(01-22-2011, 07:09 PM)abridgetoofar Wrote: leading my mom to live within an image she has seen since she was a small child. My mom is a very caring, sympathetic, and in touch with nature. In the spirit of following her heart, not only has she started down a path exploring the world of growing vegetables etc., she has acquired goats and chickens.
Your mom sounds like a very loving and beautiful soul! Who has done the absolute best she could, given her paradigm that it was 'ok' to eat animals. She has clearly made the best of that situation and raised the farming situation to a higher level. That is admirable!
It is not my intention to judge anyone, whether to show approval or disapproval. Throughout the long discussion on the meat thread, I have avoided analyzing any particular person's personal choice of diet or lifestyle, in favor of discussing ideas and concepts instead. I am interested in exploring the very paradigm itself.