tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post112905229090983718..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Anal Electrocution. That's all I have to say.Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1129092774515555632005-10-12T00:52:00.000-04:002005-10-12T00:52:00.000-04:00Haven't yet. I'm still half planning to get one, b...Haven't yet. I'm still half planning to get one, but for now it's in the realm of "ways to make CC roll her eyes". They ARE nifty..TheCSOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158667972488862686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1129086642059803562005-10-11T23:10:00.000-04:002005-10-11T23:10:00.000-04:00CSO--How is the Japanese Gadget Toilet doing? Are...CSO--<BR/>How <B>is</B> the Japanese Gadget Toilet doing? Are you glad you got it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1129069010562896492005-10-11T18:16:00.000-04:002005-10-11T18:16:00.000-04:00On a more serious point, I have known one very mil...On a more serious point, I have known one very militant ("Look at this great gas mask! I got it off a COP!") vegan, and that was.. interesting.<BR/><BR/>I once asked him about the evidence that plants experience a sort of "pain" analogous to what the less complex animals experience. (I wouldn't call it 'pain' myself in either case..) His answer, and I can at least respect the integrity of this, was that he's a kingdomist. Anything in the animal kingdom? It's wrong to eat, unless of course it's people, since they could CHOOSE to be eaten. (Did I mention he was rather extreme?) But anything in the plant kingdom, who cares. As great a phrase as "I'm bigoted against plants" is, his real point was that the line has to be drawn somewhere, and he'd chosen the kingdoms as his line. This was a surprisingly nuanced position, with room for others to feel differently, and it still kind of surprises me that he held it.<BR/><BR/>He actually had a pretty similar position about fur. It was *wrong* for Americans, say, to wear fur, because they had other options. But if you were somewhere that fur was the only practical option, then it wasn't all that bad, really. That he believed Russians who couldn't afford Gore-Tex weren't going to Hell still surprises me, too.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and his opinion of PETA was that they were a bunch of wackos. 'nuff said.TheCSOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158667972488862686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1129068504465044332005-10-11T18:08:00.000-04:002005-10-11T18:08:00.000-04:00I promise that the Japanese Gadget Toilet will be ...I promise that the Japanese Gadget Toilet will be on a GFCI.. oh wait, you meant of the animals. Nevermind.TheCSOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158667972488862686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1129068403936913262005-10-11T18:06:00.000-04:002005-10-11T18:06:00.000-04:00Fortunately, I have yet to meet a militant vegan. ...Fortunately, I have yet to meet a militant vegan. The author of that article repeated himself several times. I think he just wanted to come up with half a dozen ways to describe nutty PETA members.LaReinaCobrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554970165949410961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1129061020198437392005-10-11T16:03:00.000-04:002005-10-11T16:03:00.000-04:00I think many vegans HAVE to have a good sense of h...I think many vegans HAVE to have a good sense of humor. How else does one deal with constant requests to defend PETA's stupid attention-grabbing stunts, or smile and say neutral statements when accused of upsetting someone for not eating the non-vegan cookies they brought to work.<BR/><BR/>But then I eat honey, so I am "unclean" by strict vegan standards.Jason Pitzl-Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798973716341545440noreply@blogger.com