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mmoa_writes at 07:32pm on 05/02/2008 under city of vice, empowerment, eu, feminism, tv, vegetarianism, womanism
mmoa_writes at 07:32pm on 05/02/2008 under city of vice, empowerment, eu, feminism, tv, vegetarianism, womanism...and a short cameo made by the topic of vegetarianism!
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The best thing about City of Vice is the relationship between Mary (whose name, when mentioned in the series, is often followed by several exclamation marks) and Henry Fielding. Well, one of the best things because there's that wonderful music (cellos are a tad cliched, but here they work really well) and the blind half-brother who I find the most humane and pragmatic of the two (despite being quite harsh in his judgements of the humanity he encounters), in an odd sort of way. He seems to be the one who really sees his London for what it is, rather than as a (possible) source of inspiration for a couple of short stories.
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Someone came up with the marvellous quote by Mahatma Gandhi which goes along the lines that a truly great society is one where it's animals are treated well/equally. Said person was a vegetarian and was upholding her moral superiority before a load of rather ignorant, rude and prejudiced... non-vegetarians.
My problem with this quote and her use of it, is that she was implying, demonstrated by the rest of her post, that by being a vegetarian, she was superior to 'society'.
This made me think and come to the conclusion that unfortunately not. If only, perhaps. Just because you are a vegetarian, does not make you apart from non-vegetarian society. You still pay taxes, buy clothes from shops, live in a house, go to college/University... in short, you are still part of the society, regardless of your personal politics. The only way to get away from it would be to set up a sort of commune (the logic of which was then beginning to dawn on me) and just 'drop out' of society. Then you would be part of a society that really was morally superior. w00t.
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Or, fuck up the food industry from the inside, heh. That might be a good way to go.
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For some reason, I find I really enjoy watching 'Little Miss Sunshine'. The father is the sort of figure you just love to disparage.
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The best thing about City of Vice is the relationship between Mary (whose name, when mentioned in the series, is often followed by several exclamation marks) and Henry Fielding. Well, one of the best things because there's that wonderful music (cellos are a tad cliched, but here they work really well) and the blind half-brother who I find the most humane and pragmatic of the two (despite being quite harsh in his judgements of the humanity he encounters), in an odd sort of way. He seems to be the one who really sees his London for what it is, rather than as a (possible) source of inspiration for a couple of short stories.
( Read more... )
Someone came up with the marvellous quote by Mahatma Gandhi which goes along the lines that a truly great society is one where it's animals are treated well/equally. Said person was a vegetarian and was upholding her moral superiority before a load of rather ignorant, rude and prejudiced... non-vegetarians.
My problem with this quote and her use of it, is that she was implying, demonstrated by the rest of her post, that by being a vegetarian, she was superior to 'society'.
This made me think and come to the conclusion that unfortunately not. If only, perhaps. Just because you are a vegetarian, does not make you apart from non-vegetarian society. You still pay taxes, buy clothes from shops, live in a house, go to college/University... in short, you are still part of the society, regardless of your personal politics. The only way to get away from it would be to set up a sort of commune (the logic of which was then beginning to dawn on me) and just 'drop out' of society. Then you would be part of a society that really was morally superior. w00t.
...
Or, fuck up the food industry from the inside, heh. That might be a good way to go.
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For some reason, I find I really enjoy watching 'Little Miss Sunshine'. The father is the sort of figure you just love to disparage.
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