heh. At least we know what our geographical personality types are: we don't need to consult the Meyers-Briggs handbook! ;-P
I try (and sometimes fail) to not be extreme. I'm not a vegan. I don't throw red paint on people who wear fur nor break into labs to free all the bunnies. (Though I admit to admiring the people with the guts to the latter, while being embarrassed by the former.) I think it's "okay" to raise and kill animals for food -- just not to torture them while we're doing it.
I hope that the little boy in that picture was being taught respect and compassion for the coyote along with killing skills. I want him be very proficient at making a clean and fast kill if he's going to do so. What I hear about more is exterminating them as "pests" and "vermin": words that carry the message of arrogant disrespect for living things. That's my "religion": that all life has something in common -- call it a "soul" for lack of any better description -- that makes us connected in a way that we probably can't put words to, but that doesn't matter, it's real. (okay, okay, yeh, I've just seen Avatar twice and loved it. Guilty! :-) ) I think Life owes other Life something. And vive la difference!
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Date: 2010-01-07 12:38 am (UTC)I try (and sometimes fail) to not be extreme. I'm not a vegan. I don't throw red paint on people who wear fur nor break into labs to free all the bunnies. (Though I admit to admiring the people with the guts to the latter, while being embarrassed by the former.) I think it's "okay" to raise and kill animals for food -- just not to torture them while we're doing it.
I hope that the little boy in that picture was being taught respect and compassion for the coyote along with killing skills. I want him be very proficient at making a clean and fast kill if he's going to do so. What I hear about more is exterminating them as "pests" and "vermin": words that carry the message of arrogant disrespect for living things. That's my "religion": that all life has something in common -- call it a "soul" for lack of any better description -- that makes us connected in a way that we probably can't put words to, but that doesn't matter, it's real. (okay, okay, yeh, I've just seen Avatar twice and loved it. Guilty! :-) ) I think Life owes other Life something. And vive la difference!