this. is. necessary. life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on--
And the angel of the lord came unto me, snatching me up from my place of slumber. And took me on high, and higher still until we moved to the spaces betwixt the air itself. And he brought me into a vast farmlands of our own midwest. And as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil. One thousand, nay a million voices full of fear. And terror possesed me then. And I begged, "Angel of the Lord, what are these tortured screams?" And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots! You see, Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust." And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat like the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared, "Hear me now, I have seen the light! They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers!" Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank you Jesus.
::sheep bleating noises::
This part of Disgustipated, the last track on Tool's Undertow album, is reminiscent of something I've been thinking about a lot since beginning to delve into the nuances of spirituality and connections and stuff like that.
Self righteous vegetarians and vegans seem hypocritical to me. The type who are all like, "meat is murder, I'd never support killing a living creature for food, etc". The ancient natural order of the food chain aside, plants are living things too. Plants give their lives to provide the soy products that many people feel so righteous and moralistic about eating. You'd be suprised ((or maybe not)) how many of the same people who won't eat a cute bovine don't think twice about stepping on spiders. My point is that, as this track states, life feeds on life. It's a perfect circulation of giving and taking life between all living things. I can't take anyone giving me shit for eating meat seriously because theirs is a flawed arguement. If you want to argue that farm animals are treated badly, I'll agree with that but I must add that most of the plants we feed off of are hurt by pesticides and other harmful stuff. Though it might not be exactly the same as raising chickens in their own shit, it's still some pretty cruel stuff. I don't know what to tell you; shit happens, but I need to eat. The problem with humans, I think, is that as a whole we are too greedy and that we terribly abuse what the earth offers to give us. But that's another rant for another entry.
I love how Tool is able to creatively satire many things in a way that makes me think. I can't wait for their new album to come out on May 2nd; it's gonna be the first new cd I will have bothered to purchase in years.
::sheep bleating noises::
This part of Disgustipated, the last track on Tool's Undertow album, is reminiscent of something I've been thinking about a lot since beginning to delve into the nuances of spirituality and connections and stuff like that.
Self righteous vegetarians and vegans seem hypocritical to me. The type who are all like, "meat is murder, I'd never support killing a living creature for food, etc". The ancient natural order of the food chain aside, plants are living things too. Plants give their lives to provide the soy products that many people feel so righteous and moralistic about eating. You'd be suprised ((or maybe not)) how many of the same people who won't eat a cute bovine don't think twice about stepping on spiders. My point is that, as this track states, life feeds on life. It's a perfect circulation of giving and taking life between all living things. I can't take anyone giving me shit for eating meat seriously because theirs is a flawed arguement. If you want to argue that farm animals are treated badly, I'll agree with that but I must add that most of the plants we feed off of are hurt by pesticides and other harmful stuff. Though it might not be exactly the same as raising chickens in their own shit, it's still some pretty cruel stuff. I don't know what to tell you; shit happens, but I need to eat. The problem with humans, I think, is that as a whole we are too greedy and that we terribly abuse what the earth offers to give us. But that's another rant for another entry.
I love how Tool is able to creatively satire many things in a way that makes me think. I can't wait for their new album to come out on May 2nd; it's gonna be the first new cd I will have bothered to purchase in years.