"DementedDrSuess (11:45:32 PM): im saying that i dont have a problem with vegetetarians who just dont like meat (i mean, i dont like vegetables, so i dont eat them) DementedDrSuess (11:45:46 PM): but ii get mad when they bring the killing of animals into it"
...Does that seem like me offending your opinion, or me expressing mine?
uh, ok, you really CAN'T base an entire argument against a vegetarian that animals are killed in the process of harvesting vegetables. of course it's inevitable that some animals be killed- just driving can kill animals. and though harvesting may or may not kill more animals than driving, the truth is that harvesting is not going to kill half as many animals as a slaughterhouse. this is why using that continually as an argument is pointless. on that same note, you aren't actually eating the animals. nor is there the chance that the animals were in terrible conditions before they were slaughtered as has happened in many slaughterhouses, as you already know
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Please note that the mentioning of the killing of field animals in the process of harvesting would not have been brought up had she not brought up the fact that she couldnt stand the way the animals were treated. ("rocksyoursocks56 (11:36:52 PM): its not healthy, and i think its horibble the way the animals are treated"). I was just educating her that animals are treated horribly either way. And how does harvesting not kill more animals than a slaughterhouse? It seems that there are more to animals than those that you care about. How many field mice, possums, insects, and God knows what else do you think live in a field? If a vegetarian wishes to base a belief on something, I feel that it is best to educate them on what they believe in. And youre right. Nobody eats the animals that are killed in harvesting. They are killed for nothing. Even the cows that are killed are used for leather, and the pigs for compost to help the crops grow. And in no way did I imply that she was pressing her belief on me. Nor did I imply that she was
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(http://maddox.xmission.com/grill.html)(Please note that I do not share all of the views that he holds). And believe it or not, you literally ate meat one day and didnt the next. Not trying to be offensive, Im just saying thats the only way it happens. Even though you may cut down on meat intake over a period of time, vegetarianism takes place a defined point in time. I assumed that you thought that i was the one assuming that you were attacking me because I ate meat because most of the rest of the comment was based on me. And although you may have found it amusing that i was eduacting about a subject I msspleed [misspelled] I find it more amusing that the original person of discussion on this comment board may have known how to spell it, but could not come up with a logical reason for participating in it. And again, I am not persuading anybody to leave their habits, but to learn more about them.
although what you are saying is literally true, vegetarianism really is a gradual process- that's not really what I meant though. what i meant was that I researched every aspect of vegetarianism before I actually became one.
"ate meat one day and didnt the next" I really don't understand your point in that, since literally you are alive one day and dead the next, though that statement in itself could not fully express the meaning held in an entire lifetime.
oh man, I misspelled 'misspelled' recently. it was lovely. I spelled it with one 's', jeeeeeeeeez.
" find it more amusing that the original person of discussion on this comment board may have known how to spell it, but could not come up with a logical reason for participating in it." I am going to have to ask you to elaborate on that statement, if you could.
PS this is completely unrelated, but since you have the luxury of knowing who I am, I would
Your metaphor of life and death may sound fine, but assuming this analogy (life:death::process to becoming a vegetarian:being a vegetarian) it doesnt make sense. Saying that you are a vegetarian is like saying George Washingtom is dead. Altough a process was involved in both cases, there is a clear point where one side of the analogy turns into the other side.
" find it more amusing that the original person of discussion on this comment board may have known how to spell it, but could not come up with a logical reason for participating in it." You found it humorous that I couldnt spell the topic correctly, but was educating on it. I found it humorous that she may have been able to spell it, but was uneduacted on her reasoning for participating in it.
And since it was Kendra who disclosed your name to me, I figured I would give her the honor of disclosing mine to you.
"vegetarians don't know what cold-blooded murderers they really are."*
that is ridiculous. and I'm not really in the mood to continue this tiresome debate, since we are both obviously set in our own opinions.
I don't like meat, I don't like its taste. I don't like eating animals. I don't have to justify this to anyone. as much as it is your choice to eat meat, it is mine to not eat meat. I realize that if you have a problem with our decision, this will probably not affect us in any way unless you continue to argue endlessly- it will be your problem alone.
don't bother kendra about it anymore since it makes her angry. it is completely pointless for you to explain why she should have the "right" reasons for being a vegetarian since she isn't protesting on the street that meat is murder or telling you that she has a problem with your decisions.
*also, it would be nice if you found a more credible source, I have doubts about that one
In language, a metaphor is a rhetorical trope where a comparison is made between two seemingly unrelated subjects. Typically, a first object is described as being a second object. In this way, the first object can be economically described because implicit and explicit attributes from the second object can be used to fill in the description of the first.
you are alive one day and dead the next=not a metaphor
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DementedDrSuess (11:45:46 PM): but ii get mad when they bring the killing of animals into it"
...Does that seem like me offending your opinion, or me expressing mine?
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and its not just you
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Id like to hear Kendra's side in all of this.
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"ate meat one day and didnt the next" I really don't understand your point in that, since literally you are alive one day and dead the next, though that statement in itself could not fully express the meaning held in an entire lifetime.
oh man, I misspelled 'misspelled' recently. it was lovely. I spelled it with one 's', jeeeeeeeeez.
" find it more amusing that the original person of discussion on this comment board may have known how to spell it, but could not come up with a logical reason for participating in it." I am going to have to ask you to elaborate on that statement, if you could.
PS this is completely unrelated, but since you have the luxury of knowing who I am, I would
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" find it more amusing that the original person of discussion on this comment board may have known how to spell it, but could not come up with a logical reason for participating in it." You found it humorous that I couldnt spell the topic correctly, but was educating on it. I found it humorous that she may have been able to spell it, but was uneduacted on her reasoning for participating in it.
And since it was Kendra who disclosed your name to me, I figured I would give her the honor of disclosing mine to you.
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that is ridiculous.
and I'm not really in the mood to continue this tiresome debate, since we are both obviously set in our own opinions.
I don't like meat, I don't like its taste. I don't like eating animals. I don't have to justify this to anyone.
as much as it is your choice to eat meat, it is mine to not eat meat.
I realize that if you have a problem with our decision, this will probably not affect us in any way unless you continue to argue endlessly- it will be your problem alone.
don't bother kendra about it anymore since it makes her angry. it is completely pointless for you to explain why she should have the "right" reasons for being a vegetarian since she isn't protesting on the street that meat is murder or telling you that she has a problem with your decisions.
*also, it would be nice if you found a more credible source, I have doubts about that one
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you are alive one day and dead the next=not a metaphor
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