Well, Wolfgang, I am generally in support of forgiveness, negotiation, and accomodation between parties who disagree on a given subject. I have no fear of getting a firsthand experience of my beliefs, none whatsoever.

As to cutting stone unnecessarily...it's all a matter of degree. People who wantonly devastate nature or property (animate or inanimate) are in fact committing a type of immorality, what I would term a crime, against the general community and against the planet. Whether you call it murder or not is entirely up to the individual, I suppose. I don't know that I necessarily would call it that, but I would call it a crime.

I was simply making a statement to suggest the notion that it is not just human life that is sacred, but all life. Humans are usually egotistical enough to think otherwise.

On the other hand, I'm not suggesting that it is possible to survive without taking some life (plant or animal, depending) in the process. It's the unnecessary and inappropriate taking of life that I object to.

Spiritual philosophy is a real pain to you, isn't it, Wolfgang? (presumably because you believe it to be based on fiction?)

- LH