Comments | dizziedumb: i could probably get in trouble for thinking like this.

dizziedumb

i could probably get in trouble for thinking like this.

Mar 15, 2010 12:02

after four days pretty much spent entirely inside of the hospital, i'm really glad to be gifted with such a great spring day. last night, somehow, the world was just calling to me. i said no to the AIR show, i said no to the party, and i'd resigned myself to drifting off with ella fitzgerald. a knock on my door came then and it was my neighbor, ( Read more... )

rant, the patriarchy, vegetarianism

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starskin March 18 2010, 11:48:00 UTC

I think you would really like this artist-duo's work: http://www.snaebjornsdottirwilson.com/.

sthenic March 18 2010, 17:12:43 UTC

***I'm sorry, but this must be said...if only for the sake of further discussion ( ... )

dizziedumb March 18 2010, 22:29:34 UTC

okay, i can understand why my meat-eating friends are getting all in a fluster; when i ate meat, the last thing i wanted to hear was my vegetarian friends telling me about cruelty and death. but we're not sitting over a steaming steak dinner (in fact, i make a point to not discuss this issue unless it is brought to my attention, or to tell someone that i think what they're eating is crap, gross, unhealthy, etc. it's poor taste). however, this just so happens to be my journal, and i am not attacking anyone. these are observations i have made in my various pursuits, which all seem to be linked and flow in the same direction. holistic and preventative health care, right action, mindfulness, and sound diet are all inter-related. we are what we eat. i make no claims for "salads saving humanity." what would help us out, though, would be a broader awareness, a deeper link with every other living thing in our world. food is but one part of that, but it is enmeshed in human culture all over the world, and as such: a considerable part of that ( ... )

sthenic March 19 2010, 00:24:37 UTC

As a kid, my family would visit my grandparents at their AMAZING ranch in Pharr Texas, (it's near the very bottom tip of Texas) and he raised his own animals, and yes, some of them were raised for meat, eggs and milk. (he also raised horses and took in stray dogs and cats and and...it was SO fun to be there ( ... )

starskin March 19 2010, 07:36:36 UTC

No, I care about hearing about cruelty and death, because a lot of it is needless and needs to be addressed. I know you're not calling meat-eaters Nazis. I'm also not 'in a fluster'. In a post that I mostly agreed with and found thought-provoking, you drew one parallel that I find problematic on a lot of levels, and I offered a critique. You clearly don't find the parallel problematic, that's all.

OK. I've got to take myself out of this conversation, because I'm going to end up getting my feelings hurt. Like you say, it's a matter of perspective. I love you.

more rambling. sthenic March 19 2010, 19:45:49 UTC

I guess it comes down to where one draws the line ( ... )

Re: more rambling. dizziedumb March 20 2010, 01:01:09 UTC

how is your detox going, by the way ( ... )

Re: more rambling. sthenic March 20 2010, 15:28:21 UTC

how is your detox going, by the way ( ... )

Re: more rambling. sthenic March 20 2010, 15:30:38 UTC

cheese is also a wonderful indulgence, but i am careful these days to keep it out of my daily repitoire. i think that this is a really sound line for someone to draw: there are things that are fine recreationally, but not with any serious commitment! habitual eating is just that, and i think it's a good idea for people to eat intuitively... that is to say, listening to their bodies ( ... )