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animal rights
Open Letter To My Fellow Apes Regarding Civilization
Are we condemning ourselves to never knowing who we are?
Greetings my ape brethren.
As I write, some of you are foraging out in the jungles; some are
wandering about starving on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, having
been orphaned by the heartless slaughter of your parents by the apes
that walk on two legs; and still others are stuck in traffic on the 5
in Los Angeles. I realize that you are all very busy, but I think it
may be time to share various insights amongst one another. My breed
of ape has nearly succeeded in choking the rest of you out of
existence. While we go forth and multiply, polluting our world and
