06 May 2008, 10:04 am
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/065njdoe.asp
Yet another push toward the suggestion that mankind worship nature.
I would have posted this in the News area, but it's such fertile ground (so to speak) for philisophical and religious discussion,
it just had PPR written all over it.
06 May 2008, 12:41 pm
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06 May 2008, 12:49 pm
Awesomelyglorious wrote:
I DEMAND ROCK RIGHTS!! ! We have too many poor, defenseless rocks, without any sort of legal protection. That just seems wrong to me. Don't these rocks have a right to protection as well?
I quite agree, rocks are always being crushed, dunked in tar and trodden under foot. I think we should all get together and have one of those world wide big music events to raise awareness of the issue. Just need to get some "rock" bands.
06 May 2008, 12:52 pm
06 May 2008, 1:28 pm
monty wrote:
Ragtime, how can you respect the creator if you show contempt for his creation??
It's the "contempt" accusation that makes no sense.
People mow the grass for landscaping, not out of contempt for the grass.
What a thought! "I hate you, grass! Eat lawnmower!"
Psychiatrists on standby.
The idea that mowing the grass is the same as hating it is clearly delusional.
06 May 2008, 1:31 pm
Awesomelyglorious wrote:
I DEMAND ROCK RIGHTS!! ! We have too many poor, defenseless rocks, without any sort of legal protection. That just seems wrong to me. Don't these rocks have a right to protection as well?
That's a joke today.
But in 50 years, it will be reality.
"Liberalism: Taking past jokes seriously, one step at a time."
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06 May 2008, 1:32 pm
Ragtime wrote:
monty wrote:
Ragtime, how can you respect the creator if you show contempt for his creation??
It's the "contempt" accusation that makes no sense. People mow the grass for entirely constructive reasons, and certainly not out of contempt for it.
What a thought! "I hate you, grass! Eat lawnmower!" Psychiatrists on standby.It's your politically distorted interpretation of the (initially distorted) article that makes no sense. Mowing a lawn does it no harm, and the Swiss have not prohibited that. Likewise, the Swiss will continue to eat meat, while prohibiting gratuitous cruelty to animals. The person who delights in torturing animals is a psychopath, and so is the person who enjoys tearing up a landscape.
06 May 2008, 1:37 pm
monty wrote:
Ragtime wrote:
monty wrote:
Ragtime, how can you respect the creator if you show contempt for his creation??
It's the "contempt" accusation that makes no sense. People mow the grass for entirely constructive reasons, and certainly not out of contempt for it.
What a thought! "I hate you, grass! Eat lawnmower!" Psychiatrists on standby.It's your politically distorted interpretation of the (initially distorted) article that makes no sense. Mowing a lawn does it no harm, and the Swiss have not prohibited that. Likewise, the Swiss will continue to eat meat, while prohibiting gratuitous cruelty to animals. The person who delights in torturing animals is a psychopath, and so is the person who enjoys tearing up a landscape.
Yes, but "tearing up a landscape" will eventually be defined as mowing the grass.
That's the point I'm making.
In 10 or 20 years, when mowing the grass is frowned upon as cruel and callous,
you'll be further down the slope of liberalism, and saying to me, "But, Ragtime, no one's suggesting
that simply owning a plant is slavery, but rather that forcing it to swelter by a hot window in the sun
all day long is cruel and inhuman."
06 May 2008, 1:42 pm
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06 May 2008, 1:57 pm
Griff wrote:
Ragtime wrote:
Griff wrote:
Frankly, I think this is a joke at the expense of obnoxious vegans. If so, it is long overdue.
Don't forget, animal rights used to be a joke.
It's a joke among liberals? Are you serious? Then who are all those babes who won't wear fur or leather on principle, or use any animal product? Sure, they'll buy sneakers manufactured by 10-year-old Pedro working 16 hours a day in a sweatshop in Latin America, but animals? Why, they're sacred! Even dead animals, i.e. leather and fur!
These people are everywhere, and I don't think they're all PETA gals.
The left is always slowly and eventually pulled further left by its fringe groups, like PETA, and this trend never ends, except for those certain liberals who eventually have had enough, and become conservatives.
06 May 2008, 2:07 pm
Wanting to protect endangered species of plants is equivalent to being a PETA nut? Ragtime needs to take an ecology class, oh wait, that probably won't work because he probably thinks ecology is a left-wing conspiracy to destroy Capitalism.
