Where are you taking me, kitty!
The Dalai Lama is coming! We must run!
But he won't hurt us will he...?
He's going to eat us.
But why?
Because the ancient texts on Buddhist discipline don't say he shouldn't.
I see! Thank you! Let's run quick!
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
My Vegan Story
My Vegan Story
When I was about ten years old I watched "It Is Written" on TV and wrote in for their Bible course.
It was Seventh Day Adventist broadcast.
I soon believed in God and promised to follow the ten commandments and keep the Saturday Sabbath.
A couple Saturdays later, my dad asked me to mow the lawn and I said no. I was too embarrassed to say why.
I also promised to myself to eat veggies like God intended in the Garden of Eden.
I listened to my Bach record during the day and prayed with my Bible at night. I didn't have many friends.
One night my mom came into my room and woke me up.
She sat at the foot of my bed and looked at me and said "Erik, are you a vegetarian?" I nodded yes.
My mom said I had been looking so sad and low in energy and hadn't been eating dinner.
She said they wanted their old Erik back.
While my mom was talking, my dad was in the kitchen making midnight bacon.
But I wasn't sad because of my diet, it was because of the changes in my body and in myself.
And I read in my Bible, it said "For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures..."
I didn't know what divers lusts were.
But I knew the divers must be sneaking off behind the large boulders at the bottom of the sea and doing bad things. There were bad things I couldn't stop doing and I knew the deep sea divers must be having the same problem. All I could do was read my Bible and pray for help
About four years passed and became vegetarian again at around 14 and have been since. Not long after that I moved to Japan.
I because vegan about ten or so years ago.
It's funny, Christians pray before each meal, but their plates are typically full of death and torture.
But after I became vegan, each meal was like a prayer. Because I was doing my best to help everyone be happy.
I didn't have to say a separate prayer. The meal itself was like a prayer.
I have two children. When they just turned teenage we drove half a day to Sacramento, California to Animal Sanctuary. A volunteer there showed them around the goats and cows and pigs so we could all meet meat.
The animal friends all looked so happy. That's the best thing anyone can do for their children.
I've moved around and spent most of my life in Japan, where I am now. Almost all the Buddhist priests here eat meat.
I don't listen to anything they say.
Because I know whatever they say, in the end there's a sad, disappointed pig or cow friend that they have to kill.
So when they talk it's like this.
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo.
Bibbidi Bobbidi Bibbidi Bobbidi , Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo
Bibbidi Bobbidi Bibbidi Bobbidi...
Dead animal
There's always a sad animal at the end.
So I can't listen anymore.
Now I feel like the boy in Sixth Sense who whispered to Bruce Willis "I can see dead people..."
Now I can see meatatarians. It's scary.
I love them but I'd never listen to anything philosophical they say.
Being vegan gives meaning to my life.
Thank you everybody!
So that's my story!
^_^)/
When I was about ten years old I watched "It Is Written" on TV and wrote in for their Bible course.
It was Seventh Day Adventist broadcast.
I soon believed in God and promised to follow the ten commandments and keep the Saturday Sabbath.
A couple Saturdays later, my dad asked me to mow the lawn and I said no. I was too embarrassed to say why.
I also promised to myself to eat veggies like God intended in the Garden of Eden.
I listened to my Bach record during the day and prayed with my Bible at night. I didn't have many friends.
One night my mom came into my room and woke me up.
She sat at the foot of my bed and looked at me and said "Erik, are you a vegetarian?" I nodded yes.
My mom said I had been looking so sad and low in energy and hadn't been eating dinner.
She said they wanted their old Erik back.
While my mom was talking, my dad was in the kitchen making midnight bacon.
But I wasn't sad because of my diet, it was because of the changes in my body and in myself.
And I read in my Bible, it said "For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures..."
I didn't know what divers lusts were.
But I knew the divers must be sneaking off behind the large boulders at the bottom of the sea and doing bad things. There were bad things I couldn't stop doing and I knew the deep sea divers must be having the same problem. All I could do was read my Bible and pray for help
About four years passed and became vegetarian again at around 14 and have been since. Not long after that I moved to Japan.
I because vegan about ten or so years ago.
It's funny, Christians pray before each meal, but their plates are typically full of death and torture.
But after I became vegan, each meal was like a prayer. Because I was doing my best to help everyone be happy.
I didn't have to say a separate prayer. The meal itself was like a prayer.
