Tag: speciesism

28
Sep
2022

Missing What?

_ Missing What? May animals miss usfor how we were,loving. May we not miss animalsfor how they were,‘tasty’.

12
Apr
2019

Beyond Mockingbirds

  Thoughts from ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee (as adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham): No, don’t shoot…

03
Dec
2018

Cuteness: Super Short Story #516

Cuteness: Super Short Story #516 He thought of creating a morphing animation, of a picture of the cutest animal in…

20
Jun
2016

Trick Question

Trick question: Where do you draw the line? Right answer: What line? There is no need to draw a line…

03
Oct
2011

Beyond Poor Puppies & Chickens

‎ ‘Hi guys, i need to ask you a huge favor. Please circulate this photo on your Facebook profiles and…

12
Sep
2011

Who Are You To Judge?

I can’t remember which comic the above panel is from. A vampire (if I remember correctly) laments to a vampire…

12
Sep
2011

The Larger the Worthier?

A reply to a Buddhist friend, who chose to get pest control to exterminate lice-like insects that plagued her house,…

12
Sep
2011

Insanity of Eating Shark Fin Soup

True that shark fin is quite tasteless and lacking in nutrition. 1. Every animal that is killed needlessly was in…

13
Aug
2011

The Caesar Dilemma

If Caesar* was ‘dumb’, he would be downtrodden, discriminated. If Caesar was ‘normal’, he would be neglected, discriminated. If Caesar…

14
Feb
2011

Let the Right One In

Is an endangered species (vampires) that endangers another species (humans) justified? If vampires exist and are endangered, would humans strive…

05
Jul
2010

Messages from ‘The Metamorphosis’

The moral of Kafka’s short story ‘The Metamorphosis’ eluded me for some time. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis for outline) About the terror and…

14
Jun
2010

Partial Compassion is Discrimination

Ironically, though non-vegetarian non-nature-lovers are less compassionate than non-vegetarian nature-lovers who protect selective animals, they are less discriminative as they…

25
May
2010

The Speciesist Few?

If a handful of people dislike those of another race and rant against their ways, this doesn’t mean that the…

05
May
2010

Something Interesting About Nature-Lovers

Something interesting about some nature-lovers is that they protect certain animals while eating other animals. It’s speciesism, partial compassion. Something…

22
Jun
2009

Educational ‘School Days with a Pig’

DHARMA@CINEMA: School Days with a Pig (Strictly by registration only) A movie screening and sharing by Shen Shi’an Based on…

13
Apr
2009

Bittersweet ‘School Days with a Pig’?

< Movie poster for Singapore The award-winning movie ‘School Days with a Pig’ tells of a teacher’s special project for…

01
Dec
2008

Fish : Big Vs Small

Humans are often full of self-contradictions. When they see beached whales, they try to keep them moist, to transport them…