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Jerry Vlasak (born c. 1958) is an American animal rights activist and former trauma surgeon. He is a press officer for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, a former director of the Animal Defense League of Los Angeles, and an advisor to SPEAK, the Voice for the Animals.

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Get arrested. Destroy the property of those who torture animals. Liberate those animals interned in the hellholes our society tolerates.

Animal, Destroy, Our Society, Property, Society, Torture

This is historically what happens whenever revolutionaries begin to take the oppression and suffering of their fellow beings seriously, whether human or nonhuman. It's regrettable that certain scientists are willing to put their families at risk by choosing to do wasteful animal experiments in this day and age.

Animal, Happens, Nonhuman, Risk, Suffering, Take

I think Dario Ringach is a poster boy for the concept that the use of force or the threat of force is an effective means to stop people who abuse animals," "No strictly peaceful movement has succeeded in liberation," "I think the animal rights movement has been restrained in its use of force, mostly because people in the struggle are often people of privilege who aren't willing to risk losing that privilege.

Boy, Concept, Mean, Struggle, Think, Thinking

If they won't stop when you ask them nicely, they don't stop when you demonstrate to them what they're doing is wrong, then they should be stopped using whatever means are necessary.

Asks, Mean, Necessary, Should, Stop, Using

The big difference between animal liberation activists and other so-called 'terrorists' is the targets; no innocent victims are ever targeted in animal lib campaigns. If you are not abusing and exploiting animals, there is no need to fear for one's safety.

Activists, Animal, Difference, Differences, Safety, Victims

The inconvenience and the suffering of any children or any family members pales in comparison to the suffering and oppression that goes on in these animal laboratories.

Animal, Children, Family, Laboratories, Pales, Suffering

I think for five lives, 10 lives, 15 human lives, we could save a million, two million, 10 million non-human lives.

Five, Human Life, Lives, Million, Thinking, Two

If that means going onto their farms, releasing their animals and burning the place to the ground, that's morally justifiable, in our opinion. . . There were always innocent people who got hurt somewhere along the way but it was important that those who oppressed one group of people be stopped, and we don't see the animal liberation struggle being substantially different from these other struggles. . . . A sustained campaign against a particular industry or a particular organization has the potential to be quite effective.

Hurt, Justifiable, Mean, Potential, Struggle, Substantially

You can justify, from a political standpoint, any type of violence you want to use.

Justify, Political, Use, Violence, Want

Nothing is more violent and radical than what's being done to non-human animals in our society. If a researcher won't stop abusing animals and is stopped physically, whether with the use of force, or is killed, I certainly wouldn't lose sleep over that idea.

Animal, Done, Ideas, Radical, Researcher, Sleep

Lastly, anyone who believes in the possibility of total animal liberation while billions of humans continue to inhabit and decimate the planet is delusional. Only when most humans have died off will there be a chance to returning to a society that values all beings for who they are.

Animal, Believe, Chance, Continue, Delusional, Humans

If (a particular researcher) won't stop when you ask nicely, when you picket in front of his house, or when you burn his car, maybe he'll stop when you hit him over the head with a two-by-four.

Animal, Ask, Car, Hit, Maybe, Two

And I don't think you'd have to kill -- assassinate -- too many vivisectors before you would see a marked decrease in the amount of vivisection going on. And I think for 5 lives, 10 lives, 15 human lives, we could save a million, 2 million, 10 million non-human animals.

Animal, Animals, Decrease, Kill, Thinking, Vivisection

I don’t have any doubt in my mind that there will come a time when we will see violence against animal rights abusers.

Against, Animal, Doubt, Mind, Rights, Time

If you had to hurt somebody or intimidate them or kill them, it would be morally justifiable.

Animal Rights, Hurt, Intimidate, Morally, Would Be

I think violence is part of the struggle against oppression. If something bad happens to these people [animal researchers], it will discourage others. It is inevitable that violence will be used in the struggle and that it will be effective.

Animal, Discourage, Happens, Inevitable, Struggle, Thinking

Violence has been a necessary component of every serious liberation struggle. . . Violence is not the only path to liberation, but likely an indispensable one. . . the Press Office would like to be clear on this matter: we support all the liberationists from the graffiti artists and ALF liberator to the Animal Rights Militia, Justice Department and Revolutionary Cells.

Alf, Animal, Artist, Necessary, Struggle, Support

Things are picking up. . . It's not going to make this thing go away. . . don't think you're going to find anybody deterred. . . There's a lot of people willing to die for the cause.

Animal, Cause, Die, People, Thing, Thinking

I am personally not advocating violence. I am simply saying that it is a morally acceptable tactic and it may be useful in the struggle for animal liberation. I don't know.

Acceptable, Animal, Know, Struggle, Tactic, Tactics

If animal abusers aren't going to stop perpetrating these types of atrocities, they ought to be stopped using whatever means necessary. What we're starting to see is the implementation of that type of strategy.

Animal, Atrocities, Mean, Stopped, Types

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