I have two children. When they just turned teenage we drove half a day to Sacramento, California to Animal Sanctuary. A volunteer there showed them around the goats and cows and pigs so we could all meet meat.
The animal friends all looked so happy. That's the best thing anyone can do for their children.
I've moved around and spent most of my life in Japan, where I am now. Almost all the Buddhist priests here eat meat.
I don't listen to anything they say.
Because I know whatever they say, in the end there's a sad, disappointed pig or cow friend that they have to kill.
So when they talk it's like this.
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo.
Bibbidi Bobbidi Bibbidi Bobbidi , Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo
Bibbidi Bobbidi Bibbidi Bobbidi...
Dead animal
There's always a sad animal at the end.
So I can't listen anymore.
Now I feel like the boy in Sixth Sense who whispered to Bruce Willis "I can see dead people..."
Now I can see meatatarians. It's scary.
I love them but I'd never listen to anything philosophical they say.
Being vegan gives meaning to my life.
Thank you everybody!
So that's my story!
^_^)/
Monday, July 5, 2010
The "Dalai Lama No Veal" Project!
Hi everyone,
I have an idea!
This is the Dalai Lama's speaking schedule for the rest of this year: http://www.dalailama.com/teachings/schedule
He's scheduled to talk in India, Hungary, San Jose, Atlanta and Toronto.
What about if we attended each of these and asked him
"Why do you eat veal? Why do you eat veal? Why do you eat veal?"
at every single talk for the rest of the year? What do you think?
It's not hard. You just have to ask beforehand where the Question line will be and then at the end of the talk run there.
I did it here in Yokohama just last week!
Just ask, listen, watch and run! Just be ready and not afraid to run and you can do it.
And by the end of 2010 the Dalai Lama will publically promise to stop eating veal.
That's my dream. It must be done.
No more veal for the Dalai Lama.
I don't want the Dalai Lama eating veal and flaunting that throughout the world with impunity.
It's absolutely unacceptable. No more veal can be eaten.
If he doesn't stop, his name should be branded as a scoundrel.
You can force him to promise on the spot like this, if you want...
SAMPLE QUESTION FOR DALAI LAMA
"Thank you for your talk your Holiness. I know you eat meat because your doctor told you to forty years ago. So I won't ask you about that.
I have a question about veal only. You may not realize this, but the press reports that you've been fed veal before at the White House and in France. Veal is the meat of baby cows. It involves torture of children. Veal calves typically have to stand up in a wooded box to keep their meat soft and then are killed as children before they can experience life. It's a form of torture of children, which you're against. Most people today eat adult cow meat and few people nowadays eat veal because of the violence involved.
For example, members of this audience, if you wouldn't eat veal for ethical reasons please raise your hand now. Those who would try to avoid eating veal. Hands up. [Thousands should raise their hand.] Your Holiness, actions speak louder than words. This afternoon, here in San Jose, can you promise us that you will put non-violence into practice and will not eat veal, which is the meat of children who have been tortured? Just promise regarding the children.
Everyone who would like to hear the Dalai Lama promise us now, please applaud. Come on everyone! This is our chance!
Actions speak louder than words. Can you promise us your Holiness?"
Force his to promise like that.
What do you think? Maybe it can work!
We could put him on the spot and force him to promise! Get really emotional and plead.
If he refuses and says no, he will torture children, hopefully the next Questioner can be a veggie person too and can say
"You talk about compassion and non-violence but you can't even promise not to torture a child. Sir you are a coward and a monster. Why can't you just eat adults? Why do you have to eat children too? Don't you have a human heart? I'm thoroughly disgusted at you. You are a lier and a scoundrel."
or something and walk out.
That might help him to realize it's a serious issue.
What do you think?
And if it doesn't work in San Jose (Oct 12 and 13), we can try again.
In Atlanta (Oct 17, 18, 19) and then Toronto (Oct 22 and 24), as well as Hungary and India
I want to absolutely positively make sure it's done!
Hopefully this year! What if he retires from speaking next year? Then Buddhism's stamp of approval on veal will stand forever.
This is a big thing. The world mainly has Christianity, Buddhism and Islam so it's important.
And it just takes one person.
After I asked him in Yokohama last week, I stood there by myself on the street afterwards and thought,
"Wow, if I myself hadn't asked him just now, probably no one would have out of the entire country. And the veal would just get eaten without even one person pointing it out."
