Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 2004/01

From: "Robert Whiteside" <rkw@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] veganism
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 11:25:16 -0500

Andy,
I would prefer to discuss this Philosophy one to one. As Gene has
mentioned, this is not a subject for a Clarinet List. I invite Gene as well
to any conversation.
Robert W.
mail@-----.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Raibeck [mailto:klari_1@-----.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 11:34 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] veganism

While arguably well-intended and idealistic, in practice such a philosophy
means that you don't distinguish "right" from "wrong" (lest in doing so, you
be
judgemental), which leads to excessive permissiveness, followed by moral and
societal decay. Consider what this has led to thus far:

- That which passes for popular entertainment today: movies, TV, computer
games
filled with explicit language, violence, and sex, targeted for our youth.
(Think about why the PG-13 rating was created: so the moviemakers could put
as
much of that stuff in as they can without getting the dreaded R rating.)

- Women and little girls dressing in a manner that makes them
indistinguishable
from prostitutes (which has to be impacting their business). I'd swear that
getting some of those pants to ride as low as they do requires that the
wearer
have her genitalia surgically lowered.

- Kids (and adults) mutilating their bodies with tattoos and all manner of
body
piercings.

- Misguided sensibilities where, for example, we go to great lengths to
protect
criminals from punishment and provide children with access to pornography;
yet
at the same time we are outraged (via the myth of constitutional "separation
of
church and state") by the placement of a statue of the 10 Commandments in a
courthouse.

For the sake of being "nonjudgemental", we are going to go the way of the
Roman
Empire.

Andy

--- Robert Whiteside <rkw@-----.net> wrote:
> Rein,
> That was beautifully put. I wish that everyone could have a nonjudgmental
> perspective and view the world with more love that criticism.
> Rob W.

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