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Boo, on 2011-09-14 01:42:12, said:

Hey Boo!  Good to "hear" from you too!  I just realized this second, but I think I missed you guys(you and SBK).  And true to form, I'm afraid I have to get a bit contrarian on you.  I love the story of your father, and he sounds like quite a character like a lot of my own relatives from his generation.  But,  the one thing our generation has discovered is that lifestyle and diet does make a difference.  In fact, it has been shown many times that certain cancers and inflammatory diseases have been held back and even banished with a certain diet and lifestyle.

Pancreatic cancers have also been linked to gluten intolerance and celiac disease, even if it is undiagnosed.  There is no doubt that banishing gluten from a severely troubled gut has no doubt changed health and lives, sometimes within days.  The sad reality is that in our parent's generation, the alllopathic establishment did not recognize it, and they barely do now.

Yes, actually, you can extend and change the circumstances of your life through diet and lifestyle, and even stamp out diseases such as cancer.  Maybe it is too late for our parents and grandparents (including my own), but it is not too late for us.

The "live large and let live because it doesn't matter anyway" is quite simply not true.   But, yeah, we can all be run over by a bus on any day, unless you are watching where you're going.

kerryk, on 2011-09-09 09:24:56, said:

I don't really post on this forum anymore, but I had to sign in just to say hello.   This post had me laughing out loud at the simplicity of truth to it all.  I have no sad stories to tell, only the realization that when some stories end, a new one will begin.   I just try to make sure that I never run out stories to tell, or the possibility to make new ones.   When you run out of stories, you're dead.  

And I'm glad to see that KerryK is still around with some good ones.  Probably doesn't even remember me, but the power of being a good storyteller is that someone will always remember you.  

Cheers KerryK.   Glad to see you're still around these parts.

And, I don't want to come across as holier-than-thou, because I'm not.  I would like to become permanently raw vegan, but I have health issues that prevent it on a longterm basis.   So, yes, I do eat meat.  I try to eat free range eggs and meat, but in Asia that is a little tough.   I would pay more money and eat less meat if that meant more humane treatment of animals as food, though.  I definitely would not relish the DELIBERATE and BRUTAL TORTURE of animals because of some mythical and selfish belief system.  There are necessities in life:  many animals eat other animals (although they say we humans don't need any animal products to stay healthy, that can be debatable for some on a longterm basis), however we don't need to needlessly torture animals to make them "taste good."

Oh yeah - they also brutally kill cats in South Korea for "cat soup."


http://www.my-cause....f_cats_and_dogs

OzMick, on 2011-08-13 08:52:06, said:

Dogs will also give their lives to save yours, and they even put themselves on the line for other animals.  There are accounts of their loyalty and bravery all over the internet and youtube.  That's why I guess soldiers will take dogs into war with them, but now cows, yeah.  Many other cultures also recognize the unique close relationship between dogs and humans, which has spanned thousands of years.

I do love dogs, but I was also open-minded enough to entertain the possibility that they might be food to other cultures.  That is, until, I learned how they are killed.   It is believed by East Asian, dog-eating cultures that the dog must suffer a brutal death, to release the hormones that make it taste good.   And, of course, those hormones supposedly increase the virility of the men who eat them, as well as cool people off during the "dog days of summer."  When you understand how they are killed (strung up alive, beaten with clubs until their bones are broken, fur burnt off and skinned alive), for the whimsy of "virility" or good tasting flesh, well, I have a hard time recognizing someone's humanity in that case, especially with animals who are inclined to trust you.