Are Rastas/Reggae artist Vegetarians???
Anonymous
Are Rastas/Reggae artist Vegetarians??? and if so ... for what reasons?
Health? Ethics? All? I don't think health is one of them because alot of
rastas believe in _smoking_ herb/cigarettes
... and it doesn't take a "smarts" to know that smoke in YOUR lungs not only
offers a relaxing feeling ... but relaxing bed for you to relax in ... the
chemo bed. Oh... and don't let me get into the subject about alcohol. But are
they? Vegetarians? and why.
Thanks for clearing the air...
anonARBORymous
Brian M Tremblay
Anonymous (nob...@REPLAY.COM) wrote:
: Are Rastas/Reggae artist Vegetarians??? and if so ... for what reasons?
: Health? Ethics? All?
Don't try to squeeze Rastas into a monolith. Like Hindus
and Bhuddists, they tend toward vegetarianism, and for similar
reasons. Health and ethics, which from a Rasta/Hindu/Bhuddist
perspective is not a dichotomy.
And not all reggae artists are Rastas. And not all reggae
artists are vegetarians. A. Pablo reportedly tried to steer
his one-time musical student, Jacob Miller, toward eating
more fruits and less meat.
: I don't think health is one of them because alot of
: rastas believe in _smoking_ herb/cigarettes ... and it doesn't take
: a "smarts" to know that smoke in YOUR lungs not only
: offers a relaxing feeling ... but relaxing bed for you to relax in ...
: chemo bed. Oh... and don't let me get into the subject about alcohol.
Are you trolling for flames? Rastas like Peter Tosh and Christian
reggae artists like Shinehead have criticized smoking cigarettes. Of
course, others smoke them. Again, there's no monolith.
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Messian Dread
Greetings everyone!
Rastafari is a free movement, all "members" are encouraged to check
out things for themselves. Some come to the conclusion to eat
vegetarian, others veganism, others only eat clean meats, and others
do not abide food rules. As for ganja, I know of Rastas getting very
old, this one Rasta I friend knows in Guadeloupe walked 50 miles every
day, he was a smoker.
May I wish to you peace and love
Messian Dread
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http://dit.is/the_dubroom/
Esben I.
Anonymous <nob...@REPLAY.COM> wrote:
> Are Rastas/Reggae artist Vegetarians??? and if so ... for what reasons?
(jus' kiddin')
I am white and bald and vegetarian: I believe the best reason for not
eating animals is not your own health but rather respect for the living: I
simply cannot support the industry where animals are born just to be eaten
by "humans". Vegetarianism for your own health's sake is very selfish IMHO.
Some rasta bredren might argue that " I-man nuh eat no swine, 'cos the
Bible seh" which is as good a reason as any.
> Health? Ethics? All? I don't think health is one of them because alot of
> rastas believe in _smoking_ herb/cigarettes
> ... and it doesn't take a "smarts" to know that smoke in YOUR lungs not
only
> offers a relaxing feeling ... but relaxing bed for you to relax in ...
the
> chemo bed.
What's your biznis here ? You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
True, ganja, contains about 7 times as much "tar" as cigarettes, but it is
smoked because of its other ingredients. I suggest you do a spliff, listen
to some old, slow reggae, and try to feel the One Love.
FYI: I quit the weed ten years ago, but I can still feel the vibe when
listening to good reggae.
>Oh... and don't let me get into the subject about alcohol.
To each his own.....
Well, I didn't answer your question 'cos I simply don't know: maybe some
raste bredrin will elaborate ?
One Love
Esben I.
Rastapoodle
I have been shocked by Rasta elders, well -respected in the worldwide community,
eating hot dogs and cheese doodles. That is myproblem, I guess, everyone is free
to do what they want. Yet, I find that spiritually, they preach purity and
vegetarianism, so there is hypocrisy there, for sure.
I personally am amazed when I find cigarette smoking, meat-eating "Rastas", and,
without exception, have found those "Rastas" to be angry, preachy-types who
think they make the rules. Kind of like Jews who eat pork or mix milk and meat,
what is the use of calling yourself Rasta if you follow Babylon ways?
Hypocrites.
Also, don't forget, in Judiasm, there are "non-practicing" Jews, (usually Jews
by hereditary, not spiritual convictions) and they are the ones who do not abide
by the dietary laws. So, I suppose the meat-eating, tobacco using Rastas could
be called "non-practicing" rastas. Like the Jews, perhaps Rasta is a
convenience, a lifestyle, just a front.
The most spiritually and emotionally enlightened Rastas I have met ARE
vegetarian, cook their own food for hygiene and spiritual reasons, and do not
smoke tobacco. They are very differnet, personality-wise, than the other kind of
"Rastas", no matter what the other kind of "Rastas" say.
Just my observations.
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Matthew L Miller
Scratchie (upse...@ziplink.net) wrote:
: Why is it OK to eat living plants but not living animals??
