dear_disinterested_party andru235 :) i doubt you'll read this, but i couldn't resist [ this regards: ok_i_will_stop ] if it bores you shitless, why did you read it? how did you manage to respond with a post, if, as you claim, preaching makes people automatically shut off? obviously it didn't shut you off! why preach that i ought not preach? (or, why not? you might as well. in some ways this post constitues preaching that you ought not preach that i ought not preach. oooh! this could soon be like looking in parallel mirrors! although i really don't care if you preach) why become angry? (but then, why not? the treatment of animals makes me angry; meanwhile, people expressing their anger at the treatment of animals makes you angry. there's no accounting for tastes.) *and* the way i became aware of the treatment of animals was via someone preaching about it; i live in a city and would never have learned about it otherwise; *additionally* people "harp on about it" because it is one of the "worst things in the fucking world", not because it is "the greatest thing in the fucking world" *other considerations* for kx21,- towards whom my sense of affinty has just now quadrupled - important topics include: myriad theories about existence; the war in iraq; and affirmations of various natures for andru235, important topics include: myriad theories about existence; the nuclear issue; peculiarities, wordplay, and absurdities; sentience in various forms; personal stuff; and a desire to contribute towards an better sentient experience for all persons and living entities (in this instance, animals) for others, important topics include: angst about love; points of humor; disillusionments; religious stuff; anti-religious stuff; elations and depressions; the letter 'S'; etc etc etc there are over 50,000 blathes and there is someone 'bored shitless' by every single one of them. sometimes people choose to read something else, sometimes people attempt to liven things up, and sometimes people respond with vehemence. there are many other styles of response, too. nevertheless, your irritation is surprising: it's as though you read each of those posts, becoming more and more upset. sadomasochism in action? or perhaps you are a vegetarian apologist, seeking to appease meat-eaters? of course, you have every right to have responded as such. i do, however, feel obligated to alert you to at least 100 other blathes in which i have preached so that you might go and police them. -or- you could read from the over 200 posts in which i was joking or telling absurd stories or listing anagrams. last, but not least, you could simply look away when you see my name. you might want to consider avoiding media in general: there is preaching all over the place - billions of people preach quite regularily - and though many of us do not automatically shut off, some of us do, and if you think you are one of them (which you have demonstrated that you are not), media intake threatens you with entering a state most comatose. things to avoid include, but are not limited to: books, movies, plays, vocal music, websites, periodicals, and humans. 050703 ... . big shout for "points of humour" 050704 ... three words dear_disinterested_party miss_you_love_you shelby 060928 ... Questions andru was almost....."read" daffiesque". love it or leave it. or storkness.... I'm confused now... when does life begin? . 100112 ... Lemon_Soda Life began billions and billions of years ago. Therest of us are just trying to catch up before we die. 100113 what's it to you? who go blather from