Guest guest Posted May 5, 2002 Report Share Posted May 5, 2002 Hi - I usually just lurk, but I was watching Frontier House on PBS and found it very upsetting and wanted to get some other perspectives. It is the show where three families are trying to live on the prairie as in 1883. I only saw a few minutes and had to turn it off. The families have decided to have a harvest festival and that they will kill one of the family's pigs for it. The family's son is upset by this, but his parents tell him that this is the reason the pig exists, that alot of animals are killed, it is part of the cycle. The father says something to the effect that the emotional stuff is crap. When I turned it off, the father was about to shoot the pig while it was sleeping. I was apalled at how the child was treated, but then I wondered if it wasn't good to let people see what eating an animal really means. However, I doubt that it will have much meaning for most people. What was so upsetting was that the child clealy was upset, but was being told to get over it by the parents. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2002 Report Share Posted May 6, 2002 I saw this too and thought it was upsetting what the parents told the child. Even more disgusting to me was that the father called the pig over to him to shoot it. One thing the mother told the son that I thought was good was that every time he eats at McDonalds he is eating an animal. Maybe if more people were face to face with the animals things would be different. Noelle - Karen Detling Monday, May 06, 2002 10:24 AM Frontier House Hi - I usually just lurk, but I was watching Frontier House on PBS and found it very upsetting and wanted to get some other perspectives. It is the show where three families are trying to live on the prairie as in 1883. I only saw a few minutes and had to turn it off. The families have decided to have a harvest festival and that they will kill one of the family's pigs for it. The family's son is upset by this, but his parents tell him that this is the reason the pig exists, that alot of animals are killed, it is part of the cycle. The father says something to the effect that the emotional stuff is crap. When I turned it off, the father was about to shoot the pig while it was sleeping. I was apalled at how the child was treated, but then I wondered if it wasn't good to let people see what eating an animal really means. However, I doubt that it will have much meaning for most people. What was so upsetting was that the child clealy was upset, but was being told to get over it by the parents. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2002 Report Share Posted May 6, 2002 i felt that same way about that episode. it was awful. we sat with our hands over our mouths! as bad as shooting the pig was, what was really so heartbreaking was that the poor child was really traumatized--did anyone who read THE FOOD REVOLUTION by John Robbins think about the story of the pig farmer who was still affected by his father killing his pet pig? i'm afraid this little boy will suffer the same way. they also killed chickens pm the show. i'm going to write a letter to them. it was really sad. >Karen Detling <kdetling > > > Frontier House >Sat, 04 May 2002 23:22:37 -0400 > >Hi - I usually just lurk, but I was watching Frontier House on PBS and >found it very upsetting and wanted to get some other perspectives. It is >the show where three families are trying to live on the prairie as in 1883. >I only saw a few minutes and had to turn it off. The families have decided >to have a harvest festival and that they will kill one of the family's pigs >for it. The family's son is upset by this, but his parents tell him that >this is the reason the pig exists, that alot of animals are killed, it is >part of the cycle. The father says something to the effect that the >emotional stuff is crap. When I turned it off, the father was about to >shoot the pig while it was sleeping. I was apalled at how the child was >treated, but then I wondered if it wasn't good to let people see what >eating an animal really means. However, I doubt that it will have much >meaning for most people. What was so upsetting was that the child clealy >was upset, but was being told to get over it by the parents. > >Karen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2002 Report Share Posted May 7, 2002 Isn't this a very common story? Kids being socialized into accepting things as okay when they knew better to begin with. Animals being de-personalized and discounted as commodities and nuisances that are in people's way. I have seen a little of Frontier House but haven't been able to get interested in it, which surprized me since I enjoyed the British BBC show that it was based on. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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