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Re: Antropocentricism: The Most Dangerous Ideology in the World
By: rp Date: May 22, 2021, 4:56 am
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Thiruvalluvar day: Chennai Corporation announces ban on meat
sale on Jan 15
HTML https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/thiruvalluvar-day-chennai-corporation-announces-ban-on-meat-sale-on-jan-15/articleshow/56480641.cms
[quote]
CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation has announced a ban on
sale of meat, including processed meat, on January 15, on
account of Thiruvalluvar day.
In a statement on Wednesday, the local body said slaughterhouses
operated by the corporation's health department at Pulianthope,
Villivakam and Saidapet would not function on Sunday.
The corporation added that the ban on meat sale would extend to
supermarkets and commercial complexes retailing processed meat.
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Background on Thiruvalluvar:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvalluvar#Religion
[quote]
Valluvar is generally thought to have belonged to either Jainism
or Hinduism.[54][55][56] Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism were
the three religions that flourished in the Indian subcontinent
during the time of Valluvar.[57] Early 19th-century writers
proposed that Valluvar may have been a Jain. The 1819
translation by Francis Whyte Ellis mentions that the Tamil
community debates whether Valluvar was a Jain or Hindu.[58] If
Valluvar was indeed a Jain, it raises questions about the source
of the traditional Valluvar legends and the mainstream colonial
debate about his birth.[58]
Kamil Zvelebil believes that the ethics of the
Tirukkuṟaḷ reflects the Jain moral code,
particularly moral vegetarianism (couplets 251–260), and ahimsa,
that is, "abstention from killing" (couplets 321–333). Zvelebil
states that the text contains epithets for God that reflect Jain
ideology:[59]
[/quote]
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain_vegetarianism#Historical_background
[quote]
According to the famous Tamil classic, Tirukkuṛaḷ,
which is also considered a Jain work by some scholars:
If the world did not purchase and consume meat, no one would
slaughter and offer meat for sale. (Kural 256)[68]
[/quote] (The line in bold is a good rebuttal to the "Buddhist"
mentioned in the previous post)
But unfortunately, the very next year:
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Chennai Corporation seizes 431 meat on Thiruvalluvar Day
[quote]CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation on Monday seized
meat from vendors who had illegally sold the item despite a
prohibitory order issued by the civic body. The city corporation
prohibited sale and processing of meat on Monday, January 15, on
account of Thiruvalluvar Day.
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Sigh....
As they say, you can lead a non-Aryan to the water...:
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(Also the meat sellers don't have an excuse of "not letting the
food go to waste" as they were already made aware of the
restriction the previous year. Therefore the onus is on them to
adjust their supply accordingly. What do you think?)
Speaking of which, I have seen many secular-humanist types in
the Dravidian-speaking states who purport to be anti-casteist
(rightfully) herald Thiruvalluvar as an anti-Vedic poet and as
an icon for Dravidian peoples. But when it comes to actually
following his teachings, particularly in regards to meat-eating,
these people go silent, instead advocating eating beef to
"oppose" Brahmanism. If they really were intent on fighting
Brahmanism for its double standard on beef-eating, why not
embrace the anti-Brahmanic vegetarianism of the Jain
Thiruvalluvar? Goes to show that these non-Aryans are probably
not even intent on fighting Brahmanism in the first place.
These are the same degenerates who probably would have sided
with the Vedics back in the day! All they would have had to do
was give up beef-eating (while still eating other meats), and
they could ascend in the Vedic hierarchy. It would have fit
perfectly with their prior lifestyle, and indeed would have been
an improvement to them insofar as they would have found the
Aryan Suryavanshi worldview too restrictive.
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Re: Antropocentricism: The Most Dangerous Ideology in the World
By: 90sRetroFan Date: June 21, 2021, 10:31 pm
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Anthropocentrism also corrupts Gnosticism:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiny-minority-iraqis-follows-ancient-121827458.html
[quote]the Mandaeans. Also called Sabians, they are followers of
the last Gnostic religion to survive continuously from ancient
times down to the present day.
Gnostic religions view the material world as the product of a
mistake in the heavenly realm, the creation of one or more
inferior divine beings rather than the supreme God. Gnosticism
also emphasizes that human beings can become aware of this and
prepare their souls to escape from under the influence of the
malevolent spiritual forces that created and rule this realm, so
that when they die they can ascend to the good realm that lies
beyond them.[/quote]
If you truly believe the material world is evil, how can you
exclude non-humans from escaping? If you believe the Demiurge
created the material world in order to allow humans to enjoy
oppressing non-humans, either you accept the Demiurge's plan and
hence do not seek to escape at all, or reject the Demiurge's
plan and hence understand that non-humans also need to escape.
