"In relation to animals, all people are Nazis; for the animals, it is an eternal Treblinka" Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Nobel Prize-winning Polish born American writer of both short stories and novels. He wrote in Yiddish.
Singer was a prominent vegetarian for the last 35 years of his life and often included such themes in his works. In his short story, "The Slaughterer", he described the anguish that an appointed slaughterer had trying to reconcile his compassion for animals with his job of slaughtering them. He felt that the eating of meat was a denial of all ideals and all religions: "How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood".
When asked if he had become a vegetarian for health reasons, he replied: "I did it for the health of the chickens."
In the preface to Steven Rosen's "Food for Spirit: Vegetarianism and the World Religions" (1986), Singer wrote, "When a human kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice. Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why should man then expect mercy from God? It's unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give. It is inconsistent. I can never accept inconsistency or injustice. Even if it comes from God. If there would come a voice from God saying, "I'm against vegetarianism!" I would say, "Well, I am for it!" This is how strongly I feel in this regard."
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