Is continual and indirect paying of others to break the first precept (to kill animals for you to eat) itself personally breaking the first precept to some extent too?

He described his plight to be a hungry man, who has no food at home, yet unable to eat outside. He was describing his situation of often being with sexual need, while his wife was uninterested, while he should not fulfill it with anyone else. Sounds like an apt analogy, but it is not, because [...]

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it. – Willie Mays Baseball is nothing more, nothing less.

A Tit for a Tat (296) Tat: They accepted your resignation just like that? Tit: It’s okay as they don’t know what they are losing. Tat: If not, they would have persuaded you to stay? Tit: Since this is not so, it’s really okay to leave. What matters is that I know what I’m losing, [...]

A Tit for a Tat (295) Tit: Stop asking! I said ‘I don’t know!’ Tat: How would I know how much you don’t know without asking more? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/04/time-to-go Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/04/how-would-i-know About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

A Tit for a Tat (294) Tit: Remind me to… Tat: Okay…. [Five minutes later] Remember to… Tit: Not now! Tat: Then when? Tit: Remind me when I forget! Tat: How would I know when that would be? Tit: How would I know? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/04/dont-know Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/04/real-fake About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

A Tit for a Tat (293) Tit: I think she’s quite fake. Tat: Come on… she’s an actress. Acting is faking! Tit: So? Tat: If she’s poor in faking, she’s actually more real than other actors! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/04/how-would-i-know Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/04/expressway-for-how-long About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

A Tit for a Tat (292) Tit: An expressway at last! Tat: But will it last? Tit: Huh? Tat: ‘Everyone’ will rush to use and clog it! Tit: And it will soon stop being an expressway! Tat: An expressway for all becomes an expressway for none! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/04/real-fake Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/03/the-only-traffic About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series