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"If we eat animal products, we take in the animals' experience of cruelty, suffering and misery. The energy of death literally permeates our inner being. Others would argue that modern agricultural methods have utterly destroyed the bacteria that produce this important vitamin at the same time that air pollution has also placed excessive demands on our bodily supplies of it. There are several schools of thought on the whole veganism/B)2 issue. Some are strict vegans due to philosophical or ethical reasons, believing it is very bad karma to eat any animal products." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"The problematic truth of this image—Totila's leniency toward the Neapolitans is better remembered than his cruelty toward, for example, non-Arian priests'—is less important than its resonance. To Germans who celebrated the Ostrogoths as their Golden Age forebears, Totila/Baudila was another Theodoric, and the latter was such an appealing ancestor that he appears—under the name Dietrich von Bern—as the hero of the anonymous thirteenth-century epic, and source of Wagner's great opera, the Niebelungenlied. In Constantinople, the march of Totila toward Rome did not pass unremarked." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.) "Not since the worst excesses of the early empire was it ruled by a man with such an appetite for cruelty and torture. Phocas's brutality was not only pathological, it was suicidal; at the very moment that he was under attack in the east from Khusro II, Phocas recalled his best general from Mesopotamia, apparently for the pleasure of burning him alive.44 Phocas was not, of course, the only curse afflicting the empire." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"While every state in the Union has an anticruelty statute on the books making it a crime to treat an animal in an "unnecessarily cruel fashion" or to deprive it of sustenance or intentionally torture it, I'd learned early on in my career that trying to convince prosecutors to file cruelty charges against animal abusers can be very difficult. To begin with, many inhumane practices—even when blatantly contrary to the intent of anticruelty statutes—are exempt from anticruelty laws." - Gail A. Eisnitz, Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meal Industry (Get the book.)

"Rudeness and cruelty are the qualities I hate most. Rudeness and cruelty are always connected I feel. (Testimony, p. 16) The wonder here, it seems to me, is the context. Could anyone who lived under Stalin?Looking back, I see nothing but ruins, only mountains of corpses" (Testimony, p. 1)—care about good manners? They must have been an unheard-of luxury. Or were they the real test in that hell? Shostakovich went on: As you know, Lenin in his "political will" said that Stalin had only one fault: "rudeness." And that everything else was in good shape . . . And we know how it all ended." - Michael Gearin-Tosh, Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny (Get the book.)

"I recommend cruelty free, organic, raw wild honey. Problems with bread addiction may find relief by spreading a high quality honey on their bread. The enzymes (amylase in honey) will begin to predigest the bread starch. Choose raw cacao beans (and agave nectar, raw honey or yacon root syrup) over cooked chocolate. To conquer addictions to cooked chocolate, replace cooked chocolate with the real thing that all chocolate is made from — cacao beans!" - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"This was the raison d'etre of the Aztec human sacrifice—not blood lust, nor a predilection for cruelty, nor an obsession with death, but a fear lest the world and the life on it should perish. The number of victims who died under the knife was grossly exaggerated by the Spaniards, probably in an attempt to justify their Image of Huitzilopochtli, patron god of the Aztecs and deity of war and the sun, from the Codex Borbonicus." - Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe, The True History of Chocolate (Get the book.) "Through his fiction, which transcended all the moral bounds known to most societies in its treatment of sex and cruelty, Sade managed to outrage authorities of every political stripe, and suffered the consequences. His name has passed into the language as a synonym for the psychopathic infliction of pain. But biographers and literary critics are now generally agreed that the "Divine Marquis," as his modern admirers have called him, was more sinned against than sinning, and that the atrocities of which he was accused were mainly the work of his imaginative pen." - Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe, The True History of Chocolate (Get the book.)

"Genain was an overweight, alcohol-abusing diabetic who treated both his wife and his daughters with incredible cruelty. Even when the girls were babies, Henry Genain showed he cared more about himself than his family. Rather than protecting his daughters from an abnormal life resulting from the media's attention and the public's interest, Mr. Genain charged anyone who wanted a glimpse of the girls a 25-cent fee. This only came to an end when he began to become concerned about their possible kidnapping.67 Henry Genain often kept a gun in his pants pocket." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"The future profits to be derived from having been pioneers in the establishment of sheep dairying in Vermont, from the sale of breeding lambs, for example, would be discounted; and, of course, the gratuitous cruelty of putting to death entire herds has not even entered into the department's calculation. I suggest that there is an entirely different agenda at work here: More and more frequently, Europeans reject American agricultural products because our animals have been fed hormones, or because our crops have been genetically engineered." - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.)

"Notice that, although some of the criteria do represent serious problems, as with using weapons, physical cruelty, forcing another into sexual activity, and property destruction, the criteria are also wide open and can be used to label children who should not be considered disordered at all. Needing only a minimum of three criteria, a child could be diagnosed for Conduct Disorder without doing anything too horrible." - Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey, The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal Children (Get the book.)

