THE LOST HUMANITY

                                    

 

 

     'HUMANITY'

From  the word Human, defined by dictionary

  as a member of the genus Homo  
and especially of the species H. sapiens.

as noun it is 

1. a human being; person

 and as an adjective

1. characterizes, or relates to man and mankind: human nature.

2. consisting of people: the human race; a human chain.

3. having the attributes of man as opposed to animals, divine beings, or machines: human failings.

4. 
a. natural

    b. kind or considerate

and Thus the  word HUMANITY.

Here I am lost. I didn't quite understand  the meaning of this word.
Let me explain why I am confused.

         This is the  stuffed Raccoon toy you lovingly got for your child

             This is  a real raccoon, fuzzy, very naughty looking, but a very lovable animal. The grayish fur coat with pirate like black patch around the eyes and the striped tail give it the goon look we love so much.

But have you seen a raccoon with out it's fur coat ? No!

I will show you one.   

Let me warn you here of the Extreme Graphic nature of the images. You may avoid going any further.

 But I dare you, see till the last image.

 This is a raccoon  without it's fur coat, skinned alive.  IT IS STILL ALIVE !

May be  we do not have raccoons here and we do not skin them alive.

But we have dogs. They are skinned, killed and eaten too !

The dog  that is supposed to be our lifelong friend. The animal that saves human life braving all disasters, snow, flood, bombs and explosives planted by terrorist.

 Yes, I am talking of that dog.

 

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 Have  you read the news where an wild elephant saves a human baby  of the same people who were trying to kill the elephant? No, you haven't. Here is the link.

See what we do to this gentle giant.

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Lion the national animal, of Ashoka's  four sentinel lions in our  national symbol are held high and saluted. Teams of our national pastime cricket, are named Royal Bengal. What happens to the real ones in the jungle ?

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Animals kill animals for food. It is an ecological food chain. Many of us too are meat eaters..

We do raise livestock  for the purpose of meat. But does that mean we need to treat them so inhumanly? How do we  skin a just born calf for its soft fur  to make caps to adorn our heads.

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The one horned Rhino that only we have, and is a treasure. Is this how we value a gift from nature?

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The birds in the sky are too not spared. Do our  technological development have the right to electrocute flamingos? Who gave us the right to drive a dart through a duck's head? How do we kill birds and animals just entertainment?

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We Hindus worship cows. Some have argued that beef was included in Hindu diet during the Vedic period. But  today  a cow is worshiped as a mother.
What about the other animals? Who gave us Hindus or anyone else the right to drag them to the sacrificial altar?

Sacrificing and drinking the animal's blood, IS THAT WORSHIPING GOD ?

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Can we go back to the top of the page once more?

Now please explain to me what is HUMANITY once again!