I wanna kill kittens!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

And Puppies and butterflies and houseflies and ants!

And Earthworms and Grubs and Millipedes!

And amoeba and lichen!

Get off your high fucking horse. Killing is killing. Just because you think it's a cute fuzzy being does not mean it is any more viable than any other form of life.


Welcome to the Buddha.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. "viable" or "valuable"?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

42. Viable.

[ironman202]

2. why do the lichens hate America?

[BlueEyedSon]

6. They hate us for our fungi!

[LiberalVoice]

3. And Pandas.

:D

[jobycom]

4. Dude, did you just say that killng humans was the same as killing lichen?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

9. Yes, I did.

That's life and death. Is your (our) life that much more valuable than another's? What leads you to believe that?

[jobycom]

15. The fact that

I can scrape lichen off a rock, boil it and drink it, and it can't write nasty books about me. Meaning, in short, complexity of self-awareness.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

29. No, lichen cannot communicate with you or me in a form that we

can comprehend. Does that mean that there is no life there?

[countingbluecars]

5. You are very brave.

I agree though. Killing is killing.

[Debi]

7. If I get off my high horse

are you gonna kill it?

[Sparkle]

10. Explain your signature pic to me please?

Thanks.

[Debi]

25. There was a thread about these family stickers

and I guess fundies are placing them on their SUVs to show they have 'family values' - so I copied them with my cynical quote. All it takes to have a 'family' is to tell the world you have one....now I'm perfect with a perfect family.

Please don't make me look for the thread - I think it was in the Lounge and it was earlier today....

Here it is:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3800386

[Sparkle]

30. Oh, okay. Thanks.

I haven't seen any of those stickers yet. Geeze, is this like those "baby on board" stickers?

[Debi]

37. I'm sure we're headed that way...

Maybe we can put each parents occupation underneath and the families net worth!!! :eyes: sheez

[LaurenG]

8. I hope that you know that killing anything is inconsistant

with Buddhism.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. (the post is a metaphor)

[LaurenG]

16. Thank you for easing my mind nt

[ironman202]

31. (no it's not)(neither is it a simile nor syllogism)

(it might qualify as irony)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

40. (I hate fucking English majors....)

(Because I was one,)

LOL :toast:

[Mr_Spock]

12. I hear they're tasty roasted over an open fire

Mmmmmmm, bar-b-que'd kitty cat - mmmm, good :D

[Name removed]

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Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Modem Butterfly]

20. And people say GD is hostile.

:eyes:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

21. I think that is a physical impossibility with my equipment....

Read between the lines.

This is an anti-killing message.

[Beaverhausen]

22. maybe you are missing what is going on in the other kitten thread

but this just isn't funny right now.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

26. Actually it is pertinent. If someone stepped on a slug, it is just as

great a tragedy.

All life is sacred. The wanton destruction of any life is a tragedy. A kitten, a soldier, a puppy or a fly.

peace.

[Beaverhausen]

27. well...the thread title is being misunderstood I believe.

[Sparkle]

32. You don't step on a slug...you put salt on it.

:-)

[friesianrider]

36. I don't kill ants or flys or spiders.

I always take them outside - I have never swatted a fly or smooshed a spider in my life.

Don't be so sure everyone is a hypocrite and "only" cares about "cute" animals. I try and respect ALL life, especially the smallest life forms among us (and think I do a pretty good job).

[cornermouse]

43. Slugs. Have you ever accidentally stepped on one barefoot?

Not a good thing.

[friesianrider]

24. So I assume you eat no meat then? nt

nt

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

35. And I have shoes made of leather....

I don't like it, but that's the cost of living in this society. I could easily lie, but I can't afford the diet I would prefer. I'm a mix of carnivore and herbivore. There's a lot of tweaking that could/should be going on in my diet and life.

When you don't have to kill what you eat up close and personal, it's easy to order a whopper.

[Sparkle]

34. Yikes!

[cornermouse]

14. See a millipede. Smash it.

I don't care whether it has a life or not. If it wants to live it will stay out of my sight.

28. centipede

I spared a centipede the other day in the bathtub because he was little. If he was big he would have scared me too much and I would have killed him.

[CrispyQ]

33. "I don't care whether it has a life or not."

Whoa, that's callous, even if it is a bug.

I'm not crazy about insects, bugs & crawly things, but we have a 'catch & release' program in our house. A small cup accompanied with a postcard makes a great 'bug cup.' The little creature is relocated outside & there is no grossness to clean up after wards.


"What we do to one, we do to all."

[cornermouse]

41. There are exceptions to every rule.

That's what bugs and snakes are...exceptions.

[Modem Butterfly]

17. I had a friend in college who wouldn't eat anything cute

She wouldn't eat lamb or rabbit or deer or duck, but she was fine with pigs and horses and chickens.

A vegetarian friend said, "So you'll eat anything with a face as long as it's not cute, right?"

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

23. Thank you. I should have known that you would be among the first

to "get it."

[LittleClarkie]

18. Shrink, I wanna kill

I mean, I wanna kill. I wanna see blood and guts and gore and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

[applegrove]

19. I thought I was going to have to 'take you out'. Yes - buddism teaches

not to kill a bloody thing unless you absolutely have to. Very great way to live. I try - but bugs get little pity from me at some momments.

[ironman202]

38. I'm sorry, but I am currently at war with spiders

Since I was bitten by a brown recluse, got cellulitis, swelled up like a baloon, and vomited every 20 minetes for six days and got an $1800 medical bill. They are evil and they hate me for my freedom and they all must die.

[ironman202]

39. I'm sorry, but I am currently at war with spiders

Since I was bitten by a brown recluse, got cellulitis, swelled up like a baloon, and vomited every 20 minetes for six days and got an $1800 medical bill. They are evil and they hate me for my freedom and they all must die.

[Moderator]

44. Locking....

This is flamebait.