Jordi Casamitjani: ‘Dear Humans, This Open Letter is Addressed to You All’
Dear Human: We write to you as spokespersons of what you call the Kingdom of Animalia — although we have not given it a name because we do not feel the need to label things as you do. After having met in the General Assembly of Animal Earthlings to discuss several important issues, we have been given the task of writing to you about things that worry us a great deal regarding your behavior. Over the years, we have received numerous complaints about your species that we feel must be addressed now, as things seem to be getting worse.
JORDI CASAMITJANI: We write to you as spokespersons of what you call the Kingdom of Animalia — although we have not given it a name because we do not feel the need to label things as you do. After having met in the General Assembly of Animal Earthlings to discuss several important issues, we have been given the task of writing to you about things that worry us a great deal regarding your behaviour. We understand most of you don’t speak any of the languages we speak, but we know that a few of you understand us well enough to be able to translate our message in the form of this open letter — which one human, who has been volunteering for us, has been gracious enough to write.
Over the years, we have received numerous complaints about your species that we feel must be addressed now, as things seem to be getting worse. We know you are quite new on this planet and you are still finding your feet, so we have given you time to correct your mistakes, understanding that you still have a long way to go before settling with the rest of us. We are aware that you are just another species of our monarch-less “Kingdom”, but it seems it is taking you some time to understand that. Many of you still think that humans are powerful gods of some sort, and that is disappointing. We hoped that when our honourable friends the finches and tortoises from the Galapagos Islands told one of you 190 years ago how we all came to be as we are now, your delusion of grandeur would quickly dissipate. However, that was not the case, and this led to the current situation that made us dictate this letter…
The list of grievances against you is far too long to be able to mention here in its entirety, but after much deliberation, we selected the items we believe must be addressed soon… Having said all that, we haven’t entirely lost faith in you, and we concluded it isn’t too late for your species. Encouraged by the growth of a movement we have detected among your people, a non-violent movement based on not harming others, a peaceful movement that seeks to avoid all forms of exploitation and cruelty, a progressive movement concerned for all members of our egalitarian Kingdom and the planet we all share, we have decided to give you another chance. This movement is composed of the humans you have been calling “vegans” for the last 80 years, so we hope that they grow in number and begin changing things for the better.
We still see you as one of us — even if you don’t see us as one of you — so listen to those of you who know the way out of this mess and join them in their efforts to save the world.
They are our only hope.
Yours faithfully,
Jordi Casamitjana
(On behalf of the General Assembly of Animal Earthlings). SOURCE…
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