In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

This has happened to me several times.

No doubt these men wanted to have sex with you, and were frustrated that you weren't enthralled by their belt buckles.

But the fanatical fringe who go around blasting everyone in the face, give us a bad rep.

In would appear that fanaticism is a common thread running through all failed social constructs, as well as failed attempts at social reform.

Unfortunately, though, even when we do speak from the heart, the Johns often get defensive and start ridiculing us anyway.

Johns think with their penises, and have bigger concerns than the ill-effects of meat eating. Syphilis comes to mind. Leave the Johns to the prostitutes. They were made for each other.

After awhile, they'd probably just ignore it, if it was posted on every post.

You're right. Hmm. Maybe in addition to a "Like" button we could have a "Butthurt" button and only those members in the top 10% of "Butthurts Given" and "Butthurts Received" will get the disclaimer.

Oh Tenet thanks for the comic relief! I needed that laugh!

Out of curiosity, would you consider the consumption of sardines participating in cruelty to animals? I mean sardines grown/fished without causing harm to dolphins and the like.

Sardines are in the humanely slaughtered category, since they had a good life before getting killed.

You summed it up pretty well. I'll reiterate what you said, in my own words:

I care about humans more than animals.
I care about inhumanely slaughtered animals more than humanely slaughtered animals.
I care about humanely slaughtered animals more than animals raised for eggs or milk.
I care about animals in general more than plants.
I care about abused plants more than plants treated well.
I care about plants in general more than bugs or microbes.
I care about bugs more than microbes or rocks.

(I have righted many a beetle stuck on its back, and have saved many a wasp from being killed by those afraid of wasps. And spiders who creep into my house get escorted out, alive. But I don't worry about how many bacteria cells I unwittingly escort to bacteria heaven each time I take a breath. Nor do I have any intentions of joining PETA ROCKS and start protesting at the local rock quarry.)

The Creator probably cares about all equally. But I am human, and this is where I'm at.

I will pull the child out of the burning building before the dog, but I will go back for the dog too, if I can. But I will pull the dog out before I start looking around for houseplants. And I will certainly save the houseplants before I start worrying about whether there are any cockroaches hiding in the closets.

And I will be honest here and admit I won't bother saving the cockroaches.

Is this wrong? Maybe. But we have to be reasonable and pragmatic, while balancing that with compassion.