Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Rights! Rights! Is it Right?
The animal and the vegetable watched the people rallying for their rights and then looked at each other.
Animal said, "these humans are so weird. One right clashing with another's right". Vegetable agreed, "yes, the smokers claim their rights to smoke and the non-smokers want smoke-free air."
Vegetable was proud, "go ahead and tell me more rights and I will tell you the right it breaks."
Animal spoke, "the right to property." Vegetable answered, "that will clash with another's right to property".
Animal said, "freedom of expression." Vegetable laughed, " Yes, it doesn't leave much freedom to the eyes. Right? The eyesight, then becomes, a slave to expression".
Animal laughed, "okay, how about freedom of speech". Vegetable quickly retorted, "undermining the ears its right to hear something pleasant, harmonious, and true." Animal agreed, " oh, poor ears... it doesn't have a choice but to hear."
Animal thought deeply, "how about the right to religious belief." Vegetable answered, "clashes with other religious belief and no religious belief." Animal spoke, "so it should be no religion" Vegetable answered, " told you, it will clash to right to religion".
The animal retorted, "they have reproductive rights. A woman's right to forego motherhood." The vegetable continued animal's sentence, "and it clashes with the man's right to fatherhood".
The animal asked, "how about equal rights?" Vegetable answered, "that's good but then equality became sameness". Animal asked, "is that wrong?" Vegetable replied, "Will you give the same medicine to one who is sick and one who is not?" Animal answered fast, "no".
Animal said, "they have animal rights, would you like them to have vegetable rights?" Vegetable replied, "haha, we are minced, chopped, fried, sprayed. (pretending to cry) How could they treat us so viciously." Animal laughed at vegetable and spoke, "we should complain, too. They are always saying.. treat the animals humanely. Why can't they accept us for who we are... animals". Animal and vegetable laughed together. Vegetable spoke, "and they call the sick, immobile people as vegetables". Animal asked, "is that offensive?" Vegetable answered, "at least I am a LIVING thing. There are people being treated like inanimate objects."
Animal asked, "should they abandon fighting for their rights? Maybe they will find peace." Vegetable answered, "Oh no!"
Vegetable continued, "right is right! But when they think that right is taking away the box and left with no boundaries, then the right is wrong." Animal listened intently.
Vegetable continued, "A right has lines that allows humanity to journey into the truth. It defines identity and purpose in the hope of leading to its fullness."
Vegetable went on, "Without the lines, the rights would only make fragmented people. Everything is connected in this world, and they will lose their connection." Vegetable sigh, "chaos and death".
Animal tried another one, "abortion right." Vegetable answered, "that's easy... clashing with the right of another human being to live." Animal retorted, "well, at least that ends all the other rights." Vegetable laughed, "Yes, because that's the only true HUMAN RIGHT."
Animal asked vegetable, "would you like them to have a vegetable right?" Vegetable was aghast, "oh, may heaven forbid, or else what's the sense of being here if I do not have a purpose."
Animal said, "these humans are so weird. One right clashing with another's right". Vegetable agreed, "yes, the smokers claim their rights to smoke and the non-smokers want smoke-free air."
Vegetable was proud, "go ahead and tell me more rights and I will tell you the right it breaks."
Animal spoke, "the right to property." Vegetable answered, "that will clash with another's right to property".
Animal said, "freedom of expression." Vegetable laughed, " Yes, it doesn't leave much freedom to the eyes. Right? The eyesight, then becomes, a slave to expression".
Animal laughed, "okay, how about freedom of speech". Vegetable quickly retorted, "undermining the ears its right to hear something pleasant, harmonious, and true." Animal agreed, " oh, poor ears... it doesn't have a choice but to hear."
Animal thought deeply, "how about the right to religious belief." Vegetable answered, "clashes with other religious belief and no religious belief." Animal spoke, "so it should be no religion" Vegetable answered, " told you, it will clash to right to religion".
The animal retorted, "they have reproductive rights. A woman's right to forego motherhood." The vegetable continued animal's sentence, "and it clashes with the man's right to fatherhood".
The animal asked, "how about equal rights?" Vegetable answered, "that's good but then equality became sameness". Animal asked, "is that wrong?" Vegetable replied, "Will you give the same medicine to one who is sick and one who is not?" Animal answered fast, "no".
Animal said, "they have animal rights, would you like them to have vegetable rights?" Vegetable replied, "haha, we are minced, chopped, fried, sprayed. (pretending to cry) How could they treat us so viciously." Animal laughed at vegetable and spoke, "we should complain, too. They are always saying.. treat the animals humanely. Why can't they accept us for who we are... animals". Animal and vegetable laughed together. Vegetable spoke, "and they call the sick, immobile people as vegetables". Animal asked, "is that offensive?" Vegetable answered, "at least I am a LIVING thing. There are people being treated like inanimate objects."
Animal asked, "should they abandon fighting for their rights? Maybe they will find peace." Vegetable answered, "Oh no!"
Vegetable continued, "right is right! But when they think that right is taking away the box and left with no boundaries, then the right is wrong." Animal listened intently.
Vegetable continued, "A right has lines that allows humanity to journey into the truth. It defines identity and purpose in the hope of leading to its fullness."
Vegetable went on, "Without the lines, the rights would only make fragmented people. Everything is connected in this world, and they will lose their connection." Vegetable sigh, "chaos and death".
Animal tried another one, "abortion right." Vegetable answered, "that's easy... clashing with the right of another human being to live." Animal retorted, "well, at least that ends all the other rights." Vegetable laughed, "Yes, because that's the only true HUMAN RIGHT."
Animal asked vegetable, "would you like them to have a vegetable right?" Vegetable was aghast, "oh, may heaven forbid, or else what's the sense of being here if I do not have a purpose."
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