> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> >Ah, what would be of the world without the philosopher. It would be a
> >meaningless world, even more meaningless than it is now. Anyway my dog
> >and the never ending fight against the fleas inspired me to write this
> >piece.

> >What is the flea? It sure sounds like a soulless bloodsucker. My dog
> >wants to be happy. He likes to play without ever harming anyone. Mind
> >you, he's a chihuahua, so he ain't not hunting dog. A hunting dog
> >would deserve such punishment (by merit of his killing instincts).
> >Then the flea is surely an evil species.

> >How about the ant, the shark, the SUV driver? Are they evil or just
> >act their animal instinct? The ant is both a cooperative species and a
> >killer. It can wage war and it can build great kingdoms, just like
> >us.

> >And who passing judgement on us anyway? Are we above judgement is our
> >destruction of the environment? Some of us ride a bike just to be
> >safe.

> >Just to be sure: All bloodsuckers are evil and predators are... They
> >just are.

> So, just to be sure,
> you don't eat meat of any kind. You are not
> complicit in the spilling of the blood of cows,
> chickens, pigs, turkeys, fish.

> You are not in any way involved
> in the growing for food anything that lives.

> You would not pull up a carrot, killing it,
> nor chop the head off a lettuce
> and eat its head.

> Is that what you're saying?