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Yoroshiku onegeishimasu

Posted by: Bill P on February 09, 19100 at 11:41:54:

In Reply to: Message to B. Phalon (Konichi Wa!) posted by MDG on February 09, 19100 at 10:58:41:

: Bill, aka Spike, you asked a few days ago why I'm a vegetarian. My primary reason for being a vegetarian is ethical: I find it wrong to kill animals for their flesh when a perfectly acceptable, indeed nutritionally superior, vegetarian alternative exists (note #1 - I'm vegan, not veggie; note #2 - my ethical concerns are underscored by the miserable factory farm systems of today). Secondary reasons include the environment, social issues, aka world hunger, and spiritual.
: I'd be happy to elaborate on why I'm a vegan/animal rights dude, but this is the capitalism & alternatives board, so either McSpotlight will say okay, spill your soy-ridden guts here, or do it on the Anything Else board, or please take it elsewhere, in which case, if you give me your email address, I'll send you a personal message.
Yoroshiku onegeishimasu,
Well, I asked because I think the question of capitalism does boil down to one of morality, even though my Trotskyist friends have strong (and convincing) arguments to the contrary.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Go Red Sox!
Bill

Follow Ups:

That's easy for you to say! MDG February 09 19100 (8)
- I think Barry believes in morality just as much as you or me. NJ DSA MA, USA February 09 19100 (7)
  - Not Quite Chuck Virginia February 11 19100 (6)
    - I believe that NO ONE can be a socialist without believing in supra-class morality NJ DSA MA, USA February 14 19100 (5)
      - Nothing is worth pursuing unless grounded in morality. MDG February 14 19100 (3)
        
        Whose 'morality' and whose 'freedom'? Barry Stoller February 15 19100 (2)
        
        If Marx & Engles said it, it must be true. MDG February 15 19100 (1)
        
        From one sycophant to another Chuck Virginia February 17 19100 (0)
      - I always thought that consciousness of one's belief is necessary to have a belief. Hank February 14 19100 (0)
I forgot to put it in. Bill P. February 09 19100 (0)