These are the only two intellectually consistent positions
(though only the latter is ethical). But to want to escape yet
then think that escaping is for humans only doesn't even make
sense.
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Re: Antropocentricism: The Most Dangerous Ideology in the World
By: guest55 Date: July 25, 2021, 11:12 am
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The Human Neocortex Isn’t as Special as We Thought
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxPQ9bFfEP0
[quote]9Tensai9
2 days ago (edited)
Humans: Ah yes, our neocortex. THIS, this is what makes humans
so great and unique!!
*Humans discover that the neocortex isn't special at all*
Ah yes, the crebellum. So filled with neurons. THIS, this is
what makes us humans so great and unique!! [/quote]
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Plants Feel Pain and Might Even See
By: guest55 Date: July 29, 2021, 10:44 pm
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Plants Feel Pain and Might Even See
[quote]It’s time to retire the hierarchical classification of
living things. [/quote]
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[quote]In 2018, a German newspaper asked me if I would be
interested in having a conversation with the philosopher
Emanuele Coccia, who had just written a book about plants, Die
Wurzeln der Welt (published in English as The Life of Plants). I
was happy to say yes.
The German title of Coccia’s book translates as “The Roots of
the World,” and the book really does cover this. It upends our
view of the living world, putting plants at the top of the
hierarchy with humans down at the bottom. I had been giving a
great deal of thought to this myself. Ranking the natural world
and scoring species according to their importance or their
superiority seemed to me outdated. It distorts our view of
nature and makes all the other species around us seem more
primitive and somehow unfinished. For some time now, I have not
been comfortable with viewing humans as the crown of creation,
separating animals into higher and lower life-forms, and
treating plants as something on the side, definitively banished
to a lower level.[/quote]
Entire article:
HTML https://nautil.us/issue/104/harmony/plants-feel-pain-and-might-even-see?utm_source=pocket-newtab
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/ancient-world/antropocentricism-the-most-dangerous-ideology-in-the-world/
If human-beings have proven anything since hunter-gatherers
perverted the Neolithic Revolution it is the fact that they
belong at the bottom!
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Re: Antropocentricism: The Most Dangerous Ideology in the World
By: guest55 Date: August 12, 2021, 8:33 pm
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Animals Count and Use Zero. How Far Does Their Number Sense Go?
[quote]Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the
concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’
talents for numerical abstraction — which may still differ from
our own grasp of numbers.[/quote]
[quote]The intelligence of corvids like ravens and crows is well
known. Recently, crows were even shown to have a numerical
ability seen in few other species so far: a grasp of the concept
of the empty set — the numerosity zero.[/quote]
[img width=1280
height=820]
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HTML https://www.quantamagazine.org/animals-can-count-and-use-zero-how-far-does-their-number-sense-go-20210809/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
So, Crows do sit in trees watching humans saying among
themselves: "Yip, see that one over there? Just another
zero....". ;)
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Re: Antropocentricism: The Most Dangerous Ideology in the World
By: guest55 Date: August 26, 2021, 2:17 pm
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Another Westerner obsessed with intelligence and "big brains".
Go figure....
Smartest Fish on Earth, Mormyridae, Seem To Talk Just Like Us
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI6hGYFiIk4
"Oh look, that fish is somewhat like us, it must be a little
special then?".
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Re: Antropocentricism: The Most Dangerous Ideology in the World
By: guest55 Date: August 31, 2021, 9:36 pm
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What Slime Knows
[quote]There is no hierarchy in the web of life[/quote]
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Re: Antropocentricism: The Most Dangerous Ideology in the World
By: guest55 Date: September 18, 2021, 12:58 pm
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What animals think of death
[quote]Having a concept of death, far from being a uniquely
human feat, is a fairly common trait in the animal
kingdom[/quote]
HTML https://aeon.co/essays/animals-wrestle-with-the-concept-of-death-and-mortality?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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Re: Antropocentricism: The Most Dangerous Ideology in the World
By: 90sRetroFan Date: June 22, 2022, 8:51 pm
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Rittenhouse reasoning strikes again:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/hunters-shoot-kill-grizzly-bear-173138614.html
[quote]Hunters shoot, kill grizzly bear. Idaho Fish and Game
says it was in self-defense
...
