{"id":16278,"date":"2014-05-22T10:49:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T10:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16278"},"modified":"2014-05-22T22:19:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T22:19:00","slug":"englands-green-and-pleasant-land-or-is-it-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/englands-green-and-pleasant-land-or-is-it-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"England&#8217;s Green and pleasant land or is it anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the corporate takeover began<\/p>\n<p>some 50 years ago<\/p>\n<p>Britains green and pleasant land<\/p>\n<p>received<\/p>\n<p>not the boost that really it should have done<\/p>\n<p>I know<\/p>\n<p>which would have made me<\/p>\n<p>so much more relieved<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The factory farm became the unit<\/p>\n<p>needed<\/p>\n<p>to supply the supermarket<\/p>\n<p>giants who<\/p>\n<p>had stolen business from the little shops<\/p>\n<p>around the place<\/p>\n<p>and now what they were really trying<\/p>\n<p>to do<\/p>\n<p>was create a massive buying<\/p>\n<p>structure<\/p>\n<p>threatening \u00a0producers<\/p>\n<p>who at that time had threatened little shops<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>now their power \u00a0was forced away<\/p>\n<p>as the supermarkets grew<\/p>\n<p>and put pressure then on prices<\/p>\n<p>which the public never knew<\/p>\n<p>animals became commodities<\/p>\n<p>farms were taken over<\/p>\n<p>the green grass and the<\/p>\n<p>idyllic scenes of animals in clover<\/p>\n<p>were replaced by concentration camps<\/p>\n<p>by reasons to increase<\/p>\n<p>margins by begrudging those sweet<\/p>\n<p>animals their peace<\/p>\n<p>rumination thts was with the sunshine on their backs<\/p>\n<p>was cancelled it was concrete stalls<\/p>\n<p>and repeated attacks<\/p>\n<p>abuse and hours of terror<\/p>\n<p>cruelty galore<\/p>\n<p>the voiceless they were suffering<\/p>\n<p>like they never had before<\/p>\n<p>every one of them took a hit<\/p>\n<p>pigs and sheep and cows<\/p>\n<p>ducks and chickens suffered<\/p>\n<p>death rates rose, they house<\/p>\n<p>hundreds packed together<\/p>\n<p>like a rush hour train they live<\/p>\n<p>de beaked de tailed and castrated<\/p>\n<p>without painkillers<\/p>\n<p>to give<\/p>\n<p>such surgical operations to labourers<\/p>\n<p>it \u00a0does mean<\/p>\n<p>more margin for whoever<\/p>\n<p>but the systems<\/p>\n<p>were obscene<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>abuse is really widespread<\/p>\n<p>frustration and lack of pay<\/p>\n<p>long hours and \u00a0poor conditions<\/p>\n<p>means the animals must obey<\/p>\n<p>the animals must expect abuse<\/p>\n<p>expect the cruelty<\/p>\n<p>their lives are feeling evilness<\/p>\n<p>in their sad obscurity<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>from birth to death<\/p>\n<p>its purgatory<\/p>\n<p>in karmic overdrive<\/p>\n<p>many of the sweetest souls<\/p>\n<p>just cannot survive<\/p>\n<p>they end up lame or quivering<\/p>\n<p>on their faeces ridden floor<\/p>\n<p>covered in maggots and crying<\/p>\n<p>like they never \u00a0did before<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>this is the price of supermarkets<\/p>\n<p>who fight among themselves<\/p>\n<p>flexing their languid muscles<\/p>\n<p>and filling up their shelves<\/p>\n<p>with produce and such \u00a0cruelty<\/p>\n<p>such agony and pain<\/p>\n<p>whilst abusing the environment<\/p>\n<p>with the planet \u00a0under strain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>palm oil pesticides GMO&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>Agent Orange, we<\/p>\n<p>see not only animals dying<\/p>\n<p>but of course the Bee<\/p>\n<p>this vile commercial outcome<\/p>\n<p>this gigantic corporate scheme<\/p>\n<p>annihilated corner shops<\/p>\n<p>and became the darkest dream<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we are all taken for granted<\/p>\n<p>oh we get loads of choice<\/p>\n<p>but actually in reality<\/p>\n<p>we don&#8217;t have a voice<\/p>\n<p>the animals are threatened<\/p>\n<p>they are slaughtered in great pain<\/p>\n<p>and from birth to death<\/p>\n<p>its hell on earth<\/p>\n<p>so the bully boys gain<\/p>\n<p>blood and guts and snot and everything else \u00a0besides<\/p>\n<p>are taken from these animals<\/p>\n<p>and we take \u00a0that \u00a0in our strides<\/p>\n<p>we close our ears and eyes<\/p>\n<p>and hearts<\/p>\n<p>and just demand to know<\/p>\n<p>when things are getting cheaper<\/p>\n<p>expecting the hen to crow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>but the stranglehold is<\/p>\n<p>almost<\/p>\n<p>complete and what we see<\/p>\n<p>is horrific in the world of animals rights<\/p>\n<p>and accordingly<\/p>\n<p>the public seems so au fait<\/p>\n<p>to the present dark regime<\/p>\n<p>and torture is now everywhere<\/p>\n<p>its become a real black stream<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>there are \u00a0some angels \u00a0out there<\/p>\n<p>animals rights souls who<\/p>\n<p>and to fight their corner day and night<\/p>\n<p>its what they \u00a0try<span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0to do<\/span><\/p>\n<p>what St George did to the dragon<\/p>\n<p>but its very very hard<\/p>\n<p>for the corporate fists are many<\/p>\n<p>and there&#8217;s only one, AR bard<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the corporate takeover began some 50 years ago Britains green and pleasant land received not the boost that really it should have done I know which would have made me so much more relieved &nbsp; The factory farm became the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/englands-green-and-pleasant-land-or-is-it-anymore\/\">Continue reading <span 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