OLD ABSOLUTELY DOESN’T MEAN RIGHT
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I don’t care how old your tradition is,
or how old your belief is,
or how socially accepted it is.
Old absolutely doesn’t mean right.
It’s not cool to eat a tiger
It’s not brave to hunt whales
It’s not spiritual to drink bear gall bladder
It’s not clever to hang a deer head on your wall
It’s not a public service to kill sharks
It’s not patriotic to club seals
No matter how sanctioned or revered it is,
It’s violent and it’s ugly and it’s soulless.
Just like slavery,
and child labor,
and police brutality,
And genital mutilation,
and ethnic cleansing,
and lynching,
and torture,
and rape,
and military dictatorships,
and Holy wars.
They’re old, too.
Old absolutely doesn’t mean right.
Exactly! Right on, hon!