(04-02-2012, 01:32 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Sounds to me like you are confusing ideas with personhood. There was no attack on your value as a human being, or yossarian's,
Well I'm not going to go back and quote you. But I do invite you to reread what you wrote, and think about how it sounds to the other person. Clue: when you use the word 'you' a lot, as in "you do xyz" that is making it personal.
(04-02-2012, 01:32 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: or anybody else's for that matter. I'm truly sorry if it appeared that way to you, but I am not going to apologize for an intention I didn't have.
ok
(04-02-2012, 01:32 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: You have said multiple times in this thread that you want to "understand" how a spiritually-inclined person can eat meat and be O.K. with it. If you are willing to offer some thoughts are to how this has become more understandable to you somewhere in the 104 pages of this thread, I am interested to hear them. Otherwise, I stand by my statement to the effect that meat eating appears to be "not understandable" to you.
I think I understand it now. It's denial. Case in point: How many of the meat-eaters have had the courage to watch the slaughterhouse videos I posted?
Anyone?
If eating animals is no big deal, then watching the reality of how they are tortured and killed, should be no big deal.
After all, it is TRUTH. Those videos are real. Sure, maybe the person filming was under cover. Doesn't matter. The video footage is still real.
No big deal.
I have immense respect for Austin, because he is fully aware of the reality and is doing something about it. And for yossarian, who is also fully aware of the impact of his choices.