tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post1583494120353780388..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: All of us animals...veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-2609846223894011182011-09-25T07:49:45.841-05:002011-09-25T07:49:45.841-05:00Thank you for commenting David. Hmmm. I’m not sur...Thank you for commenting David. Hmmm. I’m not sure I know what you meant by your comment. It is indeed true that we human animals mistreat ourselves often and it is true that we should not do such. We have and do often injure and harm other members of our own species and there is no question that such harming should cease but perhaps what is confusing is that we also pay much more attention to veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-13606122625052216942011-09-22T22:17:04.848-05:002011-09-22T22:17:04.848-05:00We often forget one of the animals we mistreat the...We often forget one of the animals we mistreat the most - the one wearing our clothes.David Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339979176989832285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-14674627385455681562011-09-19T08:43:59.267-05:002011-09-19T08:43:59.267-05:00Thanks for commenting Christina. I'm lacking t...Thanks for commenting Christina. I'm lacking too.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-39023557626359833052011-09-16T08:38:59.322-05:002011-09-16T08:38:59.322-05:00I have always known I am an animal and that compar...I have always known I am an animal and that compared to the other species, I am lacking.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162908970037557053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-82972926117370920412011-09-12T06:30:59.317-05:002011-09-12T06:30:59.317-05:00Thanks for commenting Bea. Yuck factors abound don...Thanks for commenting Bea. Yuck factors abound don't they?<br /><br />Like Carl Sagan used to say: "We are all star stuff."veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-69888107258473626382011-09-12T06:20:05.842-05:002011-09-12T06:20:05.842-05:00Thanks for commenting HGV. It is an insult to the ...Thanks for commenting HGV. It is an insult to the other animals isn't it? Properly stated: "He (or she) is behaving like a human"...that would be a more correct phrase.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-37783507873672880982011-09-12T06:18:27.017-05:002011-09-12T06:18:27.017-05:00Thanks for commenting Harry. The mammal informatio...Thanks for commenting Harry. The mammal information is significant but we sure spend lots of time explaining to ourselves how it doesn't matter, don't we? We are the animal that fantasizes and then believes the fantasies.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-741566133364390572011-09-12T06:15:53.094-05:002011-09-12T06:15:53.094-05:00Thank you for commenting Laloofah. Yeah it's f...Thank you for commenting Laloofah. Yeah it's funny how we call ourselves 'superior' and then exhibit that superiority by acting out the fantasy that being able to write "c a t" gives us the right to kill anyone that can't write. Baffling and unsettling. We do act differently that other animals but I'm beginning to be convinced that those different behaviors are veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-80927472902444845942011-09-11T01:22:01.957-05:002011-09-11T01:22:01.957-05:00Hmmm for sure - Sweat glands and dairy... Another ...Hmmm for sure - Sweat glands and dairy... Another spin on the yuck factor!<br /><br />But yes!!! The dna we all share... The elements we all have in common - Those ingredients that make us all connected... If only more people could grasp that we all come from the heavens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE47NelL4j4<br /><br />We all cockroach and crabgrass belong more to each other than most will Bea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-51746748493062373782011-09-09T14:53:31.606-05:002011-09-09T14:53:31.606-05:00I always find it odd when I see the phrase "t...I always find it odd when I see the phrase "they're animals" or "they're worse than animals" to describe people's heinous behaviour when to my knowledge other sentient beings don't rape, torture or kill sheerly for pleasure or profit the way human animals do.Have Gone Veganhttp://www.havegonevegan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-54388250066610205622011-09-09T06:44:42.791-05:002011-09-09T06:44:42.791-05:00Thank you for commenting Andrew. You expressed it ...Thank you for commenting Andrew. You expressed it as well as can be done, all life is sacred and mysterious. We've fallen into the trap of hierarchicalizing (likely a neologism...sorry) life and astonishingly, amazingly...we placed ourselves at the top of the heap...wow...what a lucky break for us. Sorry, I get sarcastically challenged at times.<br /><br />A life is a life is a life. The onlyveganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-65138192716389485792011-09-09T05:13:23.117-05:002011-09-09T05:13:23.117-05:00Yep, we are indeed all animals. So why is it so &a...Yep, we are indeed all animals. So why is it so &#@!ing hard to imagine us in the place of those we torture? Those we kill. I may have been told when younger that I was a mammal but unfortunately I was also taught how 'different' us humans are. What a load of unfortunate crock! Could that be one of the major reasons our disconnect is so deeply entrenched? And why too many of us open Harryhttp://www.agentleplace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-65562357518900156362011-09-08T08:02:57.347-05:002011-09-08T08:02:57.347-05:00Right on! It's such a shame that so many of us...Right on! It's such a shame that so many of us insist on not only trying to separate ourselves and our species from that of which we are an inseparable part, but on elevating ourselves as well. This illusion of separation and superiority is pervasive, and never has happy nor ultimately satisfying results. I agree that freeing ourselves from it is one of the keys to opening to the empathy and Laloofahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07256023593175821427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-37319815221430535762011-09-05T10:23:55.454-05:002011-09-05T10:23:55.454-05:00This is a wonderful entry. So eloquent. What you s...This is a wonderful entry. So eloquent. What you say here ought to be a core value that everyone shares. This is our goal as vegans: To get all people to recognize that we're all animals, that our time on earth is limited, that all life is sacred, mysterious and deserves a high quality existence. <br /><br />Kudos!Andrew Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17522990678738683763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-71408552149773125682011-09-04T20:21:46.891-05:002011-09-04T20:21:46.891-05:00I wish I could vacuum my dog. She's a hairy b...I wish I could vacuum my dog. She's a hairy beast! and I mean that in the best way, except that vacuuming her would be easier than vacuuming the house all the time. I had a cat who loved being vacuumed, though. It was a great party trick! This cat always loved hanging around the human animals at big gatherings and then purring away when the vacuum came out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-71517926506840937692011-09-04T19:48:16.746-05:002011-09-04T19:48:16.746-05:00Thanks for commenting DEM, I'm glad you're...Thanks for commenting DEM, I'm glad you're back and swearing and profanity are some of the bestest things ever invented by us human animals. :-)<br /><br />I like the dog joke too except it is inaccurate. It is a speciesist (spelling?) joke because it implies all dogs behave the same way and they don't. I know dogs that like to be vacuumed. <br /><br />The joke is a cool illustration veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-74665653941820763802011-09-04T17:47:05.014-05:002011-09-04T17:47:05.014-05:00Yes!
you can always tell who is onside and who i...Yes! <br />you can always tell who is onside and who isn't--in a piece of writing--if the phrase "other animals" is used.... as in, Humans and Other Animals. Versus Humans and Animals, as if a gulf opens up between us. <br />Or non-human animals: that's another flag of compassion and intelligence, too :)<br /><br />Someone joked once, though, that if you wanted to see a clear Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com