"I'm a Liberal. I'm Democrat. I'm Buddhist."

Oh poop! All that brilliant writing and then I remember to google you
(actually a9.com) so that I see who my audience is.

I promise... next time I'll google first and write second.

I am maybe considered liberal (I thought it was insane to go to Iraq,
but now we are there I think we need 300,000 troops to contain the
violence).

I'm more libertarian than democrat (growing up in Alaska does that to
you).

But I am not a Buddhist, and that makes my entire morality argument
invalid. Damn!

So, most of the previous post doesn't apply to you, because Buddhists
cannot use the human/non-human argument. What if my next life is as a
brine shrimp, therefore I must treat the brine shrimp as if I would
live it's life.

The argument then is whether containment in an eco sphere is something
that you would wish upon yourself. I think my answer is still the
same, and that a brief existence protected from predators, "might"
outweigh the loss of freedom.

rolf

p.s. try adding The Duhks to your music collection.