RE: Why is halal legal?
July 8, 2011 at 3:41 am
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2011 at 3:42 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(July 4, 2011 at 9:40 pm)Rhythm Wrote: LOL, padraic, was just an amusing turn of phrase. I've been in food production for awhile, and I'm an avid hunter. I've dropped the hammer on more than a few animals in my time and I'd be lying if I told you that they died with dignity. When pressed about this, I can admit abject cruelty for no reasons other than to satisfy a predatory instinct and the love of barbecued meat. I only have myself to point at here. Halal, on the other hand, is preparing livestock in a manner that is assumed to appease the lord god.
Oh, OK. Hard to see tongue-in-cheek in the written word.
However, I find cruelty to an animal for atavistic pleasure more morally objectionable than to do so because of sincere moral/religious conviction.--Of course I find both reasons disgusting,so the distinction is moot to me.
Would I kill an animal? Of course, if was hungry enough.I've killed and dressed chickens and turkeys.Did not enjoy the experience at all. I saw a water buffalo killed once (for a wedding feast) in Malaysia. Nearly threw up. The meat was chewy but flavoursome.
