Comments for What a Savage http://whatasavage.com Fri, 09 May 2008 13:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on IZ: Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Shannan http://whatasavage.com/2006/03/24/iz-somewhere-over-the-rainbow/#comment-35476 Shannan Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:12:09 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/03/24/iz-somewhere-over-the-rainbow/#comment-35476 What a great song it will stay with me for life ...........happy happy What a great song it will stay with me for life ………..happy happy

]]> Comment on Community - It’s Everything by devonpage http://whatasavage.com/2007/10/01/community-its-everything/#comment-35196 devonpage Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:21:51 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2007/10/01/community-its-everything/#comment-35196 Reading your blog created a mental time travel and suddenly I was back in college and surrounded by friends listening to early Taj Mahal and the White Album and we were poor. If someone had a few dollars we all ate or drank or smoked and the rotation was endless. It was the late sixties and subjects from VietNam to Black Panthers were on our minds. We had created a sub family, lucky to have survived, in some cases, our first families. Some of the group went on to fame, others passed on, and some simply drifted away but the days of lean means were the best because as you begin to create success and money becomes more fluid you can find yourself isolated. I would trade the comfort for one more day of sitting together with my old friends...if only I had known that then. You are absolutely correct when you say life is about the journey, not the destination. Reading your blog created a mental time travel and suddenly I was back in college and surrounded by friends listening to early Taj Mahal and the White Album and we were poor. If someone had a few dollars we all ate or drank or smoked and the rotation was endless. It was the late sixties and subjects from VietNam to Black Panthers were on our minds. We had created a sub family, lucky to have survived, in some cases, our first families. Some of the group went on to fame, others passed on, and some simply drifted away but the days of lean means were the best because as you begin to create success and money becomes more fluid you can find yourself isolated. I would trade the comfort for one more day of sitting together with my old friends…if only I had known that then. You are absolutely correct when you say life is about the journey, not the destination.

]]> Comment on IZ: Somewhere Over the Rainbow by devonpage http://whatasavage.com/2006/03/24/iz-somewhere-over-the-rainbow/#comment-35195 devonpage Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:39:52 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/03/24/iz-somewhere-over-the-rainbow/#comment-35195 Thank you times a million for answering this question. I have driven myself mad trying to find the author of this rendition. I have never heard of IZ but somehow this melody has been with me for some time now and when I heard it beautifully sung by Carlos on Idol the other night I began to sob. What a gift he has left us with this song. The real beauty of this is that I have never read a more loving blog and such inspirational stories. I thank everyone for the courage they have shared and the warmth this moment has left me with. IZ has left us physically but he very present in my soul. Thank you times a million for answering this question. I have driven myself mad trying to find the author of this rendition. I have never heard of IZ but somehow this melody has been with me for some time now and when I heard it beautifully sung by Carlos on Idol the other night I began to sob. What a gift he has left us with this song.
The real beauty of this is that I have never read a more loving blog
and such inspirational stories. I thank everyone for the courage they have shared and the warmth this moment has left me with. IZ has left us physically but he very present in my soul.

]]> Comment on IZ: Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Jane http://whatasavage.com/2006/03/24/iz-somewhere-over-the-rainbow/#comment-35095 Jane Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:26:38 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/03/24/iz-somewhere-over-the-rainbow/#comment-35095 I find IZ's "Over the rainbow" incredibly moving every time I hear it. It makes me very sad he is no longer here, gracing us with his talent, but very glad he left such beautiful memories with his music. It is comforting to know how much the people of Hawaii loved and appreciated him during his short time on this earth. What a beautiful tribute they gave to him after his death. I find IZ’s “Over the rainbow” incredibly moving every time I hear it. It makes me very sad he is no longer here, gracing us with his talent, but very glad he left such beautiful memories with his music. It is comforting to know how much the people of Hawaii loved and appreciated him during his short time on this earth. What a beautiful tribute they gave to him after his death.

]]> Comment on IZ: Somewhere Over the Rainbow by George http://whatasavage.com/2006/03/24/iz-somewhere-over-the-rainbow/#comment-33659 George Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:32:08 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2006/03/24/iz-somewhere-over-the-rainbow/#comment-33659 I visited Hawaii for the first time last Month and whilst at the Imax in the Polynesian Centre 'Some where over the Rainbow' was played. I did not know that IZ sung it. I decided to track it down on arrival back in UK. I wish I had done this on Hawaii and I could have immediately bought all of his available music. I knew a famous singer had recently died because of the publicity on the Islands but did not realise it was the singer whose voice had affected me so much. I look forward to getting his music now to enjoy all of it. I visited Hawaii for the first time last Month and whilst at the Imax in the Polynesian Centre ‘Some where over the Rainbow’ was played. I did not know that IZ sung it. I decided to track it down on arrival back in UK. I wish I had done this on Hawaii and I could have immediately bought all of his available music. I knew a famous singer had recently died because of the publicity on the Islands but did not realise it was the singer whose voice had affected me so much. I look forward to getting his music now to enjoy all of it.

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]]> Comment on Karma - I Got A Problem With It by ander http://whatasavage.com/2007/10/08/karma-i-got-a-problem-with-it/#comment-30419 ander Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:59:27 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2007/10/08/karma-i-got-a-problem-with-it/#comment-30419 Thanks for the response. I suppose it wiser of me to begin my own blog..*chuckle* And I must certainly apologize for the manner in which I present my thoughts. I imagine that I could go on for days discussing and exploring such topics on my own little cloud, not making sense to anyone but myself. For some reason when reading the , "Kharma" issue I felt like adding a VERY loosely based idea, don't ask why. (A: I am a very random person.) looking forward to the read sometime in the future though... cheers. Thanks for the response. I suppose it wiser of me to begin my own blog..*chuckle* And I must certainly apologize for the manner in which I present my thoughts. I imagine that I could go on for days discussing and exploring such topics on my own little cloud, not making sense to anyone but myself. For some reason when reading the , “Kharma” issue I felt like adding a VERY loosely based idea, don’t ask why. (A: I am a very random person.)

looking forward to the read sometime in the future though…
cheers.

]]> Comment on Karma - I Got A Problem With It by Golgotha http://whatasavage.com/2007/10/08/karma-i-got-a-problem-with-it/#comment-30403 Golgotha Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:36:07 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2007/10/08/karma-i-got-a-problem-with-it/#comment-30403 @ander - You have many different arguments going on and you are blending them together making it difficult. Your first argument is, loosely stated, "Is it ok to eat another animal or not?" and then you move into "Is it ok to wipe out a species or not?" and then you move on to, "being cruel to animals". I'm going to dedicate a new post to this when I get the time because I think it's important and demands more time than I have right now and should be in its own post. But let me hit on a couple things now. My faith teaches me that I am to be a good steward of the earth. That means I am to respect all living things and care for them. Period. You make the comment, "... we as a human race, have developed past the need for animal consumption in any way..." Developed past what? If animal consumption is not wrong, and I believe the community of life would show that it's not wrong, then there is nothing to develop past... Where should we look to know if consuming animals is wrong? Should we look to scholars for advice? Realizing that those scholars are human of coarse seems a bit odd to me. Asking another human, even the wisest of humans if its ok to eat another animal or not seems off. SO I would submit to you that we need to look for answers within the animal community - the community itself will provide us the answers. And the animal community, if we observe it will show us this: You may compete to your fullest, but you may not wage war. In other words, you can say that this gazelle is mine, but you cannot say that all gazelle are mine. We are part of a community. We are fully dependent of this community and the community will provide us answers and how we should live. again, I will go into further detail when I get time... @ander - You have many different arguments going on and you are blending them together making it difficult. Your first argument is, loosely stated, “Is it ok to eat another animal or not?” and then you move into “Is it ok to wipe out a species or not?” and then you move on to, “being cruel to animals”.

I’m going to dedicate a new post to this when I get the time because I think it’s important and demands more time than I have right now and should be in its own post. But let me hit on a couple things now.

My faith teaches me that I am to be a good steward of the earth. That means I am to respect all living things and care for them. Period.

You make the comment, “… we as a human race, have developed past the need for animal consumption in any way…”

Developed past what? If animal consumption is not wrong, and I believe the community of life would show that it’s not wrong, then there is nothing to develop past…

Where should we look to know if consuming animals is wrong? Should we look to scholars for advice? Realizing that those scholars are human of coarse seems a bit odd to me. Asking another human, even the wisest of humans if its ok to eat another animal or not seems off. SO I would submit to you that we need to look for answers within the animal community - the community itself will provide us the answers. And the animal community, if we observe it will show us this:

You may compete to your fullest, but you may not wage war. In other words, you can say that this gazelle is mine, but you cannot say that all gazelle are mine.

We are part of a community. We are fully dependent of this community and the community will provide us answers and how we should live.

again, I will go into further detail when I get time…

]]> Comment on Karma - I Got A Problem With It by ander http://whatasavage.com/2007/10/08/karma-i-got-a-problem-with-it/#comment-30388 ander Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:21:20 +0000 http://whatasavage.com/2007/10/08/karma-i-got-a-problem-with-it/#comment-30388 @Golgotha- quick response ( i promise) I completly agree that there is nothing wrong with death. It is a natural cycle that is also a mandatory to the survival of this planet. The same applies to one (of the many) methods of death, that being, naturalistic killing/hunting (from within the animal kingdom all the way down to molecular activity. That includes understanding that in any circumstance an animal could kill me or anyone . It is the human brain that applies blame/motive to the animals actions (which is quite difficult not too). That being said, we as a human race, have developed past the need for animal consumption in any way. I have seen much in the way of animal cruelty, ranging from domesticated to extremely wild animals. None is acceptable, nor should it be. Then why is the commercial killing of millions+ animals a day, at the hands of human run machinery, acceptable. Is it because they are just animals? I hope not. Has God blessed us with animals so that we may cut them down? I hope not. I guess what I am trying to say is that, your opinion is dead on...however, we as humans, are only artifically within the natural cycle. We, as a general, do not respect the animals as they do one another. A simple exampe to this is any roadside. Think about the number of roadside animals that you have seen in your lifetime. Like myself, I would imagine that the average person (children included) takes notice, then continues on their path. Now imagine if some of those animal bodies were replaced with a human bodies. It just wouldn't feel the same, and looking at it from an objective perspective, I have to ask myself. why? I think that at the end of the day animals need to attain a higher level of respect across the board. for instance, the baiji or white flag dolphin which was declared extinct earlier in the year (although it not officially) due to water pollution. It is offsetting to me that animals that have survived and adapted for a million+ years on this planet before us, are being brushed under the rug for the world turning dollar. And for what? fashion? delicacy? money? And I am not so much an extreme animal rights activist, demading an absolute and ungoverned freedom to let all the animals devour our children at their own will. But there needs to be a deeper respect/preservation system put into place for not just endangered animals but those that have not reached that point as well. Being very vague of my own religous viewpoints, I see that from a Godly standpoint, showing animals true compassion/mercy/respect as a essential in treating a "gift" as a whole-hearted, "gift". I also see that from an evolutionary standpoint, an animal being an animal, us included we are very wrong. For if that is the case, no matter what the evoltuionary level is, skin and body remain consistent throughout all species and blood spilled is an experienced life snuffed regardless of the that species. sorry, not quit as short as I had hoped but still pretty vague. @Golgotha- quick response ( i promise)

I completly agree that there is nothing wrong with death. It is a natural cycle that is also a mandatory to the survival of this planet. The same applies to one (of the many) methods of death, that being, naturalistic killing/hunting (from within the animal kingdom all the way down to molecular activity. That includes understanding that in any circumstance an animal could kill me or anyone . It is the human brain that applies blame/motive to the animals actions (which is quite difficult not too). That being said, we as a human race, have developed past the need for animal consumption in any way.

I have seen much in the way of animal cruelty, ranging from domesticated to extremely wild animals. None is acceptable, nor should it be. Then why is the commercial killing of millions+ animals a day, at the hands of human run machinery, acceptable. Is it because they are just animals? I hope not. Has God blessed us with animals so that we may cut them down? I hope not.

I guess what I am trying to say is that, your opinion is dead on…however, we as humans, are only artifically within the natural cycle.
We, as a general, do not respect the animals as they do one another.
A simple exampe to this is any roadside. Think about the number of roadside animals that you have seen in your lifetime. Like myself, I would imagine that the average person (children included) takes notice, then continues on their path. Now imagine if some of those animal bodies were replaced with a human bodies. It just wouldn’t feel the same, and looking at it from an objective perspective, I have to ask myself. why?

I think that at the end of the day animals need to attain a higher level of respect across the board. for instance, the baiji or white flag dolphin which was declared extinct earlier in the year (although it not officially) due to water pollution. It is offsetting to me that animals that have survived and adapted for a million+ years on this planet before us, are being brushed under the rug for the world turning dollar. And for what? fashion? delicacy? money?

And I am not so much an extreme animal rights activist, demading an absolute and ungoverned freedom to let all the animals devour our children at their own will. But there needs to be a deeper respect/preservation system put into place for not just endangered animals but those that have not reached that point as well.

Being very vague of my own religous viewpoints, I see that from a Godly standpoint, showing animals true compassion/mercy/respect as a essential in treating a “gift” as a whole-hearted, “gift”. I also see that from an evolutionary standpoint, an animal being an animal, us included we are very wrong. For if that is the case, no matter what the evoltuionary level is, skin and body remain consistent throughout all species and blood spilled is an experienced life snuffed regardless of the that species.

sorry, not quit as short as I had hoped but still pretty vague.

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