>>do you realize how many lives you take each day? it doesn't matter >whether >>it's a human life or a cow's life or a wheat stalks life. even a >mushrooms >>life. you kill every single day. it's the great wheel and who knows if >you >>ever get off. our boy jd probably has very interesting opinions on the >>subject. > >Well, that's a pretty narrow thing to say, you know. For a start, I'm a >vegetarian. For another thing, I have not intentionally killed any living >thing since about 1991 when I began to get interested in Buddhism. Also, >intentionally killing something and killing something by accident is an >entirely, entirely different proposition - as is the difference between >killing a wheat stalk (which if you reap it you aren't really doing anyway >as the core plant grows on) So no, I don't agree with you. I don't think >it's our right to kill and it's a thing we must do only out of absolute >necessity. I have never found it necessary to kill a human, nor to have the >means to do so. > Um, OK, Cam, but I've also been a vegetarian for nigh on 10 years. Still, I hit bugs with my car, and eat plants that I DO kill, or pay someone to, like tubers and other vegetables where the edible part is an integral part of the plant. Still, I do the best that I can, don't wear leather, buy animal-tested products, etc. But I do kill. Flora and fauna. I do the best I can. My hypocracy only goes so far. Thor _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com