OT - snipe is a type of bird - I think there's a number of differing ones. But being told to hunt snipe is a different thing, it's a hunt for the impossible, sometimes used on noobs in a job and sometimes just to get someone to go away. (Hey apprentice, go get me a left hand screwdriver! :D)
Smelling pistakes can be annoying when there are many of them. Everyone typos once in a while and that's what spell check is for. Worse are grammar mistakes because they can alter the whole meaning of a phrase or sentence. But online, mentioning them tends to get wild accusations of 'grammar nazi' or worse. I am unsure why people think it is OK not to be able to properly use their language (ESL folk aside
) but it seems to bring virulent reactions. I'd put it down to bad teaching where students got chastised for incorrect spelling etc. but to be honest, schools just aren't that particular anymore and I doubt more than maybe 10% of teachers would pass an 8th grade (form 3) spelling test in my day.
Interestingly if we read through this thread we can see similar reactions from both sides. I am unsure what it is about the modern world that makes us so ready to jump into black or white groupings, unless it is the training we get in school and society where TPTB, the MSM and the education system all try to teach us that is how to view the universe.
There is nothing wrong with being a vegetarian who eats meat occasionally, or a carnivore who takes a break for a vegan diet every now and then. If fact, if you think it through, such eating patterns are what we developed as a species on. When meat was available we would feast, because it spoiled quickly. When it wasn't we'd vegan with the best of them. :D
One worry is how bad our diet appears to be compared to ancient history - there are very few ancient myths that do NOT contain tales of people who lived much longer than we do. Even the bible has 900 year olds in the early days. Noah was 600+ when he built the ark. It seems something changed and my suspicions point at grains.
Wheat, rice and corn are all staples, all unusual genetically and all came from the misty time before our carefully doctored history, but only JUST before. We might suppose early man developed them but the problems come in how such people could have bred in properties that were not present in the original species.
So were I to decide to go vegetarian, I would be looking for a diet with no grains.
And reason doesn't have to be a slave to passions, and in a truly sane wo/man, I think it would be that passions are grist for the mill of reason. :D
