arable answers to moral dilemas

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>my move to vegan from vegetarian was

>odd as well - i was sitting in a restaurant with my family after my 'a'

>levels 4 years ago and my dad said what ice cream do you want for dessert?

>and i said none, i'm a vegan. and so i'm a vegan.

>that was it.

 

>i decided between finishing my meal and contemplating dessert.

 

that is one of the best " Damascan Road " story i have heard, on route to

the ice cream tray ... great! it is really funny. the moment enlightent

fell upon ... not quite in the middle of a battle field or under a banyam

tree but looking at a dessert menu in the local indian takeaway.

 

>the only thing i think i know is the vegan ethic. cos whether there is a god

>or not, or whatever the nature and point of our existence - veganism remains

>an absolute i think.

 

I like absolutes and have to agree. especially as it is an abosulte that

you can actually practice and makes a change rather than just

philosophise about. I think it was Socheid that actually brought the

subject of philosophy up a wee while ago with a friend of his putting him

down about " facts only being commonly held beliefs " or something, which

was of course hurtful condescension rather than honest philosophy.

 

" Absolutes " are hard for philosophers who revel and profit in mires of

subjectivity but sure they exist. it is just hard to be sure *who*

actually realises them. and hard for those who do but dont follow to

admit.

 

On a horticultural note, Graham, what do you make of comfrey? i planted a

little organic seedling who is rapidly becoming a bush - but mostly slug

food. and i am not friend to slug either. it kind of looks much like the

stuff that lines the nearby canal bank. i know that you can make tea out

of it, the leaves I take it. but is it right that it is good just for

compositing or something?

 

arable john