The terrorist demanded that the president of Ukraine publish his message that "All people should watch Earthlings". Surprisingly enough the president did publish the message.

He also demanded that senior politicians state that they are all terrorists. They didn't do that though.

Report in Russian (or English if you prefer):

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Report on BBC news after siege ended:

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Earthlings is a 2005 American multi award winning documentary that is an expose of the meat and dairy industry.

You can watch it for free here then decide who the real terrorists are:

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Edited by sitdownstandup (21 Jul 2020 10.45pm)

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshipping.

Hubert Reeves

Funnily enough, so did we.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

I very much support the view that animal cruelty is an outrage, however acts like this do nothing, imo, to promote that cause. As with the animal rights activists in the U.K, by breaking the law they discredit what they are trying to achieve.
Having said that, the conditions some animals are kept in are appalling and totally unacceptable

Yeah, fair play.
I do believe though that future generations will look back on us and question many of the things that we deem as normal especially and not restricted to our treatment of animals and the planet.

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshipping.

Hubert Reeves

I sympathize with the treatment of animals and while this has somewhat been improved in the west it's never going to be acceptable to many....in some cases me included.

However, humans are evolved to eat meat and while veganism can suit some it isn't going to be the answer to this problem.

The answer to this will be technological......automation will make cloned meat so cheap for the consumer that the farming and meat industry will disappear.

However, that would also put a huge number of people out of work without any obvious switch for many.

You will also get a lot of angry religious people from a couple of religions I can think of.

Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Jul 2020 2.45am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Unfortunately, all the time there are people who make fortunes from the things that are bad in the world they will continue happening. Unless something significant changes, those people will always exist and the underlying issues whether they be fossil fuels, greenhouse gasses, polluted seas/rivers, enforced labour, poverty will be around for a while.

Whilst you are probably correct (as it is the natural step for a civilised world), I just cannot see the changes you are predicting happening for many generations. Someone needs to sort out China for a start and I can't see that happening any time soon.