On Dec 18, 2009, at 16:41 , Graydon wrote:
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:57:51PM -0600, William Robb scripsit:
I like to believe it's true because I happen to like eating a nice
steak, and sharing the fatty bits with my pet dog, and anyone who
gets
in the way of that is the enemy.
"Alive" and "food" are synonyms. Trying to live in a world where that
isn't true is like trying to live in a world where rocks don't fall
when
you drop them.
That's no excuse for treating animals poorly; even from the "I fed
them
because I meant to eat them" perspective, they both taste better and
are
better for you that way.
I agree with Graydon. For the most part, the food industry does what
it can to provide us with meats with the minimal harm and trauma.
I've been a city boy most of my life. I have however lived and worked
on farms at several points in my life. Those experiences, and the
horrible images the news media have taken great glee in showing to us
these past few years, have me very aware of the chain of events that
brings meat to our tables. But it hasn't turned me off to the end
product. From shrimp to buffalo, most of the animals on earth are
killed for food in some amount small or large.
What bothers me the most in all this is the over-killing of many
species by the greed of the harvesters and/or the zealous demand of
the few for selfish or religious reasons.
In my mind it equates to the slaughter of our young men and women in
the myriad of fruitless wars waged throughout history to sate some
desire created by a few of our political, religious, or insane elders,
who in fact never engage at risk to their own safety. Unless they lose
when they've behaved in the worst possible inhumane manor.
Joseph McAllister
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“ Nature is considerably more creative and inventive than humankind.
Without Nature there isn't any humankind. Without humankind, Nature is
fine.”
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