http://loveallbeings.org/blog/acknowledging-privilege/ Living Opposed to Violence and Exploitation Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:25:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://loveallbeings.org/blog/acknowledging-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-323 harry Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:28:31 +0000 http://loveallbeings.org/?p=173#comment-323 Victor, one might even wonder what possible difference it makes what thoughts I hold in my head so long as I do not give utterance to them? I suppose its because "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." If I harbor a speciesist viewpoint in my mind and heart...all in good time it will issue out of of mouth or my actions,...even if its only body language. Again, one might ask, "So What?" I am reminded of Smokey the Bear with his famous and effective statement:"Only you can prevent forest fires." No forest fires results from millions of people, all alone, making certain that the match they are about to throw down is totally out. No committee of people or officers are onsite to insure that this is done. The same is true with my thoughts,words, and yes that which finds itself on my fork. I am responsible for my thoughts for my thoughts grow into actions. No, it isn't easy to confront areas that need changing, but nothing else really works. Victor, one might even wonder what possible difference it makes what thoughts I hold in my head so long as I do not give utterance to them? I suppose its because “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” If I harbor a speciesist viewpoint in my mind and heart…all in good time it will issue out of of mouth or my actions,…even if its only body language. Again, one might ask, “So What?” I am reminded of Smokey the Bear with his famous and effective statement:”Only you can prevent forest fires.” No forest fires results from millions of people, all alone, making certain that the match they are about to throw down is totally out. No committee of people or officers are onsite to insure that this is done. The same is true with my thoughts,words, and yes that which finds itself on my fork. I am responsible for my thoughts for my thoughts grow into actions. No, it isn’t easy to confront areas that need changing, but nothing else really works.

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