"An aggressive treatment may extend a life a few months to even a year or so longer, but the suffering our patients and loved ones must endure for the marginal benefits seems a cruelty to those whose lives are already so fragile. We're presently losing the battle against cancer. Is there any doubt that this malignant disease must be attacked at much earlier stages in its development before the number of deaths will decrease? We do have hope, you know. Understanding the role of oxidative stress in the development of cancer offers us a host of new possibilities in prevention and treatment." - Ray D. Strand, What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You (Get the book.)

"The purpose of the Animal Defenders is to educate, create awareness, and promote the interest of humanity in the cause of justice, and the suppression of all forms of cruelty to animals: www. animaldefenders. org. uk/ The Humane Research Trust. The first trust to promote medical and scientific research replacing the use of animals: www.btin ternet.com/^shawweb/hrt/index." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.) "Checking the website for the American Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Animals (AVMA), "Poison Control Center's Household Plant Reference," I found a list that labeled the kalanchoe plant as a "car-diotoxic plant." The AVMA site described various plants that could be fatal, which included hydrangea, lily-of-the-valley, casror bean, foxglove, and kalanchoe. That day my sister, who has no pets, became the owner of this plant. Over rhe next few days Ben improved. He began eating, the vomiting ceased, he was more active, and was back on his drug for hyperthyroidism." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.) "This site addresses cruelty to animals and what this organization is doing: to end such treatment: Wendell Belfield, DVM. Site provides information on the treatment of Shawn Messonnier, DVM. Visit this site to learn about natural treatments for your pets: www.petcarenaturally.com/hospital.php Animal People. This is an on-line newspaper that is devoted to animal protection worldwide: www.animalpeoplenews.org/ Uncaged Campaigns. Located in the United Kingdom, this organization is against all animal experimentation and vivisection: www.uncaged.co.uk/ PubMed Medline." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.)

"Grille claims that there are many other historical examples of societies that practiced mass childhood cruelty subsequently producing generations of brutal and martially-minded adults. He also believes that the reverse is true, that societies that introduced enlightened elements of child nurturing became less violent and martial in subsequent generations, and more prone to direct their energies into a quest for justice and equality. This led to social innovations. In the American colonies in the eighteenth century, children were often raised to be independent and outspoken." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.)

"These foster children had been born into abusive and neglectful families: "In nearly every case, through neglect or cruelty, the natural parents mismanaged the care of these children and 1. Morrison & Stewart, 1973, p. 888. 2. Rutter et al., 1990. 3. Wender, 1995, p. 95. 4. Rosenthal, 1971a, p. 194. subsequently lost custody of them." In addition, 5 of the 14 mothers for whom Safer had information had been in jail, and three others were alcoholics. Half of the fathers had been in prison, and three were alcoholics." - Jay Joseph, The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes (Get the book.)

"If all the Nazis had been psychotics, as some of their leaders probably were, their appalling cruelty would have been in some sense easier to understand. It is much worse to consider this calm, "well-balanced," unperturbed official conscientiously going about his deskwork, his administrative job which happened to be the supervision of mass murder. He was thoughtful, orderly, unimaginative. He had a profound respect for system, for law and order. He was obedient, loyal, a faithful officer of a great state. He served his government very well." - Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey, The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal Children (Get the book.)

"As a flower essence, nettles is recommended in times of anger or emotional coldness that can lead to spitefulness and cruelty. It encourages fearlessness in people who feel isolated or have been "stung" by others, helping them regain the ability to connect with others by expressing their anger. It also helps users to release stress and reestablish harmony and unity within themselves. Edible Uses Nettles could be described as a superfood, being extremely nutritive, even more so than spinach." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

"To further document these effects, Adam reviewed the files of the Royal Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Animals in Britain. One inspector of the society regularly sent reports for the same thirteen-mile stretch of beach. In the twelve months ending 31 August 1936, the inspector had counted over fourteen hundred oiled birds. Despite its far-sighted environmental message, The Pollution of the Sea and Shore by Oil remains an obscure document. I have never seen it cited, and other than my own copy, I have been able to identify only two copies held in major libraries." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"A second group heard a narration that emphasized the cruelty of the ritual. Two other groups heard narrations that minimized the cruelty by denying or intellectualizing it. Arousal increased among those who heard the narration that emphasized the cruelty, while arousal decreased among those who heard the narrations that minimized it. Growing up, most children have to learn to identify the many changes that go on within them: tiredness, lack of food, frustration, anger. They often misinterpret the signals from their bodies." - Robert Ornstein, David Sobel, The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries About How the Brain Keeps Us Healthy (Get the book.)

"Each petal represents a negative quality that we need to overcome - anger, hatred, jealousy, cruelty, desire and pride. In this case, 'P' addicts usually exhibit all of these negative traits. Recently I had the opportunity of treating a young lawyer addicted to methamphetamines. His mother was dying of cancer of the stomach, and she confided in me that her biggest stress was her son's addiction. As if to emphasize the importance of this, two other women in their fifties, both mothers of 'P' addicts, presented to me with similar stories within the next fortnight." - Robin, Dr. Kelly, The Human Antenna: Reading the Language of the Universe in the Songs of Our Cells (Get the book.)

"Cornelie met the cruelty of Russia as soon as she crossed the border: I cannot describe how melancholy I felt the first time I saw a peasant patiently accept a blow from a postmaster's switch without seeming to mind any more than an ordinary man would mind a word of reproach. His heavy sheepskin was bound to lessen the force of the blow but it did not seem any less of an outrage to me. (A Visit to St. Petersburg, p. 36) I am to immerse myself in Russia for many months. It becomes a compulsive need. Why? Is it escapism?" - Michael Gearin-Tosh, Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny (Get the book.) "Rudeness and cruelty are always connected I feel. (Testimony, p. 16) The wonder here, it seems to me, is the context. Could anyone who lived under Stalin?Looking back, I see nothing but ruins, only mountains of corpses" (Testimony, p. 1)—care about good manners? They must have been an unheard-of luxury. Or were they the real test in that hell? Shostakovich went on: As you know, Lenin in his "political will" said that Stalin had only one fault: "rudeness." And that everything else was in good shape . . . And we know how it all ended. No, don't expect anything good from a rude man." - Michael Gearin-Tosh, Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny (Get the book.)

"This seal is sponsored by national and state humane societies and the American Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Animals. It attests to how the hens are treated, but is less concerned with what they are fed. If your egg carton says "United Egg Producers Certified," however, you are in marketing cloud cuckoo-land. The new seal says "United Egg Producers Certified: Produced in Compliance with United Egg Producers' Animal Husbandry Guidelines," and gives the Web site, www. uepcertified.com. This certification system used to be called "Animal Care Certified." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "These methods sound promising, but unless you take the trouble to go to the Web site and see that this is a program of the American Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Animals and various humane societies—groups you may feel you can trust—you would have no way of knowing whether this kind of certification has any real meaning. All of this made me want to know: If natural and humane producers like Coleman, Niman, and Murray's are doing such a good job of raising their animals, why aren't their meats Certified Organic? I asked this question of everyone I could." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"Beauty Without cruelty Volume Plus Spray Gel ($6.95 for 8.5 ounces) binge Give It a Swirl, Curl Enhancer ($5.99 for 8.5 ounces) Charles Worthington Hair Makeover Blow-Drying Spray, Medium Hold for All Hair Types ($5.99 for 9 ounces) Clairol Herbal Essences Natural Volume Root Volumizer ($3.49 for 6ounces) Framesi Biogenol Color Care System Snapp, Curl Rejuvenator ($10 for 10.1 ounces) Gamier Fructis Curl Shaping Spray Gel Curl Defining, Strong ($2.64for 8.5 ounces) Graham Webb Brit Style Volumizing & Thickening Spray ($10.18 for 8.5 ounces) *ion Anti-Frizz Solutions Liquid Mousse ($4." - Paula Begoun, Don't Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me (Get the book.) "Beauty Without cruelty Moisture Plus Shampoo, Benefits Dry/Treated Hair ($6.95 for 16 ounces) ion Anti-Frizz Solutions Straightening Shampoo, Cleanser for Curly, Wavy, Frizzy Hair ($4.99 for 12 ounces) John Frieda Frizz Ease Relax Total Clarity, Moisturizing Shampoo ($6.99 for 8.4 ounces) L'Oreal Vive Curl-Moisture Shampoo, for Curly Hair ($4.49for 13 ounces) Neutrogena Triple Moisture Cream Lather Shampoo ($5.99 for 8.45 ounces) Pantene Relaxed & Natural Intensive Moisturizing Shampoo ($3.99 for 13." - Paula Begoun, Don't Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me (Get the book.) "Beauty Without cruelty Natural Hold Hair Spray ($6.95 for 8.5 ounces) *Clairol Restyle Extra Hold Extra Control Hairspray, 7 ($2.99 for 9 ounces) *John Frieda Frizz Ease Shape and Shine, Flexible-Hold Hair Spray (Non-Aerosol) ($4.99 for 10 ounces) Joico Travallo Design and Finishing Spray, Medium Hold ($10 for 10.1 ounces) *L'Oreal Studio Line Mega Spritz, Mega Hold Finishing Spritz ($3.19 for ounces) Quantum Spritz, for Firm Hold ($6.50 for 8 ounces) *Salon Selectives Hold Tight, Finishing Spray for Firm Hold (Non-Aerosol) ($3." - Paula Begoun, Don't Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me (Get the book.)

"Individual killing of animals for food is the first step of cruelty (hunting, fishing). The profit-motivated industrialization of nature's living animals, as if they are inanimate and without any rights, feelings, or soul, is an example of the next step of the expansion of cruelty. People in the US and Canada consume over 200 pounds of animal flesh per person a year. In one year, four billion catde, calves, sheep, hogs, chicken, ducks, and turkeys are slaughtered." - Gabriel Cousens, M.D., Conscious Eating (Get the book.)

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