Feeding Ethical Concerns

[Rev. Zandra Amara]

Within the community, we all have different concerns and aspects regarding our feeding. Be that as they may, we still have governing rules to live by that do not allow us to commit crimes. However, there is also the matter of whom to feed from and whom not to feed from. I personally view that certain individuals should be off limits so to say, for they need their energy reserves for growth and development, battling sicknesses, and others that it would be harmful to purposefully feed off of. In this listing, I would like to mention some types of individuals that I personally find it unethical to feed from including but not limited to the elderly, pregnant women, the mentally ill, cancer patients, those currently sick in any way or form (which can pass that sickness onto the vampiric feeder), and children. However, I have no qualms with feeding off of ambient energy left behind, but to take directly from these individuals even if you feel you are helping them may be damaging to their health and development. Elderly individuals, unless they are lucky, have lower energy levels than those of youth. Constantly, our elderly citizens are deteriorating in health and vitality while battling off many more diseases due to that affect. The mental health population have their own issues that several may need their own energy for recovery so that in taking from them it may be damaging to them being able to get a grip on reality among other things. It should be a given to not feed off of the sick, not just for their health but the vampire's. Pregnant women, and to those not of common sense, are currently more than one person. They may seem that they have more energy to offer, but that is because they have a growing baby inside of them. This leads me to discuss children, who do have outputs of high amounts of energy. I'm sure this may appear to be a tasty snack and a good boost for the vampiric individual, but regarding ethics and feeding, I personally feel that it is dangerous to their health and well being during a delicate stage of growing and maturing in their lives. I view that they need this extra energy, and to take of it deprives them of so much more than the energy, but the ability to learn and grow. Children also are always easily catching colds and the flu from other children on the playground, and they have a lot to combat in needing their high energy levels to level out the lack of antibodies that older individuals possess. Also, I would like to mention parents. For one, don't give parents a reason to hate us by attacking their children. Do not underestimate the power and intuition of a mother, who cares deeply for their children while not wanting any harm to ever come to them. Several parents entrust their children to others, and in that, they hope that they do not have to worry about the multitude of predators out there who could harm their children. I hope that we as vampires can have a heart when being predators, and not attack those who need their energies for a healthy existence. We deserve to be healthy. It is not a right or a privileged, but a necessity for most of us in acquiring our needs. Please do not take advantage of our nature and prey on those that are weaker than us, who cannot fight back, especially concerning those mentioned above. I also believe it is not nice to feed on those of our kind because they like other vampirics have such low energy levels to find stability for everyday the same as you. You are entitled to your own beliefs on ethics, but I ask of you not to give other vampires a bad name in maintaining your own energy levels from those that need their energy just as much or more than you do.

Please share your own thoughts and concerns regarding your personal ethics on feeding so that we may discuss this in a mature manner.

[Hawkmoor]

*Bows with deepest respect*
My dear Lady Zandra,
Lady Moonchild and I would like to commend you on your assessment and commentary in the matter.

As parents and vampyres we are disturbed at the thought o' someone "feeding" from children... if we discovered that someone were feeding off ours... well, let us not travel that path just now eh?

You are quite correct, we believe, in your analysis of the energy needs of the aged, the infirm and the very young. As you so adroitly pointed out, ambient energy is one thing but even at this juncture that "ambient" should not be drawn from a gathering composed entirely of children.

We are of a nature that makes it necessary for us to be predatory to a certain degree but within that we MUST always be ethical and moral in our dealings, we must also be discrete. The mundane world is not ready for modern vampyres. It is inevitable that feeding from children and ill people would be construed as a form of abuse... that would create unecessary hardship for our communities and would create reasons for a violent and vicious backlash against us all.

With compliments,
H& M

[bomb]

If i had a child, and I learned that someone was feeding of of MY kid I would have to crack some skulls.

[bridgetchanning21]

i agree if someone was feeding of my kids they would be carried out in a body bag!