At 08:55 AM 1/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Respecting someone inflicting suffering-damn veggies know how to make a
>meat eater feel guilty. Guess what, I will still eat meat. Respecting
>tribal life is not respecting suffering or the infliction of suffering.
>And as regards to "arent plants alive" argument, I didnt bring it up, a
>vegetarian who doesnt have the guts to reveal their real name started that
>argument.
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>Bertina
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Hmmm... in the end, whether you respect the suffering or not does not
really matter. What you permit, does.
- Charlotte.
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> On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> At 02:42 AM 1/21/99 EST, you wrote:
>> >I have been following this debate with much interest for a personal
>> reason. I
>> >am the companion of three rescued potbellied pigs. They are most
certainly
>> >thinking, feeling beings who feel pain and fear for their survival. When
>> pigs
>> >are slaughtered, they are said to cry. I once heard the story of a pig
that
>> >was raised by a family to be eaten. On the day of his slaughter, the
pig hid
>> >in a corner and refused to eat. Pigs do not have a hypothalamus to
regulate
>> >their hunger and are always ready to eat. One could infer that the pig
knew
>> >it was going to die. I respect everyone's choice in eating dead animals,
>> buy I
>> >cannot understand it.
>> >
>>
>> But in "respecting" their choice to eat dead animals, do you infer that you
>> also respect their choice to inflict intentional suffering and fear?
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> - Charlotte.
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