If I could
I would
& should
speak the truth
I regret
I can’t yet
but 1 day
I pray
I’ll say
it my way
without fear:
Let’s have justice & beer
Analysis
Happiness
Happiness is how we feel about our life,
about the accomplishment of strife.
It ranges on a scale from extremely high to utterly low
the latter is a problem though.
For scaling happiness down
makes us morally frown.
It is bad
to make others sad.
That is true
for animals too.
What makes me happy
is to see
others do
what’s good for you
oh dearest to my heart,
animals receiving their rightful part.
See also ‘Happiness‘ in our value shop.
Add:
Freedom
Freedom
of speech for all
bans boredom
above all.
Allahu Akbar
has become
an exemplar
of restricted freedom,
a threat
of violence,
death
and intolerance.
Women, gay or animal
the Muslim radical
is a cannibal
of liberty
and that’s a pity.
Neither on the Christian devout
I must shout
can I be proud,
for though he slices human throats no more
he still
does exploit and kill
turning life on earth for many into hell
as well.
So the religious radical is like a whore
seducing reason and responsibility as does a liquor store.
But freedom of speech for all
can
makes us human
above all.
Adds:
Speciesism
To discriminate based on sex
is sexism;
To discriminate based on race
is racism.
Therefore, to discriminate based on species
is speciesism.
But to discriminate based on religion
should then be religionism,
and to discriminate based on hair-color,
hair-colorism.
None-sense of course,
and awfully-sounding discourse.
Let speciesism hence
be racism
to stand for an illegitimate preference
to benefit the human race
to the detriment of the animal-kingdom.
It’s a disgrace.
Add:
See also the article on speciesism in the NYT.
Philosophy is dead
‘God is dead’
Nietzsche said.
Nothing has been less true.
Now philosophy is dead too.
The love of wisdom has gone,
if ever there was one
under the sun.
The internet promised transparency
but now lost its valency.
The truth is mostly not desirable
and truth-tellers are hireable.
Science should know
and philosophy show
the full truth in one blow.
Market forces are in control
and window-dressing is standing tall.
The truth is of secondary importance,
a matter of idle romance.
Money makes the world go round.
Money makes a pleasant sound.
Money has buried philosophy in the ground.
Soal
According to the free dictionary
a soal is the sole of a shoe
or a fish,
or a dirty pond.
But, for me
a soal is not a sole
For me
a soal is a soul
A soal is a s.o.a.l. is a s-o-a-l.
A soal is a Subject-Of-A-Life!
A subject-of-a-life has a soul
Animals are soals,
and so are we.
An animal,
whether human or non-human,
is a soal with a soul.
So, don’t treat a soal as a sole!
Death
Death is denied,
kept at bay, far away.
Death doom makes us religious,
makes us superstitious.
We sacrifice millions
just to conquer death
White coat torture
convinced doing good
hungry for eternal praise.
Crazy people.
Death is natural,
part of life.
Face it.
Embrace it.
Death enables life.
Let’s make room for others
when time comes.
In a coffin
or ashes scattered
Even better
back to nature
Eaten by the vultures
Make my fellow creatures happy one last time
Wouldn’t that be a wonderful way to say goodbye,
and remain part of nature forever?
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Me, myself and I
SEO CEO
SEO: Search Engine Optimization
Running a website makes you an SEO slave
The slave of Google, Bing and Yahoo!
Surfing the web makes you an SEO CEO.
CEO that’s us!
We are Chief Executive Officers.
SEO that’s us too!
We are Optimized Search Engines.
We are SEO’s CEOs.
We are animals
Animals have bodies
Bodies are engines
We are engines
Animals are optimized,
optimized for survival and reproduction
We are optimized
Animals are sentient,
sentience induces search.
We search
We are SEO’s CEOs: Search Engine Optimization’s Chief Executive Officers
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Speed
Speed may be good.
You get more things done.
But don’t forget to live in the meantime.
and don’t forget the lives of others.
Speed may be bad.
You are taking risks.
So don’t forget you are alive
and don’t forget others are as well.
Find your natural pace.
It is in-between speeding and slow motion.
Accelerate just for fun.
Slow down as well sometimes,
just to enjoy the fun of it
and to find your natural pace.
Let it wax and wane.
Play with it.
Enjoy it.
So you won’t forget to live
and appreciate the natural speed of other creatures,
whatever that may be.
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Values
What are values?
Are virtues values?
What about duties?
Needs?
And resources?
Do you value human life?
The lives of animals?
Plants?
Bugs?
Viruses?
Do you value imaginary lives?
Extra-terrestrial life perhaps?
Do you value virtual life?
Are values virtual?
Do you value death?
What about a good death?
Eu-thanasia?
Dying for a cause?
Do all values have a magnitude?
And how is it quantified?
Is all value worth money?
And all money value?
Is there a common value denominator?
Are some values more valuable than others?
Is there a Maslowian pyramid?
Basic values at the bottom
Esoteric, philosophic ones on top?
Or instrumental ones down under
and intrinsic ones above?
Inherent or intrinsic
Aesthetic, moral or monetary?
What about conflict?
Is there a pecking-order among values?
Is more value always better than less?
And what is it that creates value?
We humans?
What about animal values?
And values for plant?
Can we fundamentally value the wrong things?
Value what is not of value?
Or does anything become of value only because it is valued?
Can there be anything of value left if there is nobody left to value?
Value all that values
Value more
Value all values
Even value what is not valued
Because valuation generates value
Value everything
Even nothing
Fiction
Fact, fiction, fantasy
the truth is important
to know about animal welfare
but fiction is important too
to understand animal welfare
not knowingly
but feelingly
fiction supports imagination
understanding what it is like for them
understanding with your heart
empathy and compassion
hence, animals need science and fiction:
science – fiction
AWSN: Animal Welfare Solutions Network
AWSN: Animal Welfare Solutions Network
A is for Animal, which includes humans too
W is for Welfare, which includes poor states too.
S is for Solutions, which includes problem formulation too.
N is for Network, which includes things and their relationships too.
AWSN is
human and animal
poor- and good welfare
problem formulation and solution surfing towards Nirvana
through the internet of things.
A = Animal + Human = AniHum
W = Well-fare + Poor-fare = WholeFare
S = Solutions + Problems = Surfing
N = Network + Things = Nirvana
AWSN = AniHum WholeFare Surfing Nirvana
AWSN :
………….Animal
…………………….Welfare
………………………………….Solutions
………………………………………………..Network
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Time
Feelings
Feathers
Three goose feathers found in a meadow
not shed naturally
still attached at the base
memory to a violent death by huntsman or fox
memory to an evolution of taking wing
failed just this once
or perhaps a peaceful passing
no longer needed to capture thoughts in ink
the three feathers figure as friends
turning the world upside down
they have adopted me as their pet.
Running
Running means hurry,
except for recreational running.
Recreational running is
hurried relaxation.
Animals run away,
or they run towards.
Some just run to run,
expressing a behavioural need,
as endorphin junks.
In most running motivation is strong,
desperate wanting.
Except for one,
the headless chicken run.
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