In regards to eating meat

[Ali Quadir]

@Yossarian,

You're saying that your self respect is bound to taking a stand, so it must somehow be connected to the opinion other people have about you. By tie-ing self respect to another persons opinon basically you're letting him, an ass, dictate to you when to take a stand and how to take it.

It seems to me that HAVING to respond to all perceived and imagined threats to your self respect is the exact opposite of self respect. Binding your self respect to the opinions that asses have of you won't get your self respect up anytime soon. You'd better bind your self respect to the opinions good people have of you. In fact, it'd be best if other people had nothing to do with it.

That's what I keep saying: fish hooks and pinball. People bite because there is a fish hook in front of them, the thought of not biting is subconsciously equated to spinelessness and cowardice. The biggest fear of all is to be considered a coward. Therefore everyone keeps biting, the result is like a pinball machine bouncing the ball so hard that it's going to go tilt.

I'll choose fun instead. You can call that whatever you like. That opinion really means very little to me. My personal freedom means so much more.

Ass: "So you think we're all cruel people for eating animals?"
Ali: "No.. I think you're cruel for eating the tomatos, never heard of vegetable rights man?!?"