04-09-2012, 02:58 PM
Quote:I don't know how "The Animals" feel, and I don't buy into the idea that anybody else knows either.I tend to ask those on the other side of the veil about things I can't know on this side. Beyond that it is sometimes possible to tell through empathy.
An example is an experience of my wife. She picked up on a strong feeling of fear coming from the area just outside our front door. As she went out the door wondering why our tree was radiating fear she could hear machinery down the street. A block away there was a tree clearing company chopping branches off of a tree. My wife looked back at our tree and knew exactly what was going on. This was the first time she had experienced this, and normally only feels strong feelings of happiness come from the tree when we are around it. It is also interesting that our tree does not put out any fear when I am pruning it.
Quote:Thus... "Eating factory-farmed animals who have needlessly suffered is wrong." is a statement I can live with, and even agreeMaybe instead of right/wrong it should be looked at as right/left?