How can the abomination of a species be called heritage?

50% of horses are born into an industry where they are made to compete in a potentially high risk, game of Russian roulette (a game of high risk, probabilities and chance). By betting and investing in this barbaric inhumane sport, a high percentage of the UK population are condemning one of the most beautiful creatures on earth to a death of which could have been avoidable.

When running in a steeplechase; horses are faced with a daunting task of running at full speed and then having to clear obstacles at extreme heights at the delight of the upper/elitist members of society. Due to horse fatigue sometimes these physical demands are somewhat impossible for the horses, and to avoid serious injury (and in some cases death) the horses must clear multiple obstacles with precision even in a state of exhaustion. As David Thomas of the Mail explains “….we call bull fighting a barbaric sport – why is racing any better?”  This short comparative analogy / rhetorical question is a quote from David Thomas’s article on the dangers of horse racing. I completely agree with this quote.  In modern “civilised” times, society has deemed the practise of the traditional Spanish sport / art of bull fighting as morally wrong as it is portrayed as violent and inhumane. Yet many in modern society fail to differ between; bulls killing themselves for the enjoyment of society and horses killing themselves for the entertainment of the rich. Surely to the horse racing fans who may be reading, watching a beautiful product of nature in agony on your T.V. screens,  waiting for a Vet to come and put it out of its misery is truly horrific and leaves to strongest of people in disarray. I believe that all meat eaters in society (including myself) should acknowledge that the animals that we feast upon died in a much more humane and dignifying way; compared to a horse being whipped to clear a gate on a race track or a bull being taunted by a cruel torero (Bull fighter) holding up a sheet of red cloth.

Unlike sheep, cows, pigs and other animals battery bred for the kitchen, which have the numerical population of Bill Gate’s bank account, horses are bred into an industry where their only purpose is to race and jump hurdles to entertain self-centred elitists  and if they don’t perform they’re sent to Tesco.

Even though the horses are killed as an unintentional result of a race, no one wants them to perish. But they do. And It is happening more too regularly with (according to animal aid) more than “1000 on-course horse fatalities since 2007” and  over 10 horses dying over the last calendar year from the two most prestigious race tracks in Britain alone (Cheltenham and Aintree). These figures are truly disgusting and calls for urgent attention.  Underneath the glamorous front cover and historical prowess that surrounds horse racing and bullfighting; it is a cruel industry which is given enormous financial backing for the hope of financial gain by members of society from both ends of the social class spectrum. If this cruelty is what we Brits call tradition and heritage we should be ashamed of ourselves.

Take last month and a protest that I attended outside of a Ladbrokes betting shop in West London, I was confronted by an upper class, very patriotic and to a certain extent arrogant older fellow who was leaving the betting shop, as I confronted the man he began to preach to me and the other protestors that “... horse racing is a traditional British sports and is held in high regard in British society and is well documented for in British history...”.this simple segment of his remarkably long ramble lead for me to believe that horse racing is not only held by people as a form of escapism- as betting on a horses life (not to my understanding) brings a source of hope, but also as they are indoctrinated into believing that the abomination of an entire species should be held in high esteem as part of the so called “British Heritage”. As I began to process my thoughts after the analysis that I concluded, it was clear that not only we so called “Brits” that use the killing of innocent animals as an acclaimed part of our heritage, as previously mentioned, the Hispanic communities of the world, falsely acclaim the killing and torment of bulls as a patriotic factor of Spanish history. This brand of human altruism (patriotism) is indoctrinating members British and Hispanic societies into believing that the corrupt killing of innocent animals in sporting events to promote wealth and prestige are morally and more importantly humanly correct.

Can we really, as products of nature, claim the lives of other innocent creatures to support national patriotism?

My answer is no. This mentality of making horses, bulls, dogs and other animals compete in life threatening sporting events where there is an obvious risk of death is out right wrong. And yes there are a vast majority of people in modern society; who have been politically socialised into believing that the death of animals in sporting events can be considered justifiable if it is for the purpose of rejuvenation for their national heritage. This is completely understandable and in the eyes of a few, this makes death right?

How can abomination of a species can is called heritage?

To put it simply it can't and shouldn't, I find it rather audacious that those in society can and continue to do so, whilst beautiful products of nature are being sent to a race track which can quite easily be described as just another slaughter house.

 

A Call For Democratic Reform of the Monarchy

The Monarchy is “a form of government in which supreme authority is vested in a hereditary figure e.g. the queen. These powers can vary from those of an absolute despot to a figure head”.

The British royal family have ruled over the British Isles and its former symbiotic empire for the past 1140 years. Some believe that the royals have brought security, patriotism and heritage to the country, a country that we all love and cherish. But in the year 2014, is it still necessary to endlessly cling on to these, somewhat archaic ideologies? The ideological system of birth rights to power is archaic and goes against the democratic values we hold in such high esteem in the UK. Values such as equality and the right to vote for the country’s figure head. Let’s look at this passively. What is the difference between a monarch and a dictator? The simple answer is…there is none. A dictator’s successor is controlled by the ideology of a birth rights system, as is the monarchy. A dictator has the most powerful political and economic position in a country even if it claims to be a democracy, as does the monarchy. The power of which the Crown has is second to none. Many forget that every law, every elected member of parliament and even our own Prime Minister must all seek the approval of the vitriolic Crown. Putting this into perspective, even if we as the free democratic nation elect a leader, the wicked Witch of the West and her gullible advisors would still authorise the position. So in the words of Rene Guenon, “there is no such thing as democracy”. There is no such thing as a freedom to vote, leadership voted for by the people.

On average the tax payer spends an estimated £202 million a year on the monarchy. In a time of major economic recovery, in a time when tuition fees are at a staggering £9000 a year and in a time of high child poverty (17%), in a time when hospitals are majorly underfunded and under staffed, and more recently a time when public workers conform to strikes as a means of protest. What the people must know is that all of the anger portrayed must be re-directed to the family of thieves we like to praise in such high esteem in the UK. The family that steal from the taxpayer to send their “silver-spoon” born offspring on the pathway through Eton, Oxford and then to the royal academy for un-worthy celebrities. This money un-rightfully spent on the royals, could be used to keep the sick healthy, subsidise university for students from underprivileged families, to help the extortionate costs of tuition and the make sure that the armed forces who are fighting in a capitalist money making wars are fully equipped deterring the need for death.

Even our history books tell us that there is no good from the ideology of birth rights. King Henry VIII was a cruel and vicious man who squandered the wealth his father had made and ultimately caused considerable misery and suffering. This man was king due to birth rights. To sum up this man in a subtle persuasive triadic structure; Crude, corrupt, crazy. Taking this into less archaic time and more modern, the latest addition to the family of thieves Prince George. What if he were to turn out like a barbarian like his predecessors?

We have a choice, we could leave things the way they are and wait for the witch of the west to die and face the “prospect of a politically active and unaccountable King Charles”. A politically motivated barbarian like Kim Jong-un of North Korea. Inherited heads of state with strong political prospects such as Prince Charles should not be allowed to be one of the most powerful men in the world through the ideology of birth right and the potential to cause a dictatorship nation like Mr. Jong-un or go to war with declare war with the United Nations like Mr. Jong-un.

This does not have to be the answer. We as the people still have a choice, we don’t have to sit and watch the next dictator of Britain claim the throne. But there is a solution. A vote for democratic reform of the monarchy would finally see Britain out of the depths of Twenty First Century oppression in the west and into the brightest sunshine. A fairer nation built of the foundation of equality.

I call for democratic reform.

Do you?