POLITICS: Re: Any difference between vegan activists & right-to-lifers?

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> http://www.paralysis.org/ActiveLiving/ActiveLivingList.cfm?c=115

> Reeves is maybe an example of the OTHER extreme from

> the activists ... well, he was an activist of sorts

> but willing to experiment on himself, wherever that led.

Heidi, I particularly liked this part of the Reeve piece you cited:

" There are also going to be times in life when living fearlessly is

very simple. One of the first things that happened after surviving

my surgery was that I lost my finesse. My social skills went down

the drain. I realized that social skills are, to a large extent,

mini-lies. Now when someone asks me a question, I have learned to

tell the truth because, really, what the hell do I have to lose?

My father, who was a writer for his entire life, said to me at one

point, " Why don't we work on writing your life story and write it

together? " Before my injury, I would have said, " Uh, that's

interesting. Let me think about that. " Instead I said, " Never in a

million years. There is no way I could write the truth about my

childhood. "

Remove the self-censorship. It saves a lot of time. My motto now is:

Tell the truth faster. If you think about this, it goes a long way.

It may upset some people, but you're really helping everybody out by

not faking it. "

http://www.paralysis.org/ActiveLiving/ActiveLivingList.cfm?c=115

A lot of amazing stuff happens when you've had a set-back. I'm lucky

enough to be coming out the other end of mine seemingly intact and

now going through a sort of " processing stage " where virtually every

belief I've ever had is being reevaluated. I feel closer to some

core truths (whatever that means) and now life seems a heck of a lot

simpler as a result. It's great.

Even my complaints about food activists are solely based on the fact

that they're whittling down my food choices. Food should not be

political.

And oddly enough my original post on this subject stemmed from the

fact that I considered joining a meditation retreat (something I'd

not done before) and it required a few days stay; When I saw the

notice that only vegetarian meals were provided I felt provoked. By

a long shot, this is not the first time I've been confronted with

this vegetarian thing around here...

By the way, I live on the county line between Marin and Sonoma

Counties in northern California. About 8 miles inland from the ocean

and 30 miles north of San Francisco.

~Robin Ann