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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King Jr.
by simtravel
Dec 10, 2007 10:54 pm
 
Forum: How to build a Vegan World
Topic: Pro Vegan Quotes
Replies: 34
Views: 13274

We have free will in regards to the means but not in regard to the end. It seems that all organisms desire 'happiness' or contentment. That is why I go to work, bathe, eat, etc... even philosophize... because afterwards I will be a little 'happier.' It is the unviersal goal. The freedom to reach tha...
by simtravel
Jul 16, 2007 6:46 am
 
Forum: Science, Philosophy, Religion
Topic: Excellent Discussion on Free Will
Replies: 46
Views: 12282

'Dream like you'll live forever Live like you'll die tommorrow' 'Aim for the moon, if you miss you'll land among the stars' 'If your life is without failure you don't take enough risks' 'When we fight we first use bullets; when the bullets are gone, we use bayonets; when the bayonets are dull, we us...
by simtravel
Mar 28, 2007 7:45 am
 
Forum: Science, Philosophy, Religion
Topic: My Power Thought Quotes
Replies: 65
Views: 19125

Without us animals would not have had the chance to be born

If we didn't raise animals for food, then they would never have had the chance to be born and experience life at all.
by simtravel
Mar 6, 2007 8:56 pm
 
Forum: Veggie Questions and Answers
Topic: Without us animals would not have had the chance to be born
Replies: 7
Views: 2337

When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard.


River Phoenix (actor, 1970 - 1993)
by simtravel
Feb 15, 2007 9:29 pm
 
Forum: How to build a Vegan World
Topic: Pro Vegan Quotes
Replies: 34
Views: 13274

Pro Vegan Quotes

Hey everyone! Let's post pro vegan quotes here, one post one quote. Here i go: Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds theirs. We live by the death of others: we are burial places! I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will loo...
by simtravel
Feb 7, 2007 1:10 pm
 
Forum: How to build a Vegan World
Topic: Pro Vegan Quotes
Replies: 34
Views: 13274

Yama/Niyama - Mike D not

Yama and NIyama are prescriptive and proscriptive rules of conduct in the 8 fold path of Patanjali. They are like the 10 commandments without the dogma. Mike Dubbeld claims to be self-realised. Self-realised persons in history have never claimed this ever. If Mike really was Self-realized, he would ...
by simtravel
Feb 1, 2007 9:25 am
 
Forum: Science, Philosophy, Religion
Topic: Yama/Niyama - Mike D not
Replies: 0
Views: 2141

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