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by Skip
Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:57 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

duplicate. Afterword: I'm not telling anyone what to do, or accusing the advocates of carnivorous lifestyle of anything, so why all the protestation? All I did answer the OP question and respond to follow-up discussion. If you are unwilling to reduce the earth's population then we are going to be fo...
by Skip
Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:47 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

Not in my experience. I seen thousands of sheep kept by several farms. Chickens goats, geese, and many other creatures kept on farms and smallholdings across Wales, and all the livestock in my neck of the woods in Sussex are all healthy and well looked after. I've seen more abuse in humans than ani...
by Skip
Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:20 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

Killing animals is so bad; nasty; cruel. Is it? Not necessarily. It doesn't have to be, for a species with sophisticated weapons and options. But human often choose the more cruel options, for sport, pleasure, profit - and sometimes out of sheer not giving a damn. That is their choice; it is not mi...
by Skip
Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:34 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

Recently I watched this series on Netflix called Alone . It’s about survivalists doing their thing. They could have called the series Alone and Hungry . Alone was the situation but hunger was the theme. Every once in awhile one of them would kill an animal for food. What was noticeable was the prof...
by Skip
Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:19 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

I find it easier to become more vegetarian in stages, rather than all at once. Of course. Any conscious change is both easier and more effective to achieve in planned increments. I cook vegetable food such as risotto or dal with a really good umami taste. You also learn as you go. People have been ...
by Skip
Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:10 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: "Know Thyself" What does that Entail?
Replies: 17
Views: 1391

Re: "Know Thyself" What does that Entail?

Btw, do you have knowledge of genetics, the human genome, how your brain works, etc.? Some. Not extensive. The human genome has about 20000 to 25000 identified genes. Many of these genes by themselves [nature] or in entanglement with environmental conditions [nature] as expressed within current con...
by Skip
Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:41 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

Let’s put it this way. Your assertion through reasoning that taking life for food contributes to the evil in the world, I didn't assert that. However, I will assert that pain is bad for most life-forms and agree that I consider causing pain, especially when I don't need to (but just like the taste ...
by Skip
Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:34 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

Walker wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:06 pm "... putting evil into that world ..."

That's not only a judgment, it's a rather profound judgment.
It's one of those black and white judgments.
It is neither. It is a single phrase from the middle of a sentence.
by Skip
Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:33 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

Sculptor wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:16 pm Are you aware of the massive difference between veganism and vegetarianism?
Yes.
Am I going to fast for you?
No.
by Skip
Sun Aug 14, 2022 4:56 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

I do not take evolutionary advice from the Mayo clinic.
Just as well, since they're in the business of medical advice.
Nothing to do with Veganism so utterly irrelevant
Obviously! What possible bearing could the available food supply divided by the human population have on human diet?
by Skip
Sun Aug 14, 2022 4:52 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

Buddhism has adapted to northern climates where plant food is unavailable. This indicates that dietary restrictions are not the root of Buddhism, which is something that those who equate Buddhism and veganism, should consider when making moral justifications. And? I don't recall mentioning a religi...
by Skip
Sun Aug 14, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: fascism in America?
Replies: 271
Views: 20787

Re: fascism in America?

"It's a few sheets of crumbly old brown paper. How's it gonna stop thugs with guns?" c'mon skip you're not thinkin it through. any paramilitary or militia uprising would be countered by the U.S. military. similarly if a citizen uprising happened the sitting president would command the U.S...
by Skip
Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:56 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5709

Re: Veganism.

Veganism is not an ideal way to live. Humans do not have very long digestive systems to plough through all that fibre, and do much better of food that they are adapted to eat, Not 100% accurate, that. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/meatless-meals/...
by Skip
Sun Aug 14, 2022 6:38 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: fascism in America?
Replies: 271
Views: 20787

Re: fascism in America?

"How big a threat is this?" i dunno man but i think the American constitution would prevent any possibility of a genuine fascist government. It's a few sheets of crumbly old brown paper. How's it gonna stop thugs with guns? Especially if the thugs with guns have allies on the other side o...
by Skip
Sun Aug 14, 2022 6:31 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: "Know Thyself" What does that Entail?
Replies: 17
Views: 1391

Re: "Know Thyself" What does that Entail?

It's not from the perspective of biology or genetics that self-knowledge comes. That's all theoretical, generic knowledge; it's not about yourself. You can know all those sciences and still be deluded about how pompous you sound when telling the same dull anecdote to the same people you dine with ev...