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With all these discussions of whether eating meat is moraly correct or not, I keep wondering, what about the plants? They are living beings the same way as animals are, and are being cultivated and used by human beings the same way. Just because they barely move, we can't assume they can't feel, they come from DNA the same way... (Even though I'm not familiar with what science says about the subject...)
So, does it matter if plants have feelings? Does it affect the way we feel about eating meat or is it all the same?
The environmental issue, the way it's portrayed by the media, comes together and depends on something very basic: convenience. We constantly hear about how we have to fly less, drive less, start cooking or even planting our own food more, buy less, recycle more, etc... We've been carelessly destroying our planet because we haven't been shown many sustainable alternatives which we are comfortable enough with.
But are there, or can there be solutions which are as convenient to us as the destructive ways have been for so long? Or will we all have to learn how to control our desires for the sake of the environment?
Most people grow up immersed in a culture and a specific way of thinking.
Without ever having contact with different ways of seeing the world, can anyone have an objective point of view about the human race as a whole?
Or maybe, no matter how much you know about various cultures, our species is too complex for a single person to fully understand it. Still, can you get close to the truth based only on the education you've received and the people you see around you?
"When the 45-year-old, who uses a pseudonym of Ta-Bo, returns home, it's not a wife or girlfriend who await him, but a row of dolls lined up neatly on his sofa."Japan's lonely hearts turn to dolls for sex, company
"She’s a stuffed pillowcase — a 2-D depiction of a character, Nemu, from an X-rated version of a PC video game called Da Capo, printed on synthetic fabric... Nisan knows she’s not real, but that hasn’t stopped him from loving her just the same."Love in 2-D
"I am no longer interested in three dimensions. I would even like to become a resident of the two-dimensional world."Japanese man petitions to marry comic book wife
The question is based on this 16 minute video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P772Eb63qIY&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=0629B97DDFA9C7DB
Feel free to discuss other parts of the movie as well =)
"The reason husbands and wives do not understand each other is because they belong to different sexes.” Dorothy Dix
"The more I know about men the more I like dogs." Gloria Allred
"Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything in the house." Jean Kerr
"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship." Oscar Wilde
"My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures." Michael Caine
"Women are like Elephants. I like to watch them, but I wouldn't want to own one." W. C. Fields
People who defend science are often accused of not being open-minded enough to accept the idea of God, ghosts, astrology and so on... The definition of open-minded being "having or showing a mind receptive to new ideas or arguments; unprejudiced; impartial", are scientists really open-minded? Or are the superstitious ones the real open-minded ones? Or is it all a matter of how good is your "filter"? The following video addresses the matter.
Open-mindedness
http://www.youtube.com/v/T69TOuqaqXI
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(I didn't manage to embed the video using the tool on the website...)
Physical books are bad for the environment, difficult to carry or consult. New technologies such as the Amazon Kindle are the latest electronic substitutes for physical books, offering a screen that simulates real paper, with the capacity to hold thousands of e-books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc. Having to compete with such technologies and online content, will physical books continue to be relevant for a long time, or will they soon become retro items such as LPs?
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