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Boy, leave town for a couple of days, and you miss all the fun. Garnet, you seem to be holding you own nicely. Lots of time new members can really get under the flame throwers. I certainly did, but decided to stick around and irritate everybody just for the hell of it. I've had great fun playing devil's advocate and have gotten a pretty tough internet skin (Mine is that new sparkly glow in the dark fish net style - you might look around e-bay for some latest fashions in that area).
As for eating meat, I think that's a matter of personal choice. I eat meat and as a Buddhist, I feel rather guilty about it. I do not believe in taking the life of other living beings, so what am I doing chowing down on bacon and steaks? Being a hypocrite, that's what. I was a vegetarian for several years, but then I lost a whole bunch of weight and became anemic (NOT due to being vegetarian, it was a health condition I'd acquired), so the Doc's told me to start eating meat again. At this point, I now weigh TOO much and am seriously considering going back to being vegetarian again for both health and ethical reasons. Meat is a nasty habit to kick, though - as bad as smoking or any other addiction.
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