>
> Yes, it is interesting where one draws that line, but one cannot avoid
> drawing it altogether.  (Note: I'm not saying that you said we could.)
> Even those people who go around wearing masks so that they don't acci-
> dentally inhale and kill teeny creatures of the air can't avoid it.
> Their immune systems are killing things all the time.  So what is my
> point?  Oh, I dunno... just that everyone kills.    Everyone.
>
> Maybe now would be a good time to bring up intention, eh?  :)
>
> Carol

hi carol, yes i agree with what yer sayin, maybe the point is not so much
where to draw the line, but a matter of adjusting the line as we go to be less
and less killing, to be continually looking at ways to eat with less killing
until old age calls us to surrender to the whole and we instead of Dr.
Kavorkian approach to death, we stop eating and killing and wait for death to
transform us.

 the idea of wearing masks to avoid germ death inside is definately extreem. i
was thinkin about that once and thought that perhaps an individual who was so
non-violent would have a peaceful immune system and instead of attacking
foreign objects entering would find a way to cooperate and transmute rather
than attack and destroy. just a thought, no proof, but intuition is sometimes
a crucial guide as well as science.

ya lets bring up intention, what did you have in mind on that issue?