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• Ed commented on Fang Fuckers: some reflections (in a mirror)
  Boy, where does Our Genial Host live where there aren't incredible numbers of bloodsuckers? We've got ticks, mosquitoes, midges, gnats, horse flies, sand flies, deer flies, ticks, leeches, .... They're all small invertebrates, but in the water there are lampreys and hagfish. And the very frightening candiru........
• ayn.marx.666 commented on Fang Fuckers: some reflections (in a mirror)
  Margot Adler is evidently working on a book about the meaning of the vampire in modern society; it might be interesting as she generally writes well, and because she went from having read very few or no vampire novels to O(100) over the course of a year....
• RDSouth commented on Fang Fuckers: some reflections (in a mirror)
  In addition to being something like economic vampires, many of us are also carnivores. My thinking on this is that meat is a cheap (in America) way to ensure complete nutrition. I'm living in the world I'm in. I think most meat animals don't have much future, so killing them is acceptable. That extreme utilitarian thing: it's what they're good for. But, I would prefer that they not be tortured. While they will not miss golden years they never knew they had, they will know pain. I could get nicer meat, but factory farm meat is much cheaper than free...
• gmuir77 commented on Fang Fuckers: some reflections (in a mirror)
  Morals vs. Dollars. Something always has to give....
• dirk.bruere commented on Fang Fuckers: some reflections (in a mirror)
  Pulling together some references posted here and spelling it out tabloid style - why the world as we know it might change radically within the next 5 years. I suspect there may be some material here for SF writers: http://transhumanity.net/articles/entry/our-vampire-future-wireheading-and-hi-tech-psychopaths...