Many thanks for the appreciation. You left me wondering with that “as in everything you do.”

Interesting, that cheese thing, I managed to get completely over meat (even the smell of barbecue!) in about six months, but cheese, that’s a tough one, kinda like the next step… some milk farms in Quebec aren’t too bad on the cows, I’ve seen a few. But it’s far from perfect, even the more traditionnal ones.

In Quebec, all vegetarians eat cheese, it’s like a way to compensate. When I travelled to Ireland however, all those veggies I met had nothing but bad things to say about cheese, it sort of never occured to me it might detrimental to your health.

On a side note, a friend one mine told me she’d given up dairy after her experience breastfeeding. At one point she’d had to draw the milk with a pump (not a very pleasant process), and she said she’d gotten a feel, however remote, of what dairy cows go through, and she said if she couldn’t go through with it, they shouldn’t have to either.

Finally, I’d just like to say, after this long and I must admit quite interesting debate, being an anarchist I don’t think anyone should force their beliefs on anyone else, but belief doesn’t ‘create’ facts, you can’t simply conjure up cheap sophistry to justify something you know is unethical just to quit feeling guilty. Guilt is one of the worse forms of motivation, like fear, it just eats you from the inside and you end up adopting reactive behaviors that fill you further with a sense of unease.

We’re not responsible for the whole Earth individually, but collectively, whether we like it or not, whether we kill it or not, whether whatever we do to try and help the environment irremediably fails.

Getting over guilt and fear is the first step. Then, do what you can, and don’t stop.

That said, I think they should be allowed to say anything they want without consequence. I wish the commercial was actually more to the point and not so watered down by the network. There is nothing wrong with having a pro-life stance and being vocal about it. I want them to have a stage to proclaim there beliefs so that those with differing opinions can give concise objections rather than vague dissension. Having the stage doesn’t preclude one from throwing tomatoes.

On topic, there is so much hair splitting on what should and shouldn’t be socially acceptable that the concept of the “greater good” behind censorship gets lost. The vehicle of censorship is driven by people who believe they are doing a public service; that words, pictures and ideas can be detrimental to society at large. There is the idea that sexualized images of children sets forth a precedent that society is permissive of pedophilia – that said acts encourage these behaviors. The thought then comes to mind, is the assertion correct? And if so, does persecution of said materials conflict with the freedoms afforded under sovereign law. There are in fact many books out there that provoke violence, revolution, distrust and hatred which can be tied to directly to criminal activities. Yet we don’t arrest people for purchasing these materials.