In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

Well, you made them in response to my statement about humanely-raised animals.

I've stated this multiple times, but I guess I need to put a disclaimer in my sig, that anything I say in the meat thread isn't directed at anyone personally. I can't keep track of exactly who buys only 'humanely' raised meat and who doesn't, and it isn't my place to anyway. I'm not going to judge someone for their choices. As soon as we start doing that, the entire discussion degenerates.

Yes, I feel compassion when I butcher an animal. I also feel compassion when I pull a lettuce or a carrot from my garden. Don't you? I feel compassion when I kill bugs in the garden so that the plants will flourish.

I feel joy and gratitude when I pull a carrot. I don't feel any vibe from the carrot that it is being tortured or killed. The plants in my garden all seem very happy to be a part of the cycle of life. I contend that that is their purpose and a natural part of their own evolution.

As I posited before: If each plant is writhing in agony whenever any animal eats it, then that would mean the entire covering of plant life on this planet is living in constant torture. It would be far more cruel than the 'natural' killing of prey by predators.

What kind of hell is that?

I cannot fathom our Sub-Logos designing a system that is so inherently cruel.

I feel compassion when I eat sunflower seeds that won't get to grow. I feel compassion when I grind wheat that won't get to sprout. I feel compassion when I pull a leaf off of a kale plant. I feel compassion when I eat an almond.

And at the same time that I feel compassion for all these creatures, I feel intense gratitude to them.

Can any of the meat-eaters honestly say that it's just as easy to butcher a cow with your hands, as it is to pull a carrot?