On Sun, 6 May 2001, Billy D'Augustine wrote:
> [...] I'm someone who believes that life is sacred, and
Like you, I believe that all life is sacred; does not that sacredness
also apply to our own lives? Don't you believe that people should be
allowed to protect their own lives and the lives of those close to
them? By the way, my belief in life being sacred applies to the life
of non-human animals as well---one reason that I'm a vegetarian.
This reminds me of something that's taught in martial arts classes:
only use the amount of force necessary to subdue or ward off an
attacker; don't use deadly force unless absolutely necessary to save a
life.
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Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals:
All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature &
rdd_at_perqlogic.com 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.
Received on Sun May 06 2001 - 19:30:50 BST