Posts by Islander
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Russell Brown,
Thought: I would guess I've known three times as many female vegans as male.
Heh! Skews the ratio - 2 females & 2 males.
nzlemming: I haz hoard of good single malts -would help in that good cause...
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Lilith __,
I'd add- if you're not being kind to animals in general - and I am not taking a poke at meateaters (I eat birds & fish)- you also wont be kind to our species.
I cant quite understand where that vegan is coming from...
(All the long-term vegans I know (4) are also pacifists and totally non-violent. And, yep, they dont consume or use anything of animal origin (including leather, silk or cochineal.) The very idea of advocating for the death penalty for anything would cause them grief.)
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Field Theory: Fight Club, in reply to izogi,
I guess as Hadyn notes, the boundaries are different when people think they won't have to deal with the consequences.
For a lot of drivers - especially males - their physical boundaries are actually the outside of their vehicles...
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to andin,
Not wrong mate!
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Will de Cleene,
Hadnt encountered 'The Oatmeal' before - love it!
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to andin,
Ethics are not general - they tend to be profession-specific *and* problem/person-specific.
E.g: what is entirely ethical for a female gynaecologist of no religious committment(apropos abortion for a 45yrold female with 2 disabled children) could be unethical for a christian GP (of many churches/varieties) -reguardless of the health/benefit to the child-bearer.
(I deliberately say 'child-bearer' rather than 'mother.' Please note my immediate family includes both midwives & GPs.)
I know about ethics within the Law profession: these - frequently over the past couple of decades- have been subsumed into echelons of company/client/self interests. -
Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Lilith __,
I have a card that says I am ordained in *spiritual* humanism, given to me as joke.
I am not at all sure what it actually means - aside from being a joke- -
Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Lilith __,
He’s always seemed incredibly patient and calm to me, in the face of often bitter and hateful attacks by religious bigots.
I agree. And reasoned, with interesting examples backing his contentions where appropriate. And happily acknowledging the beauty & power of the faith he was born into...whilst not following it.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Sacha,
Another +1 for Chris's observation-
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Ross Mason,
Just accept that you are just a temporary collection of atoms gathered in one place in the form of you. Relax. Enjoy it. You are dead a long time.
I am, and I do, I do-