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NEWS: Evangelion brings man to kill mother

evangelion seems to have a lot of heat surrounding it, even after all this time. i guess that is a sign of a truly great anime....

Hmm. A lot of you seem to think killing is wrong. But I think we should be a little more technical here. I think it'd be better if we say -- it's never right to kill another HUMAN.

eva05 wrote:

Actually I, like Hideaki Anno, am a vegetarian so don't lump me in with you butchers. And quite frankly humans deserve what we get far more than the animals driven through McAuschwitz or Taco Macht Frei. I mean we make excuses for everything. God told me to kill you. Anime told me to kill you. Video games turned me into a criminal. Rap music turned me into a drug dealer. Heavy Metal made me worship the devil. Give me a break. People should be held responsible for their actions. Once in while they are. j

Sorry, I know not every person is an omnivore. I was just trying to make a point for people who do eat meat, which I think is a majority of the planet. But anyway, I'm not saying that it is wrong to kill humans. I mean, that's what justice is about right? And sometimes, justice involves killing. You know, to preserve the safety and sanity of others. If they hadn't killed that guy who committed that Oklahoma City bombing, do you think he might have bombed somewhere else?

But then again, it's also not right to kill (depending on the circumstances). If an innocent guy was framed, or if some other person committed murder just because something was wrong with their brain in which these people might not have had their own will to control the outcome. I guess it's hard to tell when it's right and wrong in these cases since you can't read people's minds. Oh well, I'm just trying to give dual-sided opinions here. I believe there are two sides to every idea, situation, and pretty much any other presence in the universe. I may not argue them too well, but I'll try and learn from what you guys say. Well, thanks for your comment eva05 and have a great day!

I don't mean to take this off topic really but I 've always had this question on the subject of being a "vegitarian" which I can never get a logical, or common sense answer to. The question is; when, in the evolution of our species, were we not omnivors?

Mohawk52 wrote:

I don't mean to take this off topic really but I 've always had this question on the subject of being a "vegitarian" which I can never get a logical, or common sense answer to. The question is; when, in the evolution of our species, were we not omnivors?

There's a difference between the biological, instinctive and evolutionary labels of "Carnivore, Omnivore and Herbivore" and the lifestyle labels of Vegitarian, Vegan, and "normal."

In this situation, humans are Omnivores, period, and we always have been as far as I know.

But vegitarianism and Veganism are choices made by some individuals to restrict their diet in an unatural way. Humans have come a long way from an instinct based species, and we do a lot of things that aren't natural for our species. Among these, the choice not to eat meat, something that wouldn't be possible for a human living without modern technology and the access to particular foods that it brings.

Biologically speaking, although he is a vegitarian, Eva05 is still an omnivore.

-t

Thanks for all that, I do understand that it is a choice rather than an instinct. But when I've asked "veggies" what's the point? The answers have been; it's cruel, we were never meant to be meat eaters, it's not healthy to eat meat. So when I ask "why?" I get the strangest replies, too many to list here. None of which has any scientific proven fact to back them up.

But the fact that RED meat is unhealthy when compared to non-mamal meat is a scientifically proven fact.

I think the biggest reason, one that is hard to argue with, is the personal belief that many people have that killing is wrong. Sure we had no other choice before, but now we have the choice, we have the option of living without killing other living creatures.

It's logic that can't be argued with, but it's based on a belief that "killing animals unnecesarrily is wrong." Fact is, not everyone shares that belief, and others that do share it don't believe it strongly enough to be willing to give up their friday night steak for it.

BTW, I'm not vegetarian.

-t