Guest guest Posted July 13, 2001 Report Share Posted July 13, 2001 , "jb" <janb@a...> wrote: > On 7/13/01 at 11:53 PM Omkara wrote: > > º, "jb" <janb@a...> wrote: > ºHow is it logical? Observing nature, any carnivorous species will > ºeat other species (always "more helpless"), but they will not be > ºobserved to eat their own kind except in rare cases. > > In the same sense that once, pig-meat, supposed to be "export only" > was used for "kosher" food in Israel. As long as that wasn't known, > nobody cared. And the food-processing industry can process meat > in such a sense as to erase any trace of the food's origin. i would still hesitate to use the word "logic" to describe it since cannibalism is rare except in insects. Aside from that, it would be less wasteful (and less harmful to animals) if "human meat" were used... but again, observing nature it could (fairly and logically) be called "un-natural." > º> An image on a soap bubble: when the bubble ends, so does the > > image on it. The space within the bubble was never separated > > from the space outside it. > º > ºThat is an interesting idea/image/poem (Singularian.50megs). As > good ºa "pointer" as any seen here before. > > Describing a mango in terms of its form doesn't reveal the taste > and even smelling the mango won't be a guarantee to arouse > appetite, or that it would be enough to reveal the taste... Of course -- thus the use of the word "pointer." A description is only as "useful" if it prompts an introspection or 'inquiring' to see if it might apply 'here' -- and such an introspection has the possibility of revealing a 'taste', although likely granting only a 'flavor' and not the actual mango :-). Joy & Happiness, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2001 Report Share Posted July 13, 2001 Dear Jan, You wrote: > Observing nature, any carnivorous species will > eat other species (always "more helpless"), The swallows who were nesting under the soffit of our roof have just left. Where they ever busy feeding the little ones! They kept the mosquitoes at bay. Now the dragonflies (Dutch "libelles") have arrived, so again the mosquito population is kept in check. We also just spotted two garter snakes and a newt, again less stings... It is a bit harder though to demonstrate Vicki's three samurai's joke with mosquitoes > but they will not be observed to eat > their own kind except in rare cases. As I have seen the garter snakes do every year, even saw a garter snake swallow its own tail. Love, Wim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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