In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

You analogy is very hurtful and disrespectful. Them?? The meat eaters, you just generalized..

Its quite incredible that a student of the LOO comes out with this sort of comments of not accepting the free will of others...do I have to cuote again what Ra says about eating meat?? I hope not

I wish you well too

(sigh)

I used the term intentionally, in an attempt to show how frequent references to "vegan zealots" popping up in various threads that aren't even about that topic, is disrespectful and hurtful to an entire class of people, just as frequent derogatory references to blacks, Christians, or any other sub-group would be disrespectful and hurtful.

Students of the Law of One aren't required to choose hurting others. Vegans consider eating meat to be hurting others. Accepting others doesn't mean we have to support their choices, or that we can't work to reduce suffering and oppression of other beings by speaking up to those who don't grasp that they are unwittingly supporting that suffering!

We have an entire thread devoted to that topic. That's the whole point. Discussion about eating animals or not eating animals should be kept confined to that thread. Discussion about zealotry, whether it's Christian zealotry or vegan zealotry or any other kind of zealotry, should be kept confined in its own thread, not scattered about in other threads, because then it just comes across an hurtful jabbing.

My comment was an attempt to communicate, not a jab. I perceived the previous references as unnecessary jabs, which were hurtful and disrespectful not to anyone personally, but an entire group of people. THAT is what I was trying to point out.

Ra's quote about meat has been discussed. It doesn't support the eating of meat except in Carla's specific case. It is inconclusive and thus can't be made into a doctrine that meat is ok or not ok. Those who wish to interpret that quote as justification for eating animals are free to do so, but it isn't an absolute doctrine.

I will be moving these off-topic posts to another thread, so that this thread can get back on-topic. After I do that, I would appreciate it if opinions about veganism can be left out of this discussion, and stick to just the topic.