Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come.
A phenomenal presentation by Wayne Pacelle - President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) - at TEDx. It's not graphic or shrill - which make it all-the-more compelling. The best way to describe it is 'a mirror'. Hold it up to everyone you know.
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