sides of the story rather than believing everything we see on the news. Because in the end can we really form our opinions based on information we recieve from corperations that set out to entertain. Let alone those that exist in order to sell 30 second time slots to advertisers?
all good points especially the ownership side of media corperations, we need to be aware of who owns what and what their agendas/biases/connections are. Take the example of Fox news channel.. so clearly right wing, republican backing behind it.. and yes true to form Rupert murdoch owns it and holds shares in many other media outfits and even other industries. I find the other industry ownage very interesting because he not only wants profit from his media outfits but also from the others- therefore his links with politicians and business men etc will effect all his decision making.This all trickles down and effects our new s fo sho.
how did chickens come to this...? haha:)
Also true and very good points. It is interesting, when did such a powerful tool of information start being all about the cash, favours and political rammifications (now I sound like a cynic). I think it is really interesting that all of the worlds media(give or take) is owned by five major corperations.
James Bonds Tomorrow never dies is a good movie for looking into the real power the media could have. Also recommend 'outfoxed' its a documentry about the fox company.
fantastic doco htat one... i was shocked... sat with my mouth open for half of it... If i was american im not sure if i could stand that!
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