RE: are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?
May 23, 2013 at 9:44 am
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2013 at 9:45 am by littleendian.)
(May 23, 2013 at 8:52 am)little_monkey Wrote: My mother use to slaughter a chicken just about every week, and once in a while a pig, rabbits or even a calf. We celebrate that by giving a big feast, and everybody enjoyed, even though the blood was still staining the floor in some parts of the farm.I'm trying to imagine being in your shoes, seeing my mom butcher a calf when I was a kid... I suspect it would've fundamentally affected many aspects of my personal development... I would find any thoughts you might want to share on this highly fascinating
(May 23, 2013 at 9:26 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Maybe the celebration/feast was to make amends for the sacrifice the animal made.That's a euphemism, the animal did not "sacrifice" itself, it was killed, plain and simple. It will be the day that evolution is proven wrong when you can say the animal was "okay" with this.
"Men see clearly enough the barbarity of all ages — except their own!" — Ernest Crosby.
