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Vegetarians
Written by Josie (2823 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
| You have to remember that there is nothing at all in this world that can live forever. When you look at poor human beings who have to suffer and suffer and suffer because they are not allowed to die, and then look at how lucky animals are who usually die quickly and painlessly - who is better off at the end of the day? I've seen both, and I think animals are the lucky ones. Then, if none of us ate meat, the fields would be empty of animals because why would farmers wish to keep them? Instead of lovely countryside full of little sheep etc, there would just be housing estates full of people attacking each other with knives. Just a thought. |
Josie
Written by amoryblaine (40 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
| Think i know where ur coming from..but by extension of the same logic would u say that that the victims of the Atom bomb,the London Underground,Madrid,Bombay,9/11,etc... were lucky simply because they died instantly?Death i believe is not the point but the meaning of their(animals)life is what is important.Being fattened while adorning the 'lovely countrysides"just to be butchered...now thats a different thing,don't u think? |
Written by fellpony (1647 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
re content: Josie is right, I'm afraid.
re writing: I think this could be a contender in the wergle flomp stakes - of that genre, it's really very good.
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A question
Written by Josie (2823 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
| If we left these animals to roam wild, would they live longer, healthier lives or die in a more humane way? I think not because in the wild, when you see poor wilderbeast and zebra etc, they don't live to be old because they are killed by other animals, but not in a humane way. They are torn to pieces and often, before they actually die, they are being eaten. Is this what we should do to our lovely animals? I am an animal lover and I would not like to live in a country where this happened. My dear little Jack Russell dog has died last summer at the age of 18. Now if she had lived a wild existence, she definitely would not have lived to that age because she could not see, was very frail and could not have run and caught food for herself. So, let's turn all our animals loose to please the vegetarians - or what do you suggest we do with them? I'd love to hear your answer. |
forum thread
Written by fellpony (1647 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
needed here Josie - don't you think? Probably in Soap box.
I'm off there now - see you there! (PS i agree with what you're saying - just don't think this poem needs our comments on ethical background. |
Written by Fledermaus (3448 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
I'm not sure if this is poetry and I'm afraid some would classify this as what they call teen-angst stuff.
The message is a clear one, and brought in another wrapping it might have had some impact, but right now I am afraid I can't relate to it.
One particular line I did like very much though:
"Someday worms will feast on us"
That one said more than the rest of the poem together.
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Written by amoryblaine (40 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
| Now i'm certain I got the title right!Eat on... |
i withdraw
Written by fellpony (1647 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
| the wergle flomp remark; just been to the wergleflomp.com web site and one of the criteria for the competition is humour |
Written by Anyanka (33 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
Concentrating only on the form rather than the message, I have this to say: this is clearly a poem of two halves. A big half and a small half, though. Most of the lines are slightly obscure, i.e. poetic. But occasionally it slips into the kind of clarity that is clumsy, particularly the last two lines -
I wonder sometimes..or is it just me?
For I would like it better surely to become part of a tree!
Do you remember Neil of the 'Young Ones'? Those lines could be his.
Also, it should be 'many a flavour', not 'flavours'.
And finally, a quick comment on content: the final two lines seem to suggest that meat-eaters are eaten by worms, but vegetarians become parts of trees. Possibly even before death. |
Written by Phil (6828 comments posted) 28th March 2007 |
The poem: Sorry AB, no focus, no clarity, woolly thinking.
The content: Nothing wrong with veggies, but they are not better than anyone else.
Phil. |
Written by Anyanka (33 comments posted) 29th March 2007 |
| P.S. I read your poem to my teenage daughters. They said the last two lines reminded them of something by Spike Milligan. |
Anyanka..nice name...mean something??
Written by amoryblaine (40 comments posted) 29th March 2007 |
| Ah!The non-sense verse.. |
My name:
Written by Anyanka (33 comments posted) 29th March 2007 |
| is taken from a character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Anyanka describes herself as 'recently human and strangely literal', which sort of fits me. She is also a 2000-year-old former vengeance demon who specialised in avenging scorned women. |
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