tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post1034905045062669244..comments2023-10-20T06:33:43.157-07:00Comments on The Old Curiosity Shop: Vegetarianism and Existential AngstCuriousCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-83714986670986720632008-04-09T05:30:00.000-07:002008-04-09T05:30:00.000-07:00Oh I surely will! And sorry for the delay in the r...Oh I surely will! And sorry for the delay in the response, missed your comment!CuriousCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-63227037779098208852008-03-29T00:28:00.000-07:002008-03-29T00:28:00.000-07:00i'm back :)i'm commenting using my blogger id so n...i'm back :)<BR/>i'm commenting using my blogger id so now u can drop in sometime too...GrumbleB.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04606688866090562514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-76902461104181613952008-03-24T14:12:00.000-07:002008-03-24T14:12:00.000-07:00Thanks for yeilding to the push B !:)Now only one ...Thanks for yeilding to the push B !:)<BR/>Now only one thing stands between you becoming my favorite visitor : you just have to keep coming back!!:))CuriousCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-21755614665025481892008-03-23T03:57:00.000-07:002008-03-23T03:57:00.000-07:00jeez! pushy arent we? :P...well upon ur subtle ins...jeez! pushy arent we? :P...<BR/>well upon ur subtle insistence i did read some more :)<BR/>touche.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-1170512419269033952008-03-21T06:44:00.000-07:002008-03-21T06:44:00.000-07:00Thank you B! And you are not saying that just this...Thank you B! And you are not saying that just this one post is good right?:))CuriousCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-19172558665561410472008-03-20T15:34:00.000-07:002008-03-20T15:34:00.000-07:00hey this comment might seem a little late in comin...hey this comment might seem a little late in coming but i chanced upon your blog while surfing...so i'm not the only south indian vegetarian actually analysing our vegetarianess...we seem to have follwowed similiar paths of analysis and come to the same conclusion...except that i realised why jains dont eat root vegetables cos that actually kills vis a vis eating anything else that "wants"/doesnt want/couldnt careless if it were eatem :P<BR/>great blog :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-38528977244012546822007-12-12T07:43:00.000-08:002007-12-12T07:43:00.000-08:00an interesting read..i think this symbolizes what ...an interesting read..i think this symbolizes what a lot of vegetarians (and that too a lot of south indian veggies) go through their whole life. But an interesting statistic I have noticed is that most indian vegetarians are converting to carnivores once they come out of india.I am sure you must have noticed it too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-19994183070983994252007-03-02T13:53:00.000-08:002007-03-02T13:53:00.000-08:00Schizo : you read somebody else's long comment so ...Schizo : you read somebody else's long comment so you are entitled to a long one yourself. But Schizo is grumpy! So definitely no cookie for schizo :)<BR/>BTW : Good luck for the KBA thingie!CuriousCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-59123942331772703712007-03-02T11:59:00.000-08:002007-03-02T11:59:00.000-08:00[quote](1)All research in the world shows vegan li...[quote](1)All research in the world shows vegan lifestyle is 'healthier'- for the heart, for the skin, and acts as a detox for the entire body (So basically medical science says vegetarian is better).[/quote]<BR/><BR/>shalabh, that's plain rubbish.<BR/><BR/>2 there are lots of theories, what is to say tomorrwo a plan virus will not jump ontu humans?<BR/>all pralayas have been caused by human beings who cant keep their surroundings and them selves clean and dont know what moderation means.. this is of course assuming that the earth has had apocalypses before.<BR/><BR/><BR/>@ parag, plants can feel pain?:-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>the cockiness of the above statements is bec ia happen to be a medical student, (very academically challenged) and wrong reasons for right things are just too distastefull.<BR/><BR/>vegetarianism is good, it is in most cases sufficient for all nutritive purposes, but the boday needs animal protien, its hard wired that way, and i tell you if the water supply in india did not supply us with all the vit. b12 we need a lot of our bipedal obligate herbivours would be fighting megaloblastic anemia,<BR/><BR/>long comment<BR/><BR/>bad boy scziho<BR/><BR/>n cookie for schzioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-65875393925660061462007-02-27T02:09:00.000-08:002007-02-27T02:09:00.000-08:00Thanks apu, I will look for the book in my next sh...Thanks apu, I will look for the book in my next shopping spree.CuriousCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-26692314351071504722007-02-26T23:58:00.000-08:002007-02-26T23:58:00.000-08:00Interesting. I belong to the second breed, constan...Interesting. I belong to the second breed, constantly trying to move to the first :)<BR/><BR/>You might find this recent book, The Omnivore's dilemma, an interesting read.apuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07806361192017548240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-29585738509233594222007-02-26T04:11:00.000-08:002007-02-26T04:11:00.000-08:00parag: So...what do we do? Eat plants that want to...parag: So...what do we do? Eat plants that want to be eaten? :)CuriousCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-11962710940747211252007-02-26T04:10:00.000-08:002007-02-26T04:10:00.000-08:00Sanketh: Thank you!Shalabh: 1) I did not think of ...Sanketh: Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Shalabh: 1) I did not think of the animal transmitted disease thing. Thank you for pointing it out to me (but on the other hand I had to stop eating spinach a while back what with E coli and all). 2) And yes you are right about "conditioning" playing a role. I look in the mirror and see hands and feet and eyes and hence relate better with those that have these features and find it hard to eat them. Thank you!CuriousCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-67476229628459399942007-02-26T04:06:00.000-08:002007-02-26T04:06:00.000-08:00i have too been puzzled trying to find a rationale...i have too been puzzled trying to find a rationale for my diet. We learn in school that plants are living and that they feel pain as much as you and I do. That you do not notice it is hardly an excuse.Paraghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115740632331217605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-3807241649049827012007-02-26T01:25:00.000-08:002007-02-26T01:25:00.000-08:00Its a fantastic post- just because it attempts to ...Its a fantastic post- just because it attempts to find answers to something that many Indians follow as part of culture, and many westerners follow as a fad or a 'enhanced' kind of a thing or just mebe 'feel and look' better premise.<BR/>My attempt at answering- of course while believing in your arguements is the follwoing- (1)All research in the world shows vegan lifestyle is 'healthier'- for the heart, for the skin, and acts as a detox for the entire body (So basically medical science says vegetarian is better). (2) there is a theory that the next wave of loss of life (like Pralaya or apocalypse) on earth will be through epidemic diseases that are passed in the food chain- maximum probability is through animals eating animals and getting infected- we are already seeing that through Bird Flu getting into the food chain (3) The argument that a civil society might not eat meat/flesh is also right- because even though an eggplant does not have 'eyes' to look back at you, eating a plant product is not the same as killing an animal, tearing off the flesh, seeing the blood ooze out- or even as disgusting sounding as looking at something moving and killing to eat its body parts (frogs feet? Pigs tongue? a fish whose head is cut and gravy is put on top?). OK even though you dnt do the kiiling urself, the description of the parts and then eating the parts is not extremely 'evolved'. You don't say I ate the liver of a plant, or a hand of the plant or plant's feet or anything- if you argue with impunity that the branches of a tree are its hands (!!)- well at least you do not call them 'hands'- yes- just the description of a thing can make it more civilized (and I do not mean Lambs feet marinated in schezwan sauce...-fancy does not mean 'evolved')- and so, even if you call Fish Head by any other name, you can still see it is a fish whose Head has been cut off, lying in a plate- with two eyes and an open mouth!- Therefore resemblence- by words or by looks, scent or even feel- to anything moving and living- should digress an 'evolved' individual away.<BR/>Dairy Products like milk or unfertilized egg is also OK according to my 'corrupted vegan' mind, because you do not kill a moving living being, and it is something that is replenished with time (you chop off a feet of an animal- it won't grow again right?)- it does cause any pain or discomfort either. (Pls do not bring forward the fact that many cows are injected and so are hen- the 'method' is a part of a different discussion- which everyone condemns- vegetarian or otherwise)<BR/><BR/>Shalabh<BR/>shalabh.in/blog.html<BR/>http://shalabh.wordpress.com/shalabhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911148038511081448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-9806293070808160892007-02-25T20:07:00.000-08:002007-02-25T20:07:00.000-08:00Nicely done.Nicely done.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12328655834628217770noreply@blogger.com