Sam & Sara #387: Queue Sara: Look at this picture! Why are the terrified animals forced to line up to be killed? Sam: Because there are people happily lining up to buy their flesh… Sara: … who have forgotten about the unhappiness of their owners. Just as we wouldn’t...

Batman in the comics never uses guns, because his parents were killed by a gunman. Reminds me of why it’s wise of the Buddha to label trade in weaponry as an unskilful livelihood. No supply, no demand. Related Article: Batman actor Christian Bale visits victims, hospital...

What do you do if you have a horrible boss who is making life hell for you, while you need the job due to complex reasons? ‘Horrible Bosses’ is a slightly dark comedy that paints such a scenario. Three friends each suffer under a horrible boss. So horrid their bosses are that...

‎ ‘Hi guys, i need to ask you a huge favor. Please circulate this photo on your Facebook profiles and send it to your friends. We need to find these people and make them pay for the abuse and pain they are inflicting on innocent animals. We don’t know what country they are at,...

Because cat-lovers love stray cats, they are increasingly neutered by them, so as to save them from being culled. Because cat-lovers love stray cats, they are less and less of them. Excess love drives the beloved to (near-)extinction? It is not always a bad thing though, as long as there is...

Zombie Koan #09 How do you decide whether and when to kill a bitten walker-to-be as there might be a cure – or not – in time or not - before he or she might suddenly turn and jump on others, including you? Answer: ‘We don’t kill the living.’ – Rick...

Pro-choice must be pro-life, as all lives should be given the power of choice to live or not - even the unborn. As such, pro-choice must not be...

On the death of Osama Bin Laden without trial, you can’t really kill terrorism - you have to transform terrorist ideas through communication. I know it’s hard, but the harder truth is that terrorists don’t just vanish upon death - they get reborn, and their ideas live on...

A Tit for a Tat (298) Tit: (Looking at TV) Look! The animals about to be killed are sad! Tut: How do you know? Tit: They are crying! Tut: Maybe they are tears of joy, because they are about to meet their maker? Tit: If animals are made by a maker to be killed for food, they would be...

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...

Some ‘random’ advice that came to mind to dissuade someone from having an abortion - 1. She shouldn’t kill as it’s her ‘mistake’ to conceive the child ‘accidentally’. 2. Why punish one’s own innocent child for one’s mistake? 3. All...

A friend is getting married. But like many non-vegetarians, she’s offering a feast of many sentient beings. Me being the only vegan in her entourage, has special arrangements prepared for. It was very nice of her to call to go through the vegetarian menu with me (as I don’t take many...

Here is an analysis of the poll question ‘Should Rats that Wreck Havoc in a Marketplace be Culled?’ As of today, the results are: 35% : Hmmm, I dunno 33% : No way! 32% : Yes, definitely! This poll question refers to the recent case of a local (Singaporean) open wet market that was...