tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post7803681740767069363..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: Animals, war and ecstatic greetings.....veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-54125453833485763542010-10-08T03:23:37.971-05:002010-10-08T03:23:37.971-05:00Thanks for commenting Bea. That would be a fine xm...Thanks for commenting Bea. That would be a fine xmas gift for us all.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-17620779003058444492010-10-05T11:18:51.622-05:002010-10-05T11:18:51.622-05:00War makes pawns out of humans... It's always t...War makes pawns out of humans... It's always the impoverished that are sent in mass to fight the "enemy". I see these commercials on t.v. encouraging kids to "play army". But of course, when there are little to no alternatives due to bad economics, it always seems like a good "opportunity". <br /><br />And the nonhumans they use to find a better way to kill isBea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-4582113811479422552010-10-04T10:31:25.512-05:002010-10-04T10:31:25.512-05:00"...about war, believing that it won't ev..."...about war, believing that it won't ever end because it's just too profitable,..." <br />The above snip from SIToG's comment is pretty much the centerpiece of what I was trying to make a comment around, but never quite made one that I felt like I could send. Part of me wants to suggest that folks look into that, but part of me doesn't want to - because if anyone Krissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-83929656831142142022010-09-29T17:10:05.583-05:002010-09-29T17:10:05.583-05:00Thanks So I'm Thinking Of Going Vegan for comm...Thanks So I'm Thinking Of Going Vegan for commenting. I suspicion as long as the dollars and the testosterone flows and as long as old folks can con young folks into going out and getting killed....war will continue. Greed and believing that might makes right are notions that, should they disappear, would not be missed.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-1349546637762165012010-09-28T14:13:49.323-05:002010-09-28T14:13:49.323-05:00I'd seen the video before, but was glad to lea...I'd seen the video before, but was glad to learn that the proceeds had been donated. And I've always been cynical about war, believing that it won't ever end because it's just too profitable, so it was refreshing to hear a member of the military being forthright about it. I guess too that the same conditions that make war possible is at the root of a lot of abuse (both of humans So I'm Thinking Of Going Veganhttp://thinkoutsidethepiggybank.typepad.com/so_im_thinking_of_going_v/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-10494491022881698092010-09-28T06:51:16.568-05:002010-09-28T06:51:16.568-05:00Thanks for commenting Krissa. Excellent phrase &qu...Thanks for commenting Krissa. Excellent phrase "takes 'wrong' to another whole new level." When thinking about animal peoples and all the unnecessary and undeserved misery sent their way....words seem so paltry and puny and inaccurate....veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-31901613137065400432010-09-28T05:23:40.645-05:002010-09-28T05:23:40.645-05:00Thanks for posting the video, I'd never seen i...Thanks for posting the video, I'd never seen it before. I started to cry a little right at the part where the woman's voice is saying they're going to make her cry. ... I wish I could say it were surprising that so many humans don't even realize that our fellow creatures are often used as bombs, too. They are not only losing their lives by getting caught in the crossfire, they Krissanoreply@blogger.com