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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2011-10-10

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will." -- George Bernard Shaw [thanks to [info] blueeowyn]

To my Canadian friends, happy Thanksgiving. To my fellow Americans, happy Columbus Day. And to Native Americans / First Nations people, etc., uh ... wow, these are kinda problematic holidays, aren't they? (I can't fix what was done centuries ago, and I'm not sure I can even legitimately apologize, since so much that I'm grateful for, so much of the culture I know, sprang from all that. But I can at least try to remember not to pretend it didn't happen. Not that my track record on that is all that great.)

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posted by (anonymous) at 03:00pm on 2011-10-10
I like what you've said about the day.
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posted by [personal profile] all_adream at 04:50pm on 2011-10-10
ahahaha! I get a kick out of your attempts to be inclusive. BUT WHAT ABOUT ANY ANIMALS EATEN ON THESE DAYS??????? You left them out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:33pm on 2011-10-10
Yeah, funny thing ... among my several reasons for becoming a vegetarian was the nagging thought that I really wasn't sure whether it was moral for me to eat animals, and the notion that maybe I should stop doing so until I figured that out. But once I went veg, I no longer felt so much need to figure it out, so I've kinda left that question not-really-explored for a couple decades or so. Not only am I not going to lecture others on whether they should or should not eat meat, I don't really even have a coherent opinion to keep to myself. (I've got some thoughts suitable for abstract philosophical debate, but not so much idea what other people Ought To Do. As a mental exercise or for entertainment, I can argue both sides of that.)
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posted by [personal profile] all_adream at 07:23pm on 2011-10-10
I understand--longtime vegetarian here who used to lecture everyone decades ago when I first switched, but not in recent decades, since you can't force certain things. I just got a kick out of you trying to cover every politically-correct base but not including the other-than-humans...! For sukkot this week, you can be both joyful and sorry for the lemons-with-stens and other plant fruities that get bashed around celebratorily maybe! ahahaha!
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