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Well, the Sartre test is over (I did ok), and I\u2019ve recently received some good calls to action that I thought I would pass on. Sometimes even philosophy-types like me have to get out of our heads and actually do<\/span> something from time to time.\n
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  1. Stop Canada\u2019s Seal Hunt!<\/a> Canada plans to sanction the hunting of baby seals. Clubbing baby seals<\/a> = bad karma. So go sign the pledge, write a letter, or whatever else you can do to stop it. (US elects a conservative gov\u2019t, we invade Iraq, Canadians elect a conservative government, they club baby seals \u2013 what does this mean?)\n<\/li>\n
  2. Letters to Barry<\/span> \u2013 Send a letter to Barry Simon, a boy from Missoula, MT with a rare form of anemia<\/a> that attacks bone marrow. He is now in Seattle, WA receiving treatment<\/a> and opens letters as part of his physical therapy. Opening letters has greatly increased his progress. Send a letter = Good karma \ud83d\ude42\n
    Barry Simon<\/div>\n
    c\/o Pete Gross Apartments<\/div>\n
    525 Minor Ave. N., No. 413<\/div>\n

    Seattle, WA 98109<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Question <\/span>your<\/span> diet! <\/span> I\u2019ll be going down to see Howard Lyman (his website<\/a>) tonight \u2013 see him yourself<\/a>. He\u2019s a \u2018good ol\u2019 Montana guy, a former football player and cattle rancher who rattled the world a bit by becoming a hardcore vegan and working tirelessly to expose the US food industry (especially meat) for the world of stupidity and hypocrisy that it is. He is most famous for his appearance on Oprah and an ensuing lawsuit<\/a> from the Texas Cattleman\u2019s Association (the suit was for alleged \u2018food disparagement\u2019!)\n

    I saw him a couple years ago and walked away with more disturbing facts than I could deal with in just one night. Happily, even then, I was a vegetarian teetering on veganism. Sometimes hearing what\u2019s in<\/span> the food you eat is depressing, but Howard keeps it upbeat and suggests that it\u2019s not really so hard to become vegan. We\u2019ll see. (Eat consciously = more good karma.) <\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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