tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post4854839190141942150..comments2008-06-09T21:08:33.139+05:30The Minking Thanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14813413262232300793noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-3083082456861811642008-06-09T21:08:00.000+05:302008-06-09T21:08:00.000+05:30@ms cris<BR/>I have never succeeded in converting anybody by preaching. I don't know whether this action has converted anybody. I have not received any feedbacks on this (yet).The Minking Thanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14813413262232300793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-45861234285120458142008-06-09T20:07:00.000+05:302008-06-09T20:07:00.000+05:30Hamazing!<BR/>Did it influence anyone? Convinced anyone to give up alcohol?Ms Crishttp://4sometime.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-28975406765542514422008-06-08T14:39:00.000+05:302008-06-08T14:39:00.000+05:30@adi,<BR/>I am very happy to know that you have turned vegetarian and you are following the path of logically identifying the benefits of vegetarianism. I am really proud of you.The Minking Thanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14813413262232300793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-9606945190708048362008-06-08T09:20:00.000+05:302008-06-08T09:20:00.000+05:30Dear Anoop Achachan,<BR/><BR/>Happy to read your writing on vegetarianism. I do not know whether you are aware about my inclinations too to become a vegetarian. On 1 June,2008 while travelling with my father to Palghat from Kannur, I took a decision to be a vegetarian. I am unable to present my reasons to become so. But after reading your writing, let me put forward the points of debate that I had with my father while taking such a decision. My father had a decade long period of ' strong vegetarian life' from 1982 to 1992. Though he does not relish non-veg food, he takes it if the situation demands.<BR/>Let me write the following points of my father for your possible responses:<BR/>1. All non vegetarian animals have well developed canines whereas in humans, canines are not fully developed. But, Man has developed a better canine by evolving the art of cooking. My father is very sure that, if a Tiger is given cooked meat for a longer period of time, he will essentially develop some sort of a mechanism to have frequent forest fires!<BR/>2. Now, the next point: World has produced many number of saints who were non-vegetarians. It said, the most compasssionate of all, Lord Budha was a non-vegetarian! Lord Mahavira is the only saintly figure who advocated the greatness of vegetarianism.<BR/>3. The next argument that my father placed was, the human incapability of feeling the emotions of a plant while being killed doe not give give any logical base to argue for not killing 'red' blooded living beings who can cry and look into your eyes.<BR/>4. My father asks another question, what should a man of desert eat?<BR/>5. I am a vegetarian now, suppose I get stranded in a desert, whether I should opt for starving to death which again is killing of a living being happened to be myself.<BR/><BR/>Even after all these arguments, my father feels happy about my decision to become a vegetarian because, idealism only made human life b'ful on earth.<BR/><BR/>Love<BR/><BR/>AadiA Sceptichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10041603564134541375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-68747329329390913682008-04-01T23:45:00.000+05:302008-04-01T23:45:00.000+05:30If you do a google search on the following words:-<BR/>human intestine length vegetarian<BR/>You will get some interesting results. The following is an interesting link that I found. <BR/><A HREF="http://groups.msn.com/CrazyVegan/humanherbivore.msnw" REL="nofollow">http://groups.msn.com/CrazyVeg....</A><BR/>I must agree that you will probably be able to find similar arguments from the opposite perspective too.<BR/><BR/>Most animals don't kill their own species for food. It must however be noted that most animals wouldn't mind killing their own species and most do. Even some innocuous looking ones as ground squirrels do that.<BR/><BR/>Yes if all humans stop eating non-vegetarian food the world will overflow with the animals(cattle and poultry primarily) that we have been cultivating for millennia. But we will never have a problem of overflowing fish and wild game. But if we phase out non-vegetarian food I doubt if there would be a problem as mentioned above.The Minking Thanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14813413262232300793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-92151889414646142672008-04-01T13:58:00.000+05:302008-04-01T13:58:00.000+05:30why turn to vegetarianism ? There are lots of fors and againsts proposed and preached by several people since man kickstarted his thinking faculties, probably from the time when Descartes said "je pense, donc je suis". Interestingly, there is an IT firm in Bangalore with the abbreviation of the English translation of the original French quote. ITTIAM. <BR/><BR/>Anoop points out that humans are endowed with a digestive system that suits vegetarianism. I did a "wiki read" on this and found that only a small community are vocal with this argument. Probably, in colder climes where the diverstiy of flora and fauna is considerably lower, man had to resort to eating fellow-organisms. Why did he exempt the homosapiens? Due to kindness? I dont think so! The savage and brutal acts of slavery dont point to this attribute in humans. Maybe it is a natural phenomenon. No specie hunts members of its own specie for food. <BR/><BR/>It is always to better to take the approach of laissez-faire. The natural balance of the earth will be preserved. Else, the food chain may get stretched or squeezed to cause instability. Imagine the scene, where the earth is full of vegetarians. Also, the urge to do something has to come from within. Else, it will not sustainable in the long term. <BR/><BR/>Everyone agrees with the fact that vegetarian food is healthier. But, many of these folks eat non-veg food also. Maybe, because the temporal alimentary pleasures are far more discernible for the "brain/I/Aham" to the not-so-tangbile long term health benefits. You dont appreciate good health when you are healthy, you always appreciate it when you dont have it. But, alas it would have become too late to go back and repair. Maybe, you can do better in your next life. But, do you really believe in rebirth?Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548879020505792183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-30035939384345272832008-01-12T13:45:00.000+05:302008-01-12T13:45:00.000+05:30If it felt good then perhaps you should try for longer stints than the one month you did recently :)The Minking Thanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14813413262232300793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-73886570088644862792008-01-12T12:53:00.000+05:302008-01-12T12:53:00.000+05:30Hi Anoopcha,<BR/><BR/>I was forced to become a vegetarian after I caught chicken pox...<BR/>But yesterday I was tempted to have the fish fry(its the <I>smell</I> like you said) and evening chicken..<BR/><BR/>It was really good being a vegetarian for a month!!Billy Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819216922049680598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-81434246462072712902007-12-23T22:43:00.000+05:302007-12-23T22:43:00.000+05:30Hi Anoop,<BR/>Really you are a "minking than"! Now do you know there is a custom that whenever somebody takes a pilgrimage to Kashi, One has to leave some item which one likes so much at the banks of River Ganges? It was supposed to temper and train the mind. I see something similar is taken up by you. <BR/>Okay, I have not had that fortune till now. Good that you have started it.<BR/><BR/>RegardsNS Srikanthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15370291436183658116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-23470377281999882072007-12-20T14:19:00.000+05:302007-12-20T14:19:00.000+05:30Thank goodness you are not a citizen of Holland or erstwhile Afghanistan where some of the above items would indeed have been legal :)The Minking Thanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14813413262232300793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-46616306605707019372007-12-20T14:08:00.000+05:302007-12-20T14:08:00.000+05:30I don't consider them legitimate industries..;)Nithin Rajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007647956253340118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-9623258056596436032007-12-20T13:25:00.000+05:302007-12-20T13:25:00.000+05:30If you don't already know there are quite a few people employed in other industries like smuggling, drug trafficking, terrorism and other illegal activities. :). Do you have plans of extrapolating your kind gesture :).The Minking Thanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14813413262232300793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313142402149985813.post-20473926908514400582007-12-20T03:09:00.000+05:302007-12-20T03:09:00.000+05:30Wow, never know this, but I guess you never wanted anyone to know:)<BR/><BR/>Well, just to set the record straight, I drink to support the millions employed by the beer industry:DNithin Rajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007647956253340118noreply@blogger.com