Hunters in North Idaho shot and killed a grizzly bear earlier
this month in self-defense, according to an Idaho Department of
Fish and Game news release.
Fish and Game said the hunters were pursuing black bears in the
Ruby Creek area southwest of Bonners Ferry on June 8. The
hunters shot a black bear and were retrieving it when a grizzly
came out of the brush nearby.
The hunters reportedly backed away from the bear and yelled at
it, but it continued approaching them. One of the hunters then
shot the bear at close range, killing it. Afterward, one of the
hunters called Boundary County emergency dispatch to report the
incident. An ensuing Fish and Game investigation found the
hunters acted in self-defense.[/quote]
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Re: Antropocentricism: The Most Dangerous Ideology in the World
By: guest78 Date: July 13, 2022, 12:53 pm
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Consider the octopus
[quote]Octopuses are smart in ways humans are only beginning to
understand – just as companies are about to [s]farm[/s] ranching
them for food on a much larger scale[/quote]
Entire article:
HTML https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-octopus-eating-meat-ethics/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
[quote]The octopus has already challenged our theories on
evolution, intelligence and consciousness. It has proven itself
smarter, more playful, more feeling than we ever imagined. You
can devote decades to studying how and where the octopus lives
and, as Dr. Mather will attest, still be surprised by what you
learn.
Here is a creature, marvellously cunning and elegant, living in
a space so vast and deep, so foreign to human experience, that
we still mostly peer into the dark and wonder. Surely, such a
creature is worthy of careful consideration?
“Yes, yes!” Dr. Mather says. “A thousand times, yes.”
And yet, no. We have plowed ahead, trying to tame the wildness
of the octopus for our own ends. In many countries, including
the United States (though not Canada, thanks to a small,
prescient committee, including Dr. Mather, who advocated early
for its welfare), the octopus can be used in experiments without
standards and procedures to ensure its care. A Spanish company
is pushing forward with plans to open the first commercial
octopus farm in the Canary Islands; research continues apace in
places such as Japan and Mexico to raise and domesticate the
animal for profit.[/quote]
[quote]Never mind that a loud and angry chorus of scientists,
environmentalists and philosophers say that octopus
[s]farming[/s] ranching can’t ethically – or humanely – be done.
Last November, a London School of Economics study, funded by the
British government, concluded that “high-welfare octopus farming
is impossible.” A campaign to stop octopus farming continues in
the European Union. Animal-welfare advocates in countries such
as Britain and Canada are calling for a pre-emptive ban on the
import of farmed octopus, to close the market doors before they
open.[/quote]
[quote]This was another example of us failing, yet again, to
adopt the precautionary principle, to put the interests of an
animal above our own, to avoid causing harm to a life we don’t
fully understand.
The existence of the octopus makes you think differently, not
just about eating and [s]farming[/s] ranching animals, but our
relationship to them, our assumptions about them, and what this
all says about us, the humans, languishing so pridefully on our
animal kingdom throne.[/quote]
[quote]Much like Abbott and Costello, what we learn from the
octopus, our resident earthly alien, is really a warning to
change our ways.[/quote]
[quote]Humans have a long-standing bias for “cuddlies,” to use
Dr. Mather’s nomenclature. We see furry mammals as smarter and
cuter than slimy sea creatures, feel more morally responsible
for their care, and apply more rules to their welfare. This
doesn’t stop us from eating the cuddlies, of course. Or ignoring
the fact that the pork chops and chicken drumsticks we buy in
the grocery store begin with animals raised in often terrible
conditions – a self-serving myopia that psychologists call the
“meat paradox.”
But pretending that juicy steak wasn’t once a doe-eyed cow is,
for many of us, a tolerable mind game. You’d probably be
horrified, however, to boil a rabbit alive on the kitchen stove,
the way we do lobsters. Or turn a pig inside out to kill it,
which is how fished octopuses are sometimes dispatched.
That’s because, despite growing evidence to the contrary, it’s
been convenient to assume that aquatic invertebrates aren’t
sentient – that they don’t feel. An animal that doesn’t feel
can’t experience pain. It doesn’t care if you hang it in the air
and let it suffocate – another way that octopuses are sometimes
killed. To paraphrase Kristin Andrews, a philosophy professor at
York University and York Research Chair in Animal Minds,
feelings in animals make the moral world more
complicated.[/quote]
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