On the word humane

Nice to see the word being used in quotations.
it is truly remarkable how absurd "humane" is as a word. It means to be kind or benevolent--or acting in a humane way.
Which is fine I suppose, wishful thinking, wanting to encourage kinder behavior. But the opposite word is "inhumane" which means to be cruel. Inhumane is non human. This suggests that non humans are naturally cruel, vicious and evil. This is completely warped and so false as to be embarrassing. Other species kill for survival, they dont do it for pleasure like humans do. Other species dont have a choice in whether they kill or not, humans do. Other species do not dance around the dead, or boast about how great they are in killing. Only humans do that.

In addition to the idea that we wont see any changes until a vegan diet is adopted, I think we also need to attack this idea of human supremacy which is at the heart of every argument used to defend human exploitation of Nature. they always claim that it isnt, but that's because proving human supremacy is impossible-it is much easier to show how humans are inferior according to their very own standards of value(humans are irrational, destructive, self destructive, greedy, they will engage in sexual relations with anything and find arousal from anything, including torture and killing). Even animals that play with their food dont set up arenas where they watch others torturing and killing. Only humans do it.

I think putting the word "humane" in its proper context would go a long way to countering the human arrogance that underlies every exploitation issue. Its always about humans thinking they are better than others. If humans truly believed that all life was equal, then they wouldnt be trying to curb humanity's natural tendency to prey on each other. Humans have always done it and always will.
It isnt in everyone's interests to have these laws-since dictators and many criminals do ok without following them, so one cant say: well we ought to because you dont want to be the victim.
That is a very weak defense.

Ultimately if you want to be fair and just you have to expand moral regard to other species(and reciprocal morality is not required--since there are humans who benefit from laws without reciprocity being asked of them). if you dont, well, then anything goes, which means humans can keep doing what they have always done-preying on each other and everyone else.