Many of you will remember Darah from the BME World Tour where she was part of the team that went to Australia and New Zealand. What you may not know is this beauty hails from the wilds of Southwestern Ontario, where she runs wild and free through the forest. When not stalking her prey in the moonlight, she scours the underbrush pulling forth the spirits of the earth and succumbing to their powers. Through this divine communion she becomes more wolf than woman, forever bound to the world of the wilds. It is only in fleeting moments that she can be captured on film where we can see not only her marks and holes that define her exterior, but also catching a glimpse into her eyes, seeing the power and beauty that she manifests. The pelts she wears are not only there to protect her from the cold of the winter, but also to protect the winter from the fire inside her.
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52 responses to “A Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing”
Whilst I fully respect others’ rights to their beliefs and opinions, and their right to proclaim those beliefs/opinions to the world, I am growing tired of the militancy and conversionism I often encounter from vegans. In return for my acceptance of others, I also expect my beliefs to accepted, including my belief that animals can be reared, kept and killed for human use or consumption in a way that does not lead to my own moral objection, or indeed any prolonged suffering for the animal, and that I should take advantage of this whenever possible.
Victor: (Here I am playing devil’s advocate and do not intend this as a personal attack) If faced with a hypothetical situation where the only way to save your own life, or that of a loved one, was to sacrifice the life of an animal, what would you do? How about the life of a stranger? Your arguments so far suggest that, as a vegan, you equate the value of human and animal life. If you can honestly say that you would die in order to prevent the sacrifice of an animal, then I admire your strength of will. However, I suspect that many other vegans, probably including a majority of those who are so quick to attack non-vegans, would ultimately make the decision that the life of the animal (and quite possibly that of the stranger) was of less value than that of their own. Essentially, what I am trying to say is that the value attributed to life, human or animal, is both subjective and relative, and as such will never be truly governed by a universal moral code.
Whilst I fully respect others’ rights to their beliefs and opinions, and their right to proclaim those beliefs/opinions to the world, I am growing tired of the militancy and conversionism I often encounter from vegans. In return for my acceptance of others, I also expect my beliefs to accepted, including my belief that animals can be reared, kept and killed for human use or consumption in a way that does not lead to my own moral objection, or indeed any prolonged suffering for the animal, and that I should take advantage of this whenever possible.
Victor: (Here I am playing devil’s advocate and do not intend this as a personal attack) If faced with a hypothetical situation where the only way to save your own life, or that of a loved one, was to sacrifice the life of an animal, what would you do? How about the life of a stranger? Your arguments so far suggest that, as a vegan, you equate the value of human and animal life. If you can honestly say that you would die in order to prevent the sacrifice of an animal, then I admire your strength of will. However, I suspect that many other vegans, probably including a majority of those who are so quick to attack non-vegans, would ultimately make the decision that the life of the animal (and quite possibly that of the stranger) was of less value than that of their own. Essentially, what I am trying to say is that the value attributed to life, human or animal, is both subjective and relative, and as such will never be truly governed by a universal moral code.