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...and may all living creature run like hell when they see you coming

In Reply to: adiuex OR a farewell to myself posted by Copenhagen on December 14, 1999 at 10:33:07:

This is all very touching. The one major problem with your thesis, which has been pointed out to you several times apparently to no avail, is that some people don't need to "understand hopi culture" to know that torturing other living beings is morally reprehensible. Lots of people do horrible things to each other and to other animals for cultural reasons. That, in and of itself, does not make those activities OK. The catholics burned people at the stake. No amount of time spent studying the catholic bible or hanging out with catholics is going to make burning people alive seem OK to me.

The only defense I've seen from you or anyone else regarding this point is that humans are the only animals that really "feel" anything. I am at a loss for words for anyone who sincerely believes this kind of blind mindless tripe. If you insist on ignoring biological realities and your own common sense then there's nothing I or anyone is going to be able to say to you to change your mind about things like the animal torture. All I can do is let you go your own seperate way on this subject and feel deeply sorry for you and try to remember to include you (and others like you) in my prayers.

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