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Cannibalism expands the range of experiences available to us, and is yummy. |
I agree. Pass the salt! |
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I am appalled. I wouldn't eat you if you were the last tube-steak on earth. |
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I agree. I am often swayed by reductio ad absurdium arguments. |
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I disagree. You offend me, sah. I challenge you to a duel. |
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I agree, but I'm hungry, and you offend me, sah. I challenge you to a duel; winner eats for free. |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: Cannibalism: a Good Choice? (2) Limitations on Experience |
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Food is a delightful aspect of human existence and limiting one�s choices for any reason other than personal preference regarding what tastes good results or what is unhealthy is an unnecessary detriment that places limits of the scope of the enjoyment that life offers. The pleasures awarded by the physical senses are among the chief rewards and compensations of living in a world that contains stress and hardship and pain. Therefore, if someone likes the taste of meat, cannibalism is a viable option, and a logical one..
Many religious traditions encourage or require a vegetarian diet, and they cite many and various reasons, but it�s not hard to argue that especially in the case of asceticism that narrowing or delimiting the scope of sensory stimulus is the very goal � in fact, far more religions encourage either fasting of one sort or another or place restrictions on food in some way than do not. For many of these there is a distrust of the physical world, and a connection is made between sin, on the one hand (�pleasures of the human flesh,� to be avoided) and righteousness, on the other (i.e., the �spiritual enlightenment� that comes of following a comprehensive and unyielding discipline with a firm resolve). Without the goal of following a spiritual path, however, reasons for non-cannibalism become problematic.
We not only enjoy our time in the world by means of our physical senses (and discernment to be gathered from the flavors of food we eat is just one aspect) but we also experience the world this way � i.e., we gain knowledge about the universe we inhabit � and making a decision to avoid certain foods that have not yet become part of our personal knowledge also represents a perverse desire to pursue ignorance as a goal.
In the absence of other reasons, is it logical or psychologically healthy to avoid pleasure? No. Is it useful and beneficial to avoid experiences that give more knowledge about the world? No.
In fact, cannibalism is a good choice. |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Brilliant lampooning!  |
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The Bobster

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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I read somewhere that plagiarism is the sicerest form of flattery.
However, I disagree. The sincerest form is cash. Pay up. |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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The Bobster wrote: |
I read somewhere that plagiarism is the sicerest form of flattery. |
Don't be dense man. It's parody. |
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The Bobster

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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VanIslander wrote: |
The Bobster wrote: |
I read somewhere that plagiarism is the sicerest form of flattery. |
Don't be dense man. It's parody. |
Aigo, so was what I said ... who's dense?
There. I used an emoticon. That PROVES I'm being ironic, doesn't it? |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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The Bobster wrote: |
I read somewhere that plagiarism is the sicerest form of flattery.
However, I disagree. The sincerest form is cash. Pay up. |
Nuh-uh, man! I'm not payin' you nuthin.' I'm a deejay, homie--I be like Vanilla Ice samplin' Rick James, yo, or Jay-Z samplin' "Annie", ya feel me? F'real f'real f'real, yo.*
Anyway, if I paid you, I'd also have to pay John McCain for the unauthorized use of his avatar. It'd set a bad precedent, Bobster, and I'd have half my bling in hock before I could say 'snap!'
If you want, though, we can have a duel to the death, and if I lose, you can eat me, or sell my well-marbled flanks to a sam gyup sal joint. Probably get fifty bucks for me, I got a huuuuge ass.
* Or, in this case, maybe more like Hitler quoting Nietsche, or Anne Rand quoting Darwin. I dunno.
PS all in good fun, bobster, eh? |
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The Bobster

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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blurgalurgalurga wrote: |
all in good fun, bobster, eh? |
Yup.
See the emoticon? |
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whatever

Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:45 am Post subject: |
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Say you ate a Korean...
Would you have a side of kimchi? |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:03 am Post subject: |
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since my cannibalism is based upon religion all cannibalism is purer than unenlightened vegetarianism. it is only through eating flesh that you can gain eternal heaven. vegetarians go to hell. meat eaters get to party with god. long live roman catholicism! |
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The Bobster

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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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we can have a duel to the death, and if I lose, you can eat me |
Not the least bit peckish at the moment, sorry. But, hey, if you feel the urge to plagiarize without attribution again, you can certainly accept my sincere suggestion that you bite me.
That's "The Bobster." Capital T, capital B,
And here's another chance to be a bad boy ...
Vegetarianism : A Bad Choice? (2) Cultural Blindness |
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littlelisa
Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Location: Seoul
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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I've given this argument to many vegans. Since they don't eat animals because animals are pure, they are allowed to eat humans, because humans are impure. Never met a vegan who disagreed.
Of course cannibalism in many species leads to disease, such as mad cow disease in cows, caused by cows being forcefed parts of the brains of other cows. |
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