How can i show my dad that animals suffer too?!
Answers: My dad has no feeling what so ever about animals. on peta they show these videos about animals being slaughterd and he has no emotion. he just makes fun of me for being sad. what should i do to show him how bad animals suffer?
I agree with Isadora, while my Dad was not hostile to my lifestyle choices, he was a bit reserved about them. Then one day he said that a friend of his was angry with him for not eating what she had put on his plate at dinner. I told him that didn't sound like him and he said, "Well, since I have become vegetarian, I just don't eat those things anymore ."
You could have knocked me over with a feather!
So the point is when we have the courage of our convictions and quietly go about our lives living them according to what we know to be right, the people who love us watch us; and actions definitely speak louder than words.
Kirpal Singh once said "Love cannot be taught or bought, but can be caught like an infectious smile." What to say of a change of heart?
Learn now that you can rarely change someone else-concentrate on your own choices and actions.
I don't think your focus should be convincing your dad that animals suffer. Instead focus on eating a healthy vegetarian (or vegan, depending on your preference) diet. As you get older and stick to your convictions, there's a good chance your dad'll see your point of view.
I know from experience.
Best wishes...
well, see if he feels emotion about this:
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(caution before veiwing)
As Barbara says it really is a hard thing to convince someone of your own beliefs - you'd do better to simply show by example. Not everyone should have to live as everyone else - if we did, we couldn't appreciate the gifts of empathy that you have and others don't.
In other words, if everyone was equally empathetic, it wouldn't be the special quality that it is. Celebrate it in yourself.
My daughter chose to be a vegetarian and we choose to support her in her position while remaining meat eaters. She faced a similar argument with her father. He finally told her "hey you get to think and believe what you want and I get to think and believe what I want. I support your choice and if you do not want to support mine then you need to leave me alone about it." I know this is not the answer you want but that is how it worked out in our family.
you cant if hes as concrete on his position as a am he wont care what happens and views them as lower forms of life like i do
There is nothing you can really do, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that is it. I understand your point of view but then again it seems as if you don't understand him. We have the choice to like or dislike, that is what builds our character. Doesn't make you a bad person because someone disagrees with you.
some people just dont have a heart you cant really change him. but if you want get a dog or a pet. maybe he will like it and grow differently towards animals.
If there is a slaughterhouse nearby take him there, they almost always have tours.
It's not likely you'll ever change his mind. He's your father and he made fun of you for being sad! That makes it pretty much 100% that he'll never empathize with animals. So don't let it be an issue. Quit trying to convert him to your beliefs and make your own decisions. Don't let this interfere in your relationship with your father, it's not worth that much. Being a vegetarian/vegan is your choice, but it's not a universal truth.
You need to go to the PETA website and submit for a free copy of their magazine. The first issue they send everybody is about animal cruelty with regards to how our food is produced. Also try reading Skinny B*tch.
(Plus, PETA sends you cute little stickers!)