(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ] (10-28-2014, 12:32 AM)Monica Wrote: [ -> ]To continue to ignore my other statements, seems like a lame attempt to throw guilt back at the vegetarians.
Well guess what? We don't feel any guilt!
You could say "Eating plants is STS" all day long and we won't feel any guilt.
Yet, we say "UNnecessarily eating animals is STS" and you get your panties in a bundle and start yelling "BIGOT! Guilt-tripper!"
I have addressed all your statements and exposed many logical fallacies in your argument, which you respond with more logical fallacies.
Apparently you don't know how to refute what I just said, so you say it's a 'logical fallacy' yet cannot explain why.
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ]I am shrugging off that part of it. The part that I can't abide by is your continuous insulting behavior of calling my actions 'STS' when I have thoroughly explained that I consider eating plants and animals equal.
I call BS. If that were true, then you would have been equally insulted when I said that eating apples was STS.
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ]Really? You constantly twist other's arguments then accuse me of twisting yours?
I provided exact quotes of what I said and compared that to your twisting. You cannot do the same because I haven't twisted your words.
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ]You constantly guilt trip people who are spiritually aware that eat meat then accuse me of guilt tripping you?
No, you have missed the point. You can't guilt-trip me. It's impossible, because I have no reason to feel guilty, see?
Guilt comes from within. Please quit blaming me for your own guilt.
If you had no reason to feel guilt, then it wouldn't matter what I said.
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ]"Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against unpleasant impulses by denying their existence in themselves, while attributing them to others. For example, a person who is rude may constantly accuse other people of being rude."
Expressing a viewpoint 'xyz is STS' isn't rude. Calling someone a bigot IS.
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ]So you are disputing the widely accepting fact that some plants will produce chemicals as a defense mechanism against creatures eating them? Or are you simply disputing that the plant is capable of anticipating the 'attack'?
That wasn't a fact. The only thing factual about that study was that the plant secreted a type of oil when the caterpillar was eating the leaves. That's it. Everything else was speculative interpretation of said fact.
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ] (10-28-2014, 12:32 AM)Monica Wrote: [ -> ]By that logic, if plants=animals=humans then why not just go around murdering and raping humans? They're all the same anyway, right, so what does it matter?
This is a great example of you completely twisting my words into something I did not say nor remotely implied. This is completely out of left-field, I have no clue how you came up with this.
Um, right here:
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ]I have thoroughly explained that I consider eating plants and animals equal.
I added the humans part as an honest question. If you see no difference between plants and animals, then why is there any difference between animals and humans? Oh, because Ra said plants and animals are all 2D and humans are 3D? That doesn't cut it. Ra never said it was 'ok' to torture and slaughter beings who have pain receptors, feel fear, and are crying out for help. To use Ra's words as a justification for that is quite a stretch.
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ]Well, in this particular instance, I wasn't actually "making it about you".
I have been interested in discussing ideas and concepts, according to Law of One principles. You are the one who has been dragging this discussion down into mucky drama and personal insults, and going on and on about how I am xyz blah blah blah. Geez.
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ]But in general, how can you have a conversation with someone without actually using some kind of noun or pronoun?
Some kind of 'noun or pronoun'? I use lots of nouns and pronouns. I just don't direct my comments at anyone...until now, when I've decided to stop dancing around the elephant in the room.
Eleanor Roosevelt Wrote:Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
(10-28-2014, 03:12 AM)Parsons Wrote: [ -> ]If you aren't actually willing to converse with people about this and continue to repost the same argument over and over (for several years, apparently) while not actually seriously considering an opposing viewpoint, aren't you just preaching/soliciting your own propaganda into every single thread that contains the word "meat", "plant", "vegan", or "vegetarian"?
I was gone from B4 for almost a year. I was summoned to this thread so I offered some info about B12.
The abolitionists didn't stop either, thankfully. I admire their tenacity.
I'd be happy to continue this, IF it were about the TOPIC.
But NOT just to argue with you. That's just stupid. Maybe you have nothing better to do with your time, but I do. So I'm done.
Go ahead and have the last word. Are you going to call me a bigot again?