For one thing to live, another thing has to die. That is the way of things, and I think that Karma, being an enlightened entity, would understand that. It’s the Cycle.
I’m glad this particular linguistic fad bugs somebody besides me. They’ve ruined a perfectly good and useful word, rendering it meaningless. Learn some new adverbs, people.
I don’t understand the “contradiction”. Cats are obligate carnivores. Humans are omnivores, most of whom eat meat. What’s the contradiction of a meat-eater having another meat-eater as a pet?
I was going to say, that’s from Wrath of Khan. Although WoK might have taken it from Moby Dick. I know Khan directly quotes the book at the end, but this part might be a paraphrase of another quote.
Kant’s Categorical Imperative.