I am not going to even comment on the previous comment you got...what gobbldeygook! You really should delete it We are a culture of violence, it seems. And, it is so ironic that I feed into it, with some of my stories. But, I honestly do wish people would stop killing one another. Our country, so peace-loving, so god-fearing is the most violent of all it seems. I worry less about the fiscal cliff, and more about the mental health of the people in this culture.
Ernest Becker in his book "Escape from Evil" argued that it is our vain attempt — driven by hope, fear and ignorance — to find an immortal personal identity in a world characterized by absurdity and violence that ends creating more, not less, suffering and unhappiness.
The progress of social justice is slow and measured. Its growth depends on an increasing number of us becoming aware of the truth and consequences of our actions.
I believe that it is morally wrong to allow our wanton desires to interfere with the basic needs and interests of other sentient beings.
I believe the physical and psychological abuse – confinement, social deprivation, mutilation, genetic and reproductive manipulation, and profit exploitation – imposed by us on other animals is morally wrong.
I believe the suggestion that the exploitation of other sentient beings by humans can be achieved without cruelty, violence, or injustice is false and misleading.
As an advocate for all life, committed to compassion and justice, I refuse to take part in the exploitation of other sentient beings or to collaborate with those caught up in such injustice.
I pledge to do my best to live a life that conveys a clear, sincere and uncompromised message that is free of resentment, fear, exploitation, anger, cynicism, and manipulation.
Furthermore, I pledge to continue to support a broad range of nonviolent initiatives and programs that will hopefully one day eliminate the needless pain and suffering we inflict upon all the many wonderful creatures with whom we share this planet.
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I am not going to even comment on the previous comment you got...what gobbldeygook! You really should delete it
We are a culture of violence, it seems. And, it is so ironic that I feed into it, with some of my stories. But, I honestly do wish people would stop killing one another. Our country, so peace-loving, so god-fearing is the most violent of all it seems. I worry less about the fiscal cliff, and more about the mental health of the people in this culture.
Ernest Becker in his book "Escape from Evil" argued that it is our vain attempt — driven by hope, fear and ignorance — to find an immortal personal identity in a world characterized by absurdity and violence that ends creating more, not less, suffering and unhappiness.
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