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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nirmal1991" data-source="post: 19584997" data-attributes="member: 436572">1. Murder. Or at least acting as an  accessory to murder. Almost daily, I consume the flesh of sentient  beings that are capable of suffering and that are made to suffer so that  I can have the pleasure of eating them. I could avoid this by becoming a  vegetarian or vegan*, but I don't and probably won't. My main method of  dealing with this is denial. * Though even this is a lie,  because in many ways besides eating (e.g. destruction of environments), I  participate in a culture that murders the thinking/feeling beings I  share the planet with. 2. Extreme selfishness. I live in a  two-floor apartment which I share with just one other person: my wife.  In addition to our bedroom, we have a large living-room and a spare  bedroom, which goes unused (aside from being a place to store things)  most of the year. There's a bed in it no one uses, except the few days a  year we have guests.Meanwhile, I live in a city where homeless people die due to exposure. I could save at least one life by allowing someone to spend the winter in that room. I don't and won't.In  addition, though I live on a planet where many people are starving, I  spend a large amount of cash each year on luxury items, some of which I  don't even wind up using. For instance, I'm not a gamer, but a couple of  years ago, on a whim, I spent over a hundred dollars on a wii console.  It's now sitting by my TV, gathering dust. Meanwhile, people are starving.  I don't even plan to sell the wii and give the money to charity. If I  do sell it, I'll probably use the money to go to a fancy restaurant or  buy some other gadget I won't use.I don't believe I'm required  to strip myself down to bare subsistence levels for the sake of others.  But I waste way more money than I need for survival and happiness. I step over homeless people to get into Best Buy. It's easy for me to do it. I do it every day without thinking. My strategy for keeping guilt at bay is denial.</blockquote>

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