Name: Best Speech You Will Ever Hear - Gary Yourofsky
Uploaded: 2014-06-09T07:30:00.000Z
Duration: 1 h 10 min 23 s
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"Animal rights activist vows to live and die for his cause"

"Activist chained to car at Shrine Circus"

"Animal rights activist won't stand for cruelty"

Breaking laws, from Jesus Christ to Nelson Mandela,

laws have always been broken to facilitate substantive change.

Today's speaker holds a BA in journalism from Oakland University

and a radio broadcasting degree from Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts.

Gary Yourofsky has already experienced more than many people will ever want to in a lifetime.

He has been arrested more than ten times,

and spent 77 days in a maximum security detention center,

Gary has lectured in hundreds of schools nationwide,

including The University of Connecticut, Michigan State and Bowling Green,

Author Charlotte Montgomery even included a chapter about Gary in her book, Blood Relations.

Please welcome, national lecturer, Gary Yourofsky.

Please take a moment and write down my email address and my website, in case you want to contact me later on.

Today we are going to talk about the world's forgotten victims:

And the world's oldest and strongest addiction:

I'm going to challenge your belief systems today, so certain parts of the speech will be intense,

but let me start with a quick disclaimer:

The views expressed today, do not necessarily reflect the views of your professor or this institution.

I am not trying to take you away from your religion.

The Golden Rule states: "Do unto others as you would have done unto yourself"

The four most important, and yet, most ignored words in all religious teachings.

There is not an asterisk next to that commandment saying:

"unless you walk on all four and have fur, feathers, horns, beaks or gills."

You can keep your friends, your politics and you patriotism,

still watch your favorite TV shows and listen to your favorite music,

I'll be making some sarcastic, yet truthful comments throughout the speech.

Please feel free to laugh while I'm being sarcastic,

just don't laugh during the serious parts.

And I'm gonna speak for around 65, maybe 70 minutes,

but then we'll do a Q&A session after, for about half an hour, so hold your questions until then.

In the meantime, I have some rhetorical questions for you.

Is slavery - owner, victim, profit, domination - exclusive to the human race?

Have blacks, Jews, women and children been the only victims of this atrocity?

What about pigs, chickens, turkeys, fish, sheep?

If they're not enslaved, then what are they? Free?

Can slavery have a victim that is neither a human, nor an animal?

Have not the oceans, the forests, the earth itself, become victims of ownership too?

Do you really think there is such a thing as "humane slaughter"?

Exactly what is your definition of "humane"?

Besides psychological and physical abuse, torture, dismemberment and murder,

what else do you think happens to animals inside of a slaughterhouse?

Do you think they get belly rubs and tushy slaps?

And if you think there is such a thing as "humane slaughter",

I'm curious, do you also think there is such a thing as "humane" rape?

In fact, what is your definition of a holocaust?

Is it a massacre of human beings, or a massacre of innocent beings?

Which brings us to the biggest holocaust massacre of all:

we murder 10 billion land animals, and 18 billion marine animals.

Not for health, survival, sustenance or self-defense.

People eat meat, cheese, milk and eggs for 4 reasons:

I want to define a word that might be new to some people right now, and it's 'vegan',

Vegans, like vegetarians, do not consume the meat of any land or marine animals.

also refrain from eating cheese, milk, eggs, honey or any animal product, whatsoever.

We also don't wear animals skins, no fur, wool, leather, silk or down.

Now, I want to let you all know, that I was not raised vegan.

I ate meat, cheese, milk and eggs for around 25 years.

I used to wear leather shoes, belts and jackets like everyone else.

In fact, around 20 years ago, I even owned a fur coat.

Needless to say, I understand your lifestyle, it used to be mine.

I am not a democrat, an anarchist or some hippie with a closet full of tie-dyed shirts.

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