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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

Duppers

(28,246 posts) Wed Aug 30, 2023, 02:30 AM Aug 2023

Edison quote (reposted)

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

- Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

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Edison quote (reposted) (Original Post) Duppers Aug 2023 OP

Based on what happened in Jacksonville and North Carolina in the last few days 4lbs Aug 2023 #1

✔️ Duppers Aug 2023 #2

So. Based on that quote, "we are still savages." dchill Aug 2023 #3

This from the man who introduced the electric chair ? eppur_se_muova Aug 2023 #4

He was a dichotomy - evil, arrogant... Duppers Aug 2023 #5

4lbs

(7,395 posts)

1. Based on what happened in Jacksonville and North Carolina in the last few days

Reply to Duppers (Original post)

Wed Aug 30, 2023, 03:43 AM

Aug 2023

I think even being called a "savage" might be too high a distinction for some.

Duppers

(28,246 posts)

2. ✔️

Reply to 4lbs (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 30, 2023, 03:51 AM

Aug 2023

dchill

(40,468 posts)

3. So. Based on that quote, "we are still savages."

Reply to Duppers (Original post)

Wed Aug 30, 2023, 04:31 AM

Aug 2023

Too many of us really are.

eppur_se_muova

(37,389 posts)

4. This from the man who introduced the electric chair ?

Reply to Duppers (Original post)

Wed Aug 30, 2023, 10:19 PM

Aug 2023

To "prove" AC was more dangerous than DC (on which machinery he held the patents)?

Duppers

(28,246 posts)

5. He was a dichotomy - evil, arrogant...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 30, 2023, 11:15 PM

Aug 2023

Yet with a knowledge of what was humane.

Since he punished violence with violence, I wonder if he thought of himself as a savage.

And how he cheated Tesla was unforgivable.

I like the quote, not the hypocrite expressing it.

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