[Buddha-l] Buddhas Meditation

[Gad Horowitz]

oh wow.  no more meat for me...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Lusthaus" <vasubandhu at earthlink.net>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Buddhas Meditation


> Gad asks:
>
>> What if being "attached" to vegetarianism meant that you would treat meat
>> eaters with contempt, or worse?
>
> That was Richard's ridiculous point. How much "worse" are you considering?
> Like killing people because they eat meat (like antiabortionists bombing
> abortion clinics to "save" lives)? I don't know very many vegetarians
> killing carnivorous humans for being carnivorous. Anything short of that,
> let's consider:
>
> Hurt someone's feeling (probably not -- carnivores are callous, or else 
> they
> would have become vegetarian's a long time ago).
>
> VS
>
> condone the continuous killing of thousands of animals.
>
> Yeah, Richard is right, the first option is clearly the nastier of the 
> two.
> Oh, it's about worrying about the mental state of non-carnivores who might
> chastise a carnivore for being responsible for mass slaughter? Yeah, the
> vegetarian is REALLY going to feel upset about having spoken out, speaking
> real truth to greedy, voracious, unstoppable power.
>
> Wake up, people! Please.
>
> Dan
>
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