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Self-sacrifice

Self-sacrifice

12th October, 2010

It was with particular interest that I noticed how last week’s episode of $#*! (Bleep) My Dad Says on CBS television mentioned a pig that willingly went to slaughter.

Posted in Personal, Reviews, Soapbox, Vocabulary | Tagged CBS, Elysian Mysteries, parenthood, sacrifice, slaughter, William Shatner | Leave a response

Life as a pig, in two parts

Life as a pig, in two parts

18th April, 2009

Here two small adventures illustrative of life as a human imagining life as a pig. Pilgrims or hedonists, you decide…

Posted in Representation, Soapbox, Vocabulary | Tagged 60 Minutes, BBC, CBS, Dolly Parton, Dr. Dolittle, duality, Elysian Mysteries, hedonist, life as a pig, Morley Safer, My Life as an Animal, pilgrim, Richard da Costa, suckling | 1 Response


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If fruit was the first temptation, pork was probably the second.

National Pork Producers Council, print advertisement in THE NEW YORKER, May 27, 1996.

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