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Slavery and eating animals
RE: Slavery and eating animals
You mean you like ostrich? I'm confused.
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(February 5, 2015 at 11:47 am)Xeno Wrote: You mean you like ostrich? I'm confused.

The ostrich is looking skeptical and slightly taunting Smile
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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Now I'm really confused: did you not read the sarcasm or did you read the sarcasm and are being sarcastic in return?

My head hurts.
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Sarcasm? What sarcasm!?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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You're messing with my head Sad

And you put the exclamation point before the question mark. Shame on you.
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(February 5, 2015 at 10:25 am)AFTT47 Wrote: No, we don't. Read my post up-thread.
We as in "human beings collectively", do - we as in "fortunate 1st world motherfuckers" -don't.

Sometimes we confuse our privileged position with that state of things as a whole.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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(February 5, 2015 at 12:30 pm)Rhythm Wrote:
(February 5, 2015 at 10:25 am)AFTT47 Wrote: No, we don't. Read my post up-thread.
We as in "human beings collectively", do - we as in "fortunate 1st world motherfuckers" -don't.

But of course, exactly. We fortunate 1st world motherfuckers plan our lives and adjust our moral code such that it is workable in the conditions we find here.
By the same criterion you could deem higher education unnatural, or high speed internet on cell phones, or not going around killing people for food.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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(February 5, 2015 at 12:37 pm)Alex K Wrote: By the same criterion you could deem higher education unnatural, or high speed internet on cell phones, or not going around killing people for food.

What is this heresy of which you speak?

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(February 5, 2015 at 12:37 pm)Alex K Wrote: But of course, exactly. We fortunate 1st world motherfuckers plan our lives and adjust our moral code such that it is workable in the conditions we find here.
Which is probably a large portion of why it's so difficult to project a moral veganism beyond one's own situation(if there were no other problems a'tall) - even for the 1st WMF'ers. For example, folks come by my little stand, or sign up for my CSA - I'll pimp veganism all day long (they'll be buying more from me - and I know..by simple virtue of them being there, that they can afford it anyway).....but I wouldn't have the balls to peddle those same moral wares at the WIC office, lol.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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(February 5, 2015 at 12:30 pm)Rhythm Wrote:
(February 5, 2015 at 10:25 am)AFTT47 Wrote: No, we don't. Read my post up-thread.
We as in "human beings collectively", do - we as in "fortunate 1st world motherfuckers" -don't.

Sometimes we confuse our privileged position with that state of things as a whole.

I don't follow. Growing vegetables is a lot easier and cheaper than raising food animals. In fact, you end up having to grow vegetables anyway to feed the animals. I guess it would be true for any people who rely on fishing.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein
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