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January 31, 2010 |
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Rather Die
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You only get one chance to live or so they say The question is how far I go so I can stay Don't get me wrong I love my life as much as anyone But you can't love yourself if you don't love others too Them or us just doesn't happen every day But when we're fearful we lash out and lose our way But I take pride in being true to the very best of me So it's with a joyful heart that I say I'd rather die, I'd rather die today Than know I'd clung onto my life in such a way I know I'd die, I know I'd die today I'd rather die than be so cruel I'd rather die, I'd rather die today Better off dead than chasing demons like that away I'd rather die, I'd rather die today I'd rather die than be so cruel What is it you think of when you say your name Do you feel proud or do you hang your head in shame And did you try your very best to do no harm Or did you stamp your feet complaining life don't treat you fair? |
Week 6: First a disclaimer. I owe my life to the skill and dedication of our modern medical profession. I also have suffered horribly and needlessly as a result of their blinkered and often plain wrong understanding of health. The same applies to other people close to me and to many people I have met, many more I have read about. Anything you read here - read it in that context. This song more than anything makes me question my 'song a week' mission. I would simply love to spend a month playing around with it. It's sorta losely in a Lewis Taylor circa "Lost Album" style singing. Far less harmonies but the same idea that the melody carries the emotion and the singer does less expression. I really love "Rather Die" and want to play the drums live and record a real piano... Anyway, the lyrics... ...I read a couple of the fact sheets on the kinship circle site about animal testing for medical research. It's truly abhorrent. Then I read huntingdon's site (they are an animal testing company). They would have us believe that the animal rights people are outright lying about the conditions they keep the animals they're testing in... ...maybe... who should I believe? Instead I have decided to sidestep the whole issue. In principal, I do not believe my life or comfort is worth more than that of an animal. No doubt in a moment of desperation I would place myself above another creature but I'm not going to spend my whole life torturing animals on the offchance it *might* yield something that *might* help me live longer. I've seen people close to me suffer horribly from disease and have had far more than my fair share of misery myself for someone my age. Firstly, my hard won experience is that there is generally a better solution than anything a pharmaceutical company has or will ever come with. The reason these solutions are not popular is because they usually involve giving up some of the luxurious trappings of modern life - food being the prime example. Also, these solutions tend not to make any money for anyone in the way that drugs do. I fear the reader will believe all that if they want to, disbelieve it if not. The most convincing set of testimonials I saw was in this book. What I'm trying to say is there are generally better solutions than causing suffering of others in order to solve a problem. And even if there aren't it's up to us to look for them. When all is said and done I would rather leave a legacy like that than a long life and a chain of labs like Huntingdon. Here is the Diigo list. Not much in it this time. Just seems like two groups of people who say the other is flat lying. |
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I can recommend a website called http://www.biggreensmile.com. Chloe gets “friendly” cleaning products and toothpaste from them. You have to pay a bit for delivery but it’s quick and they have much more to offer than Tesco.
Comment by Tom — February 4, 2010 @ 3:19 pm