Theos-Talk Archives (May 1998 Message tt00232)

May 9th

Dear Thoa:O

Take your time,  Isolate the things 1. to answer, and 2, to ask
about.

I too, have 2 computers, my "old" 486, and my new Win95/150
Mhz -- which has a tendency (very annoying and time wasting) of
"freezing."

I try to read all the valuable contributions, and perhaps digest
or think over them for a while, and then put in something which
gathers them together, if I can.

I find it very stimulating to consider all the various view
points and questions that arise.

All the best to you,            Dal.

> Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 11:06 AM
> From: "Thoa Thi-Kim Tran" <thoalight@aol.com>
> Subject: Bullies and Tyrants

>>W. Dallas TenBroeck wrote:
>>
>>> Vegetarianism and non-violence (Ahimsa) -- does not every
living
>>> thing have a right to their life-span ?  Are we "mad-kings"
who
>>> rage through life destroying as we go, because we cannot
>>> undersigned that the "Kinship of all Life" includes every
living
>>> thing ?
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>
>Yes, your posts contained lots of things to chew on.  I'm going
to need
>time to respond to them.  I also have a few of your posts on my
other
>computer, which is being fixed and thus unusable, that I wanted
to respond
>to.
>
>Indeed, we are tyrants!  However, I also want to make sure I'm
not a tyrant
>to other humans in explaining my stand on things.  The lack of
ahimsa to
>other humans is not worth saying, "Don't eat meat.  Don't do
drugs.
>Respect your body, etc." as if they haven't thought about these
and made a
>decision on it.  The only thing I can do is present facts and MY
>experience.  They may teach me something, too.
>
>Best wishes,
>Thoa :o)
>