[hyjin]

>.> im going back into my box...

[Alpha]

*points to closet labeled "hyjin's box"*

[hyjin]

-sets up my cardboard box next to the sofa-
you both are mean...

[Alpha]

Just giving you a hard time. All in good fun...eh?

[Lawtan]

*pops in and drops a fuzzy teddy and warm milk 'n cookies by/in hyjin's box.
Fight the meanies! *Glomphing tackles Tiva and Alpha*

[Alpha]

Wait...what? What's going on here? *is glomped*

[hyjin]

-dog piles on the people-

[Alpha]

Oooof! Too...many...peoples...*reaches out from pile dramatically*

[hyjin]

im a fox not a person lol

[Lawtan]

Umm...fox fits into the animist definition of "peoples"
...along with trees, computers, flies, Mars, and plastic bags...

[hyjin]

Lol where you getting this from

[Lawtan]

From the Animist Manifesto:

All that exists lives

All that lives is worthy of respect

You don’t have to like what you respect

Not liking someone is no reason for not respecting them

Respecting someone is no reason for not eating them

Reasons are best worked out in relationship – especially if you are looking for reasons to eat someone – or if you are looking for reasons not to be eaten

If you agree that all that exists is alive and worthy of respect, it is best to talk about ‘persons’ or ‘people’ rather than ‘beings’ or ‘spirits’, let alone ‘biomechanisms’, ‘resources’, ‘possessions’, and ‘things’

The world is full of persons (people if you prefer), but few of them are human

The world is full of other-than-human persons

The world is full of other-than-oak persons

The world is full of other-than-hedgehog persons

The world is full of other-than-salmon persons

The world is full of other-than-kingfisher persons

The world is full of other-than-rock persons…

‘Other-than’ has at least three references:

it reminds us that we are persons in relationship with others,

it reminds us that many of our closest kin are human, while the closest kin of oaks are oaks, so we talk most easily with humans while rocks talk most easily with other rocks…

it reminds us to speak first of what we know best (those closest to us)

Make that four references:

it reminds us to celebrate difference as an opportunity to expand our relationships rather than seeing it as a cause of conflict or conquest

[hyjin]

... really... im still no person...

[Lawtan]

Eh?
*d'aww-hugs*

[hyjin]

-hugs- humans are strange

[Lawtan]

Yes, yes they are.