Brian Reynolds Myers Quotes

• The idolatry of food cuts across class lines. This can be seen in the public's toleration of a level of cruelty in meat production that it would tolerate nowhere else. If someone inflicts pain on an animal for visual, aural, or sexual gratification, we consider him a monster, and the law makes at least a token effort at punishment. If someone's goal is to put the "product" in his mouth?

  Brian Reynolds Myers

  Pain, Cutting, Animal

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• La vida no puede clasificarse en términos de una simple escalera neurológica, con los seres humanos en la cima; es más exacto hablar de diferentes formas de inteligencia, cada una con sus puntos fuertes y débiles. Este punto quedó bien demostrado en los minutos previos al tsunami del pasado diciembre, cuando los turistas cogieron sus cámaras digitales y corrieron tras el reflujo de las olas, y todos los animales "mudos" se fueron a las colinas.

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  Animal, Simple, Political

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• Las personas que no pueden distinguir entre el buen y el mal lenguaje, o que consideran que la distinción no es importante, es poco probable que piensen cuidadosamente acerca de cualquier otra cosa.

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  Thinking, People, Language

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• I think the West needs to get away from the habit of regarding the regime's nuclear tests and ballistic launches as isolated provocations timed to generate maximum attention.

  Brian Reynolds Myers

  Thinking, Needs, Nuclear

  "North Korea’s Latest Alarming Nuclear Test Is Part of Its Apocalyptic “Final Victory” Strategy" by Isaac Chotiner, www.slate.com. January 6, 2016.

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• That's a mistake I think that a lot of Western observers make is to assume that Korean nationalism is hundreds if not thousands of years old. When in fact nationalism is incompatible with Korean Confucian tradition.

  Brian Reynolds Myers

  Error, Pensamiento, Años

  "North Korea racist, not communist, says author". Interview with Mark Colvin, www.abc.net.au. February 17, 2010.

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• People tend to overlook the fact that North Korea's economy collapsed at about the same time as South Koreans lost faith in their own state. The late 1980s and early 1990s were a time when South Koreans were questioning the very legitimacy of their republic.

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  Korea, People, Republic

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• If South Korea is going to survive, and keep the peace on the peninsula, its citizens need to start conveying support for their state.

  Brian Reynolds Myers

  Korea, Support, Needs

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• Talking is always a good idea. There's no harm in keeping lines of communication open.

  Brian Reynolds Myers

  Communication, Talking, Ideas

  "North Korea’s Latest Alarming Nuclear Test Is Part of Its Apocalyptic “Final Victory” Strategy" by Isaac Chotiner, www.slate.com. January 6, 2016.

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