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You know, this WAS very interesting. I've had this discussion with my omni

husband (and a moe kid-appropriate version with my oldest child) on many

occasions. If you want to eat meat, why NOT your pets after they die? The types

of 'dietary' meat any society deems acceptable is just a matter of cultural

norms. Funny, no one else is as interested in this discussion as I am. Except,

of course, the Gloomy Vegan, apparently!

j.

p.s. I think it must've been Ted Nugent in cognito leaving the reply about

skinning his pet snakes for belt material. (!) I have a lot more respect for

someone who's willing to do that kind of 'dirty work' themselves, rather than

buying the neatly sanitized packages of meat that the grocery store.

 

Sorry, this reminds me of something else. One of my dear (elderly) neighbors was

recently widowed. I've been taking her food on occasion and discovered quite by

accident that she's a vegetarian. She's Austrian/Danish, but was raised in

Stuttgart, Germany. She decided to become a vegetarian as a small child because

she couldn't stand the sight of the dead, skinned animals hanging upside down in

all the butcher shops. This got me to thinking about what our rate of

'vegetarianism' would be if we had this sort of food display.

 

Guess I'm in a philosophical mood today.

j.

 

 

 

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food4u1575 <dana.sommers

 

Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:43:23 AM

Eat Your Dead Pets

 

 

 

 

 

I found this on a strange vegan blog and it reminded me of the dumpstered meat

thread. It's interesting to see how the non-vegans respond. To us it's just as

absurd to eat any animal...

http://ow.ly/15GkVA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You should see the number of animals hanging upside down in Chinatown windows.

There are ducks, rabbits, chickens... you name it. There is even one place that

has 4 or 5 huge fish tanks packed with live fish, frogs, etc. These poor things

can't even move they're so jammed into the tanks. I called the Humane Society

before but they said they can't do anything because they're not pets, they're

food animals. It's sick. I want to break them all out.

 

, jenni claire garverick <jennigarverick

wrote:

>

> You know, this WAS very interesting. I've had this discussion with my omni

husband (and a moe kid-appropriate version with my oldest child) on many

occasions. If you want to eat meat, why NOT your pets after they die? The types

of 'dietary' meat any society deems acceptable is just a matter of cultural

norms. Funny, no one else is as interested in this discussion as I am. Except,

of course, the Gloomy Vegan, apparently!

> j.

> p.s. I think it must've been Ted Nugent in cognito leaving the reply about

skinning his pet snakes for belt material. (!) I have a lot more respect for

someone who's willing to do that kind of 'dirty work' themselves, rather than

buying the neatly sanitized packages of meat that the grocery store.

>

> Sorry, this reminds me of something else. One of my dear (elderly) neighbors

was recently widowed. I've been taking her food on occasion and discovered quite

by accident that she's a vegetarian. She's Austrian/Danish, but was raised in

Stuttgart, Germany. She decided to become a vegetarian as a small child because

she couldn't stand the sight of the dead, skinned animals hanging upside down in

all the butcher shops. This got me to thinking about what our rate of

'vegetarianism' would be if we had this sort of food display.

>

> Guess I'm in a philosophical mood today.

> j.

>

>

>

> ________________________________

> food4u1575 <dana.sommers

>

> Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:43:23 AM

> Eat Your Dead Pets

>

>

>

>

>

> I found this on a strange vegan blog and it reminded me of the dumpstered meat

thread. It's interesting to see how the non-vegans respond. To us it's just as

absurd to eat any animal...

> http://ow.ly/15GkVA

>

 

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In australia there is a show on at the moment called master chef. They did a

few episodes in hong kong and the food markets were very upsetting with live

fