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Vegan Wookiee

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About Me

Bleeding heart vegan hippie/anti-hippie:It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked. - Haile Selassie ................................. Compassion is the chief law of human existence. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky .......................Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, Man will not himself find peace. - Albert Schweitzer ..........."Pro–life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro–choice arguments are not. That is a cultural, historical fact. ... Nowadays, it is pro–lifers who make the scientific question of when the beginning of life occurs the key one in the abortion controversy, while pro–choicers want to transform the question into a ‘metaphysical’ or ‘religious’ one by distinguishing between mere biological life and ‘moral life.’ ... Until recently pro–choicers might have cast themselves as defenders of rational science against the forces of ignorance and superstition, but when scientific inquiry started pushing back the moment when significant life ... begins, they shifted tactics and went elsewhere in search of rhetorical weaponry."--Duke University Prof. Stanley Fish, in a debate at the 1996 convention of the American Political Science Association ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------"I feel it my duty to cry aloud and spare not. I am not averse to having the good opinion of my fellow creatures. I am not averse to being kindly regarded by all men; but I am bound, even at the hazard of making a large class of religionists in this country hate me, oppose me, and malign me as they have done—I am bound by the prayers, and tears, and entreaties of three millions of kneeling bondsmen, to have no compromise with men who are in any shape or form connected with the slaveholders of America. I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death. Expose slavery, and it dies."-Frederick Douglass---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------

My Interests

pro-*all*life action. veganedge. cooperative economics. playing fair and doing something positive. learning everything and reading random Wikipedia entries. knowing what's going on in the world, and telling you about it. using the word "douchebag"...a lot. heavy lifting, running farther, running faster - to prove to you that VEGANS GET ENOUGH PROTEIN.

I'd like to meet:

OMG its a whole movie, right here in my profile! You should watch it, and lets talk afterwards: Tell (most of) the government to f*ck off: More dead people that you should know/give a damn about: Sweden, you keep us laughing: She's like 3-ish...and already topped the charts in Romania. Watch out Canada, she's coming!:

Music:

Whatever goes xBOOMx.....stuff I've been listening to lately: The Go! Team, The Arcade Fire, Camera Obscura, Daylight's for the birds, Mogwai, IAMX, Air, Hole/Courtney Love, Rainer Maria, Silversun Pickups, Public Enemy, The Polyphonic Spree, Sonic Youth, Deerhoof, Thom Yorke, LCD Soundsystem, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Tilly and the Wall, The Sounds, The Electric Soft Parade, Kasabian, Cat Power, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, !!!, The Good, the Bad, and the Queen, Bjork, Kent, Mercury Rev, Lamb, and a thousand other bands that stand out (to me). and that funky Tecktonik stuff in France - I dig that too.

Movies:

Set it Off, The Grey Zone, Welcome to Sarajevo, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Last of the Mohicans, The Virgin Suicides, Boondock Saints, Come and See (*Byelorussian flick*), Angus, Home for the Holidays, Tank Girl, Empire Records (and other 90s movies), the last five James Bond movies, Savior (about the Bosnia/Serbia war), and of course - anything and everything STAR WARS

Television:

Roseanne (the real blue collar comedy). I do not miss an episode of South Park.

Books:

Wikipedia and podcasts, and whatever I've borrowed from the library.

Heroes:

(Almost) All my heroes have files. None of my veganity (?) would be made possible without Andy Stepanian, who is in jail because our government sucks balls (among other things).Heroes are only who we make them out to be. Having a "hero" is one thing, but you should aspire to do what made them heroes yourself. Inaction is acceptance.

My Blog

Photoessay: One week - what families around the world eat

Whoa, a lot of people have "viewed" my last two blogs in a short period of time.  I'm hoping at least 50 of you read through both of them....I know, I know, its a lot o f read, and you didn't come to M...
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:19:00 PST

Anniversary of Wounded Knee Massacre

I took this photo in July, on my second visit to the location of the massacre at Wounded Knee.Moments later, my friend Bruce Whalen (Lakota) was schooling a California hippie (white) in a battle of ...
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:18:00 PST

Why you should GO VEGAN

Ryan Smith put this together, and I love Ryan Smith (and being vegan), so here....learn up:----------------------------------YOU HAVE NO GOOD EXCUSEHere's why you shouldn't eat meat:Pick one argument ...
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:43:00 PST

Ron Paul is the new Chuck Norris

He doesn't go to the gym.  He stays fit by exercising his civil rights.www.ronpaulfacts.com
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:38:00 PST

Why I don’t fill out surveys

I know so little about some of you.I get tons of bulletins on a daily basis, and dozens of them are surveys. Those of you who send them out must spend a lot of time working on them, and I appreciate ...
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:23:00 PST

Study on world abortion rates refuted by statistician

Statistician Keith Schumann, PhD has issued statements refuting the recent Guttmacher Institute's "Abortion: Worldwide Levels and Trends" study claiming abortion rates are higher in nations where abor...
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:12:00 PST

Voices from the left opposing abortion.

There's something for everyone (including Ron Paul supporters....and anti-statists/anarchists!).  Read them, and speak your mind.  Don't text me how pissed off you are - post it here for everyone to s...
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:09:00 PST

Atheist Opposition to Abortion

By Judy FerrisI am often asked this question. I usually answer, "Why shouldn't atheists be pro-life?"Nobody questions why non-religious persons fight drug abuse, drunk-driving, rape, poverty, crime, e...
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:15:00 PST

Why Should the Progressive Community Care about Terri Schiavo?

Why should the progressive community care about Terri Schiavo ?       In March of this year, I witnessed state ordered euthanasia. It is not the first time or the last that we will...
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:33:00 PST

From the steps of the Supreme Court to your TV screens.......

I was at the Supreme Court today....I saw some good things, and I saw some bad things.  Some pro-lifers are jerks, some scare me, and others are freakin awesome.  Carol Crossed (Democrats fo...
Posted by Vegan Wookiee on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 06:31:00 PST