: Why is it OK to cultivate vegetables for food but not animals?
Speaking strictly for myself, i would include the following among my
reasons for eating living plants instead of living animals:
-Plants seem to suffer less than animals from being confined and
slaughtered. It may be that they suffer just as much, but that I can't
relate to their suffering. Even so, I see vegetarianism as a way to
inflict the least amount of pain and suffering on the least number of
beings and still stay alive. Plants do not usually move around very much,
therefore i doubt that they experience the same kind of mental anguish at
being deprived of freedom of movement that I believe animals do. Also,
many plants do not need to be killed to provide food. In fact, some
plants use the fact that they are edible to their own reproductive
advantage (i.e. fruit/grass seeds in animal poop). This is not true of any
animals that I know of.
-The amount of resources required to produce a pound of beef or other meat
is much higher than the amount to produce a pound of grain. I can't
remember the stats of the top of my head, but raising animals that are
going to be slaughtered for food takes an amazing amount of water and
grain or other food (i.e. rendered sheep carcasses). If people just ate
the grain themselves (or raised other crops instead of cultivating feed
for animals) we would be using a lot less resources to eat. My personal
experience is that we would only stand to gain from doing this.
-I believe that it is better for human beings (healthwise) to eat fruits
and vegetables instead of animals.
I have been practicing vegetarianism for about five years now and the
only regret that I have is that I didn't start sooner...I don't look down
my nose at carnivores, it's just a personal decision that makes me feel a
little better about my wasteful first-world lifestyle....I don't drink
alcohol or read Time magazine, either...that stuff rots your brain...
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>Also, don't forget, in Judiasm, there are "non-practicing" Jews, (usually
Jews
>by hereditary, not spiritual convictions) and they are the ones who do not
abide
>by the dietary laws. So, I suppose the meat-eating, tobacco using Rastas
could
>be called "non-practicing" rastas. Like the Jews, perhaps Rasta is a
>convenience, a lifestyle, just a front.
Of course you don't mean that a non-praciticing Jew is just in it for
convenience, or is a Jew as a lifestyle, just fronting.
G.
AtoHakeem
Matt Miller wrote:
>Also,
>many plants do not need to be killed to provide food. In fact, some
>plants use the fact that they are edible to their own reproductive
>advantage (i.e. fruit/grass seeds in animal poop). This is not true of any
>animals that I know of.
Bees and cows do not need to be killed to provide honey & milk. I believe both
milk & honey were provided by JAH to give natural healthy non-meat foods.
>-The amount of resources required to produce a pound of beef or other meat
>is much higher than the amount to produce a pound of grain. I can't
>remember the stats of the top of my head, but raising animals that are
>going to be slaughtered for food takes an amazing amount of water and
>grain or other food (i.e. rendered sheep carcasses). If people just ate
>the grain themselves (or raised other crops instead of cultivating feed
>for animals) we would be using a lot less resources to eat. My personal
>experience is that we would only stand to gain from doing this.
>-I believe that it is better for human beings (healthwise) to eat fruits
>and vegetables instead of animals.
>I have been practicing vegetarianism for about five years now and the
>only regret that I have is that I didn't start sooner...I don't look down
>my nose at carnivores, it's just a personal decision that makes me feel a
>little better about my wasteful first-world lifestyle....I don't drink
>alcohol or read Time magazine, either...that stuff rots your brain...
>--
Thank you for the above words of incouragemant. I have been following a
meatless diet for at least a week now, so I'm just starting out my
vegetarianism. I don't see anything wrong with salt or milk. I haven't
decided yet if I will cut out fish though!
Peace & Love,
Ras Wm I
Brendt Evenden
"stiff-necked fool
you think you are cool
to deny me
for simplicity"
-Bob Marley and the Wailers, 'Stiff-Necked Fools'
may you read this and get WISE!. Obviously you are not foolish enough to
leave you real e-mail address here. What you dont seem to understand is
that not all rastas smoke herb, and if they do, it is used as an aid to
meditation and as a sacrament. Herb is thought to be too precious to allow
it to become an addiction, so there!
Obviously you dont overstand many things about life and letting people be
what they wanna be regardless of close-minded fools like yourself. I hope
my I-dren will forgive I-I for ranting like this to someone who is so
ignorant -- but the story must be set straight!
if you wanted to get someone to take the bait you were fishing with --
then make sure you can handle the shark that bites you!!!!
irie,
Ras Ziggy
On 3 Jun 1998, Anonymous wrote:
> Are Rastas/Reggae artist Vegetarians??? and if so ... for what reasons?
> Health? Ethics? All? I don't think health is one of them because alot of
> rastas believe in _smoking_ herb/cigarettes
> ... and it doesn't take a "smarts" to know that smoke in YOUR lungs not only
> offers a relaxing feeling ... but relaxing bed for you to relax in ... the