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In reply to the discussion: What are the main reasons men pay for sex? [View all]johnlucas
(1,250 posts)If one can care for a car, if one can care for a dog, if one can care for their shoe collection, one can care for a human being.
There are some who call their pets a member of their family, don't they?
They don't see the dog as lower than them or themselves as higher than the dog.
What I did is kill the human egocentricity that says human beings are above all others.
That you should regard a human being as higher than all other matters.
I say regard should go to EVERY THING not just Human Things.
That 'Humans at the Center of the Universe' mentality leads to people destroying habitats that lead to this global warming panic we have going on now.
People are not higher than other objects on this planet.
We are a PART of the Entire Ecology not Superior to it.
I continue to say 'thing' to refer to people to shut down their egos.
To deflate their self-importance.
Every THING has value. And we treat our things well if we want to preserve them.
Do you understand what I just laid on you there?
You all define 'thing' as something inanimate, disposable, & something made to serve.
I define 'thing' as 'matter' because that's exactly what it means.
We may give special names to certain things but that doesn't change the fact that they're still things.
I try not to run over frogs on the road because I value a frog's life.
Just because it's not human doesn't mean it has no value.
I can have concern & care for a tiny bug despite its small size.
I don't JUST value human beings. I value ALL beings.
But y'all don't get that because you subscribe to the 'Humans Above All' mentality & you define 'thing' as 'that which serves the superior human being'.
That's why you protest me referring to people as things.
I bring you back down to earth by calling you 'thing' & letting you see that humans are NOT above all.
People are Matter. People are Material. People are Objects. And yes People are Things.
It's the textbook definition of the word.
The original meaning of 'thing' from those ancient Dutch tribes meant 'assembly'.
And for damn sure we have been put together. Hahahahahaha!
John Lucas