brief note (end of Feb, 2016)

Self.

You practiced having a person, and feeling while in the womb.

• https://aeon.co/opinions/why-playing-peekaboo-with-babies-is-a-very-serious-matter
• http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0024081

I said it when you were in the womb, that you had mind and comprehended number.  I had no doubt that you had self.

Perhaps those who are vegetarian because of what the animals experience - capability of feeling fear or pain during "harvesting" - might consider being more merciful to the unborn.  Probably not, our "civilization" is kind in name, but not in actual practice.  The rate of brutality is increasing, sadly.

I want better for you.