And I felt what a fantastic thing it was that I was able to do it.
I thought "One person really does make a difference. I thought I couldn't do anything." I was quite amazed.
But he brushed me off and gave his usually answer about his doctor telling him to eat meat.
So in hindsight I think if we focus on veal and put him on the spot we could force him to commit and promise right there. If we talk about vegetarianism in general, then he'll just give his prepared speech about how his doctors told him to eat meat.
But his doctors didn't tell him to eat veal, so he has no escape if we focus on veal!
We just have three tries in the US and Canada this year. And what if he retires from speaking next year!
If it works it might make world headlines. Peta could maybe put out a press release to the major news places saying "Dalai Lama promises not to eat veal" or something.
You don't even have to announce to anyone you'll do it.
Just decide in your heart and then do it without telling anyone.
You can get the tickets through here: http://www.dalailama.com/teachings/schedule
What do you think?
I have an idea!
This is the Dalai Lama's speaking schedule for the rest of this year: http://www.dalailama.com/teachings/schedule
He's scheduled to talk in India, Hungary, San Jose, Atlanta and Toronto.
What about if we attended each of these and asked him
"Why do you eat veal? Why do you eat veal? Why do you eat veal?"
at every single talk for the rest of the year? What do you think?
It's not hard. You just have to ask beforehand where the Question line will be and then at the end of the talk run there.
I did it here in Yokohama just last week!
Just ask, listen, watch and run! Just be ready and not afraid to run and you can do it.
And by the end of 2010 the Dalai Lama will publically promise to stop eating veal.
That's my dream. It must be done.
No more veal for the Dalai Lama.
I don't want the Dalai Lama eating veal and flaunting that throughout the world with impunity.
It's absolutely unacceptable. No more veal can be eaten.
If he doesn't stop, his name should be branded as a scoundrel.
You can force him to promise on the spot like this, if you want...
SAMPLE QUESTION FOR DALAI LAMA
"Thank you for your talk your Holiness. I know you eat meat because your doctor told you to forty years ago. So I won't ask you about that.
I have a question about veal only. You may not realize this, but the press reports that you've been fed veal before at the White House and in France. Veal is the meat of baby cows. It involves torture of children. Veal calves typically have to stand up in a wooded box to keep their meat soft and then are killed as children before they can experience life. It's a form of torture of children, which you're against. Most people today eat adult cow meat and few people nowadays eat veal because of the violence involved.
For example, members of this audience, if you wouldn't eat veal for ethical reasons please raise your hand now. Those who would try to avoid eating veal. Hands up. [Thousands should raise their hand.] Your Holiness, actions speak louder than words. This afternoon, here in San Jose, can you promise us that you will put non-violence into practice and will not eat veal, which is the meat of children who have been tortured? Just promise regarding the children.
Everyone who would like to hear the Dalai Lama promise us now, please applaud. Come on everyone! This is our chance!
Actions speak louder than words. Can you promise us your Holiness?"
Force his to promise like that.
What do you think? Maybe it can work!
We could put him on the spot and force him to promise! Get really emotional and plead.
If he refuses and says no, he will torture children, hopefully the next Questioner can be a veggie person too and can say
"You talk about compassion and non-violence but you can't even promise not to torture a child. Sir you are a coward and a monster. Why can't you just eat adults? Why do you have to eat children too? Don't you have a human heart? I'm thoroughly disgusted at you. You are a lier and a scoundrel."
or something and walk out.
That might help him to realize it's a serious issue.
What do you think?
And if it doesn't work in San Jose (Oct 12 and 13), we can try again.
In Atlanta (Oct 17, 18, 19) and then Toronto (Oct 22 and 24), as well as Hungary and India
I want to absolutely positively make sure it's done!
Hopefully this year! What if he retires from speaking next year? Then Buddhism's stamp of approval on veal will stand forever.
This is a big thing. The world mainly has Christianity, Buddhism and Islam so it's important.
And it just takes one person.
After I asked him in Yokohama last week, I stood there by myself on the street afterwards and thought,
"Wow, if I myself hadn't asked him just now, probably no one would have out of the entire country. And the veal would just get eaten without even one person pointing it out."
And I felt what a fantastic thing it was that I was able to do it.
I thought "One person really does make a difference. I thought I couldn't do anything." I was quite amazed.
But he brushed me off and gave his usually answer about his doctor telling him to eat meat.
So in hindsight I think if we focus on veal and put him on the spot we could force him to commit and promise right there. If we talk about vegetarianism in general, then he'll just give his prepared speech about how his doctors told him to eat meat.
But his doctors didn't tell him to eat veal, so he has no escape if we focus on veal!
We just have three tries in the US and Canada this year. And what if he retires from speaking next year!
If it works it might make world headlines. Peta could maybe put out a press release to the major news places saying "Dalai Lama promises not to eat veal" or something.
You don't even have to announce to anyone you'll do it.
Just decide in your heart and then do it without telling anyone.
You can get the tickets through here: http://www.dalailama.com/teachings/schedule
What do you think?
Friday, July 2, 2010
My Veggie Post Deteriorated...
Oh my god. I've been posting on a Veggie chat board
about the Dalai Lama thing, and now everyone is
criticizing me for using hyperbolies.
http://www.veggieboards.com/forum/index.php?/topic/114793-dalai-lama/
No one's criticizing the dalai lama for eating veal, they're
just criticizing me for anthropomorphizing cows
This is basically how the tread evolved, hyperbolically
speaking.
"Hi everyone! I'm so happy to meet you! Last Saturday
I had a chance to ask the Dalai Lama why he hurts
baby cows and eats them!"
-- Fine, great.
"I mean... I think it's terrible that he hurts cows and..."
-- Silence
"...the way he hurts them and..."
-- Silence
"...and makes them cry and stuff and ..."
--YOU!!!
"Me? ... Me? ... I'm sorry, m... me what?"
-- Yo~~~~~~~~~u.
"Please, you're scaring me. What did I do? I'm so sorry! What did I do?"
-- You kno~~~~w what you did.
"I'm so sorry, I don't. What did I do? What did I do?"
-- You KNOW what you did!
"Please tell me quick! You're scaring me!"
-- You ANTHROPOMORPHIZED A COW!!!
"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that to any living thing! I didn't mean to anthro polimer... I'm sorry, what did I do to the cow again?"
-- You AN-THRO-PO-MOR-PHIZED a COW! You did it, you know you did it!
" I'm sorry. I didn't mean..."
-- COWS DON'T CRY! They MOO!
"Yes I know they moo, it was just a turn of phra..."
--Cows LACRIMATE and MARMICULATE and PERFICULATE and BEFUNCULATE. They DON'T CRY! Show me one scientific study that says cows CRY!
"Yes, I realize that cows lacrimate and marmicu... marmicu... I'm sorry, what did you say!"
--English isn't even your native language is it, b.tch?
I think that's where we've gotten up to so far,
hyperbolically speaking...
about the Dalai Lama thing, and now everyone is
criticizing me for using hyperbolies.
http://www.veggieboards.com/forum/index.php?/topic/114793-dalai-lama/
No one's criticizing the dalai lama for eating veal, they're
just criticizing me for anthropomorphizing cows
This is basically how the tread evolved, hyperbolically
speaking.
"Hi everyone! I'm so happy to meet you! Last Saturday
I had a chance to ask the Dalai Lama why he hurts
baby cows and eats them!"
-- Fine, great.
"I mean... I think it's terrible that he hurts cows and..."
-- Silence
"...the way he hurts them and..."
-- Silence
"...and makes them cry and stuff and ..."
--YOU!!!
"Me? ... Me? ... I'm sorry, m... me what?"
-- Yo~~~~~~~~~u.
"Please, you're scaring me. What did I do? I'm so sorry! What did I do?"
-- You kno~~~~w what you did.
"I'm so sorry, I don't. What did I do? What did I do?"
-- You KNOW what you did!
"Please tell me quick! You're scaring me!"
-- You ANTHROPOMORPHIZED A COW!!!
"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that to any living thing! I didn't mean to anthro polimer... I'm sorry, what did I do to the cow again?"
-- You AN-THRO-PO-MOR-PHIZED a COW! You did it, you know you did it!
" I'm sorry. I didn't mean..."
-- COWS DON'T CRY! They MOO!
"Yes I know they moo, it was just a turn of phra..."
--Cows LACRIMATE and MARMICULATE and PERFICULATE and BEFUNCULATE. They DON'T CRY! Show me one scientific study that says cows CRY!
"Yes, I realize that cows lacrimate and marmicu... marmicu... I'm sorry, what did you say!"
--English isn't even your native language is it, b.tch?
I think that's where we've gotten up to so far,
hyperbolically speaking...
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