tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post7537760690393379773..comments2024-03-28T02:23:44.367-05:00Comments on Pacifist Viking: From Virginia to PamplonaPacifist Vikinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-28082310972535465992008-05-04T06:33:00.000-05:002008-05-04T06:33:00.000-05:00NUKE the motherfuckers . do it with humans and its...NUKE the motherfuckers . do it with humans and its okAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-44531525797531471682007-07-13T15:33:00.000-05:002007-07-13T15:33:00.000-05:00Disclaimer: Although I'm a vegetarian, it is not f...Disclaimer: Although I'm a vegetarian, it is not for reasons of cruelty. <BR/><BR/>I do think, though, that the greatest way to promote vegetarianism is to get them involved in the production of meat. I took a 2 year hiatus from vegetarianism when I lived on a farm in S.A., and the brutality of killing animals loses its impact when it becomes a part of everyday life.<BR/><BR/>I've slaughtered cows, pigs, chickens, and sheep by slitting their throats and watching their blood pour out until they die. Wait, not chickens. I snapped their necks. My last pig was over 225lbs and after 5 minutes of letting her bleed out we started to open her up even though she still had a faint heartbeat. We couldn't wait. The sun was coming up and we had a lot of work to do before things got hot. <BR/><BR/><BR/>I know, it sounds utterly horrible, but everyone who eats a ham sandwich is enabling that activity. At least my animals got a decent life and actually saw grass. <BR/><BR/>I don't give these examples to brag, just to show the mundanity of meat production when it is a daily part of everyday life. <BR/><BR/>-kenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-23252360336626459942007-07-13T09:17:00.000-05:002007-07-13T09:17:00.000-05:00i suppose i agree. if bullfighting is a tragedy th...i suppose i agree. if bullfighting is a tragedy then the viewing of must involve some sort of catharsis. we could, probably, broaden that to all violent spectator sports as some sort of catharsis. certainly a sports fan comes to identify with their favorite team/player. so it isn't too far a leap to suggest that all sort of exterior projection or emotional interest in something unrelated to you directly involves some form of catharsis. we approve of Macbeth's overthrow and this makes us feel as if we are in fact decent people. we disapprove of bullfighting so we feel better about the violences we overlook. its simply another way of being emotionally involved. we could take this still further and suggest every act of empathy or any emotional interest, even, with some event unrelated to us must carry some sort of cathartic weight or else why would we care? <BR/><BR/>rkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com