tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post5637959517148771304..comments2023-10-17T09:55:01.073-04:00Comments on The Worlds: A sad bug storywritenowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612617536948351540noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post-31513458278588522612011-08-16T10:10:13.940-04:002011-08-16T10:10:13.940-04:00Sooze, glad you learned how to comment. See? It ai...Sooze, glad you learned how to comment. See? It ain't hard. As for roaches, it's hard for a former city-boy like me to care what happens to them. I think I'd do the same thing I always did when I lived in the city: mix sweetened, condensed, evaporated milk with boric acid powder, make little balls and place them in cabinets, and in corners everywhere. No more roaches. You don't see bodies, either. They just move elsewhere. But if you do this, folks, know that the balls will kill pets and little children, too. Not safe if you have such visitors.<br /><br />Sorry to include this in your response, Sooze. And I"m so glad you commented! Now keep it up.writenowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612617536948351540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post-74840928660689655592011-08-16T01:51:44.400-04:002011-08-16T01:51:44.400-04:00While I certainly believe in Do Not Kill, and that...While I certainly believe in Do Not Kill, and that it should apply to all things I must admit that I can not abide rodents and have in my time arranged for their demise. Roaches too, although if I had a bug thing like you describe, I might use it. Happily, at this point in my life I have neither and the lady bug that appeared in my apartment yesterday was placed on the window sill to hasten her return to her family.<br /><br />Reading the grasshopper joke reminded me of a true story told by a friend who was a Public Health Nurse. They go into homes to check up on patients. The home she was visiting was overrun with roaches. They were everywhere. She suggested it would be healthier if the resident got rid of the roaches. The resident said that they believed in reincarnation and so couldn't kill the roaches. The quick thinking nurse suggested that anyone who came back as a roach would probably be happy to move on to her next incarnation.<br /><br />I don't know the results of her suggestion but I've always admired her quick solution to a public health problem.Soozenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post-27293487538565282662011-08-13T13:11:22.558-04:002011-08-13T13:11:22.558-04:00I did watch "The Apostle" - I agree it w...I did watch "The Apostle" - I agree it was a great movie.Anna Guess Pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312345846201371477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post-50608963909541514392011-08-13T11:04:05.977-04:002011-08-13T11:04:05.977-04:00Buddhism is definitely the least offensive religio...Buddhism is definitely the least offensive religion. Why, I don't mind it at all. But I like to think for myself, with guidance from science. <br /><br />I keep thinking I should do a tolerant post about religion. I"m not mean to individual people who believe in stuff (unless they spout nonsense in my house, in which case they have to leave instantly). <br /><br />Ghandi was admirable. Same for Freeman Dyson. Yet they were both rabidly religious. Some religious folks are plain old great. But that doesn't make their religious beliefs more sensible. There is no god. Period.<br /><br />(I even like some religious art, like that movie, "The Apostle" with Robert Duvall. I remember you said you put it in your queue after I reviewed it. Did you ever watch it? Fabulous movie.)writenowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612617536948351540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post-8210540920210252362011-08-13T10:38:43.411-04:002011-08-13T10:38:43.411-04:00Not to get "preachy & religious" on ...Not to get "preachy & religious" on you but your display of kindness toward all life forms reminds me of why lean toward Buddhism for my spiritual centering.<br /><br />There are Five Precepts in Buddhism and the first one is:<br /><br />"Do not kill. This is sometimes translated as "not harming" or an absence of violence." <br /><br />It really applies to ALL living things. As the old joke likes to be told, "Don't kill that grasshopper he could be your uncle."Anna Guess Pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312345846201371477noreply@blogger.com