> ----- Original Message ----- > From: a rose by any other name <palulu...@hotmail.com> > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 4:39 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Piggies > > > Well, I was going to let this one go by, but since the thread is still > alive............Why is > it as a species we have to laugh and giggle, making public comments about > killing and eating animals. Is it not enough to take your prefered choice of > nutrition and go on about your business...what is so funny about killing > and eating? > I just don't get it...
Rose, Eating animals is a complex issue. Marshalee's and your posts have brought several issues to mind for me. I personally love animals as friends. I have two beloved dogs who are among my closest friends. (One of the dogs is extremely telepathic and loving. I've often said that if she were a human, she'd be my number one lover. As someone whose metabolism requires a certain amount of animal protein to survive, I also eat animals. I wish I didn't have to. But I accept this, and before I eat usually remember to give thanks to the animal who gave its life so that I can further grow and evolve. I believe that it's very important to have an attitude of respect and a reverence for life, even when I'm thoroughly enjoying my rare organic steak. My one objection to most of the vegetarians I've met is that they often have a righteous, "holier-than-thou" attitude because they don't eat animals. They condemn all meat eaters as savage, regardless of what our attitudes are toward those whom we eat. Vegans and vegetarians IN MY EXPERIENCE also routinely deny or ignore the fact that human beings need some form of animal protein to live. (Even the presumably vegetarian societies that Dr. Weston price visited, for instance, in his historical travels in the 20th Century, ate high protein insects and grubs that comprised 10% of their total diet.) PETA, an acronym for People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, is an animal rights organization that I used to support until it changed. You and others might be interested in the following website which explains some of PETA's misdeeds. http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/PETA/peta.html Back to you and Marshalee...I can't speak for Marshalee. But I can see myself saying what she said simply because I'm so sick of all the self-righteous, holier-than-thou people who routinely condemn the eating of animals. However, a comment like that certainly requires a lot of explanation! I look forward to the day when humans are spiritually evolved enough to obtain their nutrients without eating animals. The phenomenon of animals eating other animals is something to be considered, too. It would probably be a much better planet. Regards, Nina -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
