(01-31-2012, 03:24 PM)plenum Wrote: I am thinking that this thread is going to launch some fireworks.
*getting popcorn*
Fireworks? That's energy. Better than being stagnant.
(01-31-2012, 03:24 PM)plenum Wrote: I know that you aren't deliberately trying to be provocative Diana, but you are implicitly going to be critiquing some of the behaviour of fellow forum members. And that will be perceived as a personal attack.
People who aren't interested in the topic, can choose to simply not post in this thread.
(01-31-2012, 03:24 PM)plenum Wrote: this is essentially an extension of the Meat Thread; in that people are going to have immovable opinions about how they/we engage with the Animal Kingdom.
This isn't an extension of the meat thread; no mention was made of animals slaughtered for meat. Though loosely related, this is a different topic.
(01-31-2012, 03:24 PM)plenum Wrote: YOUR OPINION is not going to be changed by any argument anyone could reason, and likewise, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEIR MIND EITHER.
Actually, several people did indeed change their minds, on that other thread. Some pm'ed me personally. And why else are we here, if not to expand our thinking?
(01-31-2012, 05:07 PM)Eddie Wrote: I've often wondered if the reason that some people are captured by aliens, and treated in a vile manner, is that those actions reflect what we do to animals on our planet....could it be?
The Universe is reflected in us. The Outside recapitulates the Inside.
Very good point! Karmic!