Word: beingness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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I was riding my bike on the sidewalks of Harvard Square the other day, speeding to yet another appointment--maybe a class or a meeting or a rehearsal. Who knows? It was something I was late for. I was weaving in and out of pedestrians and passers-by--nothing hazardous...
I was caught completely off guard. "I'm in a hurry," I stated calmly, glancing at my bike to emphasize the point. "I was being completely safe. You just can't tell because you're stupid."
This is a deeply worrying situation. Why do the more senior, and one would imagine wiser, members of the Phoenix club feel that this is appropriate treatment of animals? Would they feel as comfortable treating a human child in this way? Presumably not. But stop and think for a moment...
Like humans, chickens have emotions and thoughts. Their emotions and thoughts are unlikely to be exactly like ours, but that is not really the issue. The issue is: How do chickens feel when they are cooped up in a small box? How do they feel when they are being chased...
We know that each fire we roll to has the potential of being the last, and we take care not to treat any as "normal." Firefighters are not action movie heroes, throwing ourselves indiscriminately into walls of advancing flame. We respect each fire, know its force and know when it...