tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post6258583570392038083..comments2024-02-03T06:58:02.859-04:00Comments on My Face Is On Fire: ChoicesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-80751414075411649662011-03-08T14:28:35.376-04:002011-03-08T14:28:35.376-04:00It's always interesting to me that people who ...It's always interesting to me that people who live a compassionate lifestyle are negatively accused of being militant. I guess most people have a compassion threshold?Abby Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03060920122127099172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-69262397012224722292011-03-08T10:23:35.442-04:002011-03-08T10:23:35.442-04:00My guess is that he misinterpreted your comments a...My guess is that he misinterpreted your comments as an attack on the grandfather with whom he had gone hunting. Irrational of him, but we have to beware these hidden minefields.Vanilla Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946634138308342764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-82664994637059483552011-03-07T16:15:03.741-04:002011-03-07T16:15:03.741-04:00Odd how offering an explanation is "militant&...Odd how offering an explanation is "militant" merely due to challenging subject matter. I've pointed out I don't get labelled a "militant writer" for explaining my different interpretation of texts or correcting grammar as an editor... Seems to trip people up for a moment, at least!Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499420552627177526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-17295821527133153052011-03-07T16:14:14.939-04:002011-03-07T16:14:14.939-04:00Odd how offering an explanation is "militant&...Odd how offering an explanation is "militant" merely due to challenging subject matter. I've pointed out I don't get labelled a "militant writer" for explaining my different interpretation of texts or correcting grammar as an editor... Seems to trip people up for a moment, at least!Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499420552627177526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-45160559946460287042011-03-07T14:38:45.825-04:002011-03-07T14:38:45.825-04:00The very word "vegan" triggers defensive...The very word "vegan" triggers defensiveness in some folks. A discussion on my Facebook page about a Brave Birds blog post (http://bit.ly/e0MHbo) was respectful, until someone jumped in with all-caps exclamations about vegans. At least the unfortunate tit for tat was brief.Sherylcatmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176209165585116424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-62172031400670221972011-03-07T13:40:37.114-04:002011-03-07T13:40:37.114-04:00It's always interesting how non-vegans will as...It's always interesting how non-vegans will assert that vegans are imposing their opinions or ethics on others...I see it much more the opposite way. As a vegan, I have the non-vegan world consistently imposing their animal-using ways on me, via friends, family, the media, the supermarket, billboards, the school cafeteria...<br />It's equally amusing how non-vegans act as though using animals is not on the ethics spectrum. It's just "the way it is". Well if not not using animals is a decision based on a type of ethics, than using animals is also a decision based on a type of ethics, just very different ethics.Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13172745203823776044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-35843153949060391172011-03-07T13:05:10.308-04:002011-03-07T13:05:10.308-04:00Thanks Kerry! The funny thing is that it could hav...Thanks Kerry! The funny thing is that it could have been a conversation about absolutely anything; it just happened to get triggered by the topic of hunting. What puzzled me was his insistence on his own purportedly never externalizing his own ethical beliefs and then his outright condemnation of those who do, when it's so obvious that we all do this to some extent in our daily lives and to deny it is just plain foolishness. We just have a harder time processing it--from ourselves as well as from others--when the value or stance in question is something that's not widely accepted (i.e. when it's a minority view).Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800153451645970774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-34083655353304499012011-03-07T12:55:59.022-04:002011-03-07T12:55:59.022-04:00The 'militant' thing is a strange one. I e...The 'militant' thing is a strange one. I entered into a similar discussion a while back with (to make it that bit more 'interesting') my partner's ex, who used the expression 'militant vegetarians are the worst thing' on a note he'd posted on the ethics of eating meat. Her initial comment included the line 'I really respect meat-eaters', which others had questioned - I responded to these others with my own point of view, that I can respect people at a basic level as sentient beings and respect that they hold different opinions from me, without respecting the actions I disagree with. Exey lady seemed to decide this was a 'militant' attacking her, and went to great lengths to explain how she respects people FOR eating meat. I guess what she doesn't respect is moral consistency...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356183636678698512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-47945523994875893992011-03-07T12:18:54.831-04:002011-03-07T12:18:54.831-04:00Absolutely spot on, Mylène -- as usual.Absolutely spot on, Mylène -- as usual.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766409508518786021noreply@blogger.com