And So -- We Suffer from 'Consumption'!!
To look at some of the facts we have to stretch our concepts:
The largest of whales consume plankton -- a very tiny and biologically small organism found in ocean ecosystems. Then again, when baby sheep, goats, wolves, lions, tigers, bears, zebra, antelope and horses are put together they play instead of eat each other. As we all age we continue to use our digestive tracts and must fill our stomachs. It's all part of the process.
Preteen boys torment houseflies by pulling their wings off once the flies are stuck on fly paper. Girls hug kittens and doggies. Although 'People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (P.E.T.A.) continues to protest -- still in high school biology classes frogs are decimated and in college classes students dissect cats.
Don't these children know that the small predator of a 'kitty' is one of the most aggressive and ruthless animals in the world? They stalk and kill more than they can eat. I ask -- how many animals really waste their food? Other ones like dogs usually don't. Good for them!
For humans -- many adolescents are attracted and mesmerized by 'gory' movies. Running car crashes, knives and machetes along with chain saws are big hits. What images are we portraying?
Yet we all have our favorite charities [And damn those who don't agree with us!!] Somewhere in all of us is a soft spot -- for we all DO have to give -- at least something.
Witness my friend Kristy who confronts a woman in a grocery store because said woman yelled at the man with Downs Syndrome who bagged her items. Kristy also cares for the lonely Autistic kids who I once taught how to swim, as well as, the hyperactive ones who have ingested too much sugar.
But ask her to care any about those who have taken "little pills" from a psychiatrist and she accuses them of cheating on their sobriety! So it seems that we have both pet charities AND pet peeves. A person can tolerate one and hate another. Or, more likely: a person can be tolerated by some people and be hated by others. Where does the circle end?
It has been reported that tribes of different cavemen [with differing DNA] killed each other in battles over land. Were reports also true that they would eat parts of the dead enemy's bodies? When did civilization arrive? When did we begin burying people's bodies? (Why do you think that tradition even began?) Do we really know when mankind stopped eating flesh and learned the truth about human history?
Look, the circle can be pretty brutal and cold when you think about it. But I am consoled that one thing remains true -- that people need someone to love just as much or more than someone to hate. Right now I just do not want to hate enough to cause any mass shooting, lynching or any hatred towards any pyrrhia -- including the accused 'mentally ill'.
Heck, we have not even defined a 'healthy brain' let alone truly identify the meaning of the words 'mentally ill'. It is all so very crazy. There are different strokes for different ways -- different ways for different days. There is too much of a hazy maze in our justice system.
Once a year my family would go to my favorite restaurant when we lived near San Francisco, California. It was called -- "The House of Prime Rib". For me, every part of the menu was exquisite, as if I've never tasted such taste-worthy delight. Now, even if I ate there -- it would still taste worthy -- but at this time I choose my food in a more discretionary manner.
Now I prefer a 'Mediterranean Salad' with just a modicum of spicy pepperoni. Improvement? I don't know. At the least I am not eating plankton yet.
[Please see Chapter 8 in the book[book:The Stigma of the Mentally Ill: Bob Does Everything Backwards|25981236]
for more reasoning about food,]
Sincerely,
Robert N. Franz
The largest of whales consume plankton -- a very tiny and biologically small organism found in ocean ecosystems. Then again, when baby sheep, goats, wolves, lions, tigers, bears, zebra, antelope and horses are put together they play instead of eat each other. As we all age we continue to use our digestive tracts and must fill our stomachs. It's all part of the process.
Preteen boys torment houseflies by pulling their wings off once the flies are stuck on fly paper. Girls hug kittens and doggies. Although 'People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (P.E.T.A.) continues to protest -- still in high school biology classes frogs are decimated and in college classes students dissect cats.
Don't these children know that the small predator of a 'kitty' is one of the most aggressive and ruthless animals in the world? They stalk and kill more than they can eat. I ask -- how many animals really waste their food? Other ones like dogs usually don't. Good for them!
For humans -- many adolescents are attracted and mesmerized by 'gory' movies. Running car crashes, knives and machetes along with chain saws are big hits. What images are we portraying?
Yet we all have our favorite charities [And damn those who don't agree with us!!] Somewhere in all of us is a soft spot -- for we all DO have to give -- at least something.
Witness my friend Kristy who confronts a woman in a grocery store because said woman yelled at the man with Downs Syndrome who bagged her items. Kristy also cares for the lonely Autistic kids who I once taught how to swim, as well as, the hyperactive ones who have ingested too much sugar.
But ask her to care any about those who have taken "little pills" from a psychiatrist and she accuses them of cheating on their sobriety! So it seems that we have both pet charities AND pet peeves. A person can tolerate one and hate another. Or, more likely: a person can be tolerated by some people and be hated by others. Where does the circle end?
It has been reported that tribes of different cavemen [with differing DNA] killed each other in battles over land. Were reports also true that they would eat parts of the dead enemy's bodies? When did civilization arrive? When did we begin burying people's bodies? (Why do you think that tradition even began?) Do we really know when mankind stopped eating flesh and learned the truth about human history?
Look, the circle can be pretty brutal and cold when you think about it. But I am consoled that one thing remains true -- that people need someone to love just as much or more than someone to hate. Right now I just do not want to hate enough to cause any mass shooting, lynching or any hatred towards any pyrrhia -- including the accused 'mentally ill'.
Heck, we have not even defined a 'healthy brain' let alone truly identify the meaning of the words 'mentally ill'. It is all so very crazy. There are different strokes for different ways -- different ways for different days. There is too much of a hazy maze in our justice system.
Once a year my family would go to my favorite restaurant when we lived near San Francisco, California. It was called -- "The House of Prime Rib". For me, every part of the menu was exquisite, as if I've never tasted such taste-worthy delight. Now, even if I ate there -- it would still taste worthy -- but at this time I choose my food in a more discretionary manner.
Now I prefer a 'Mediterranean Salad' with just a modicum of spicy pepperoni. Improvement? I don't know. At the least I am not eating plankton yet.
[Please see Chapter 8 in the book[book:The Stigma of the Mentally Ill: Bob Does Everything Backwards|25981236]
for more reasoning about food,]Sincerely,
Robert N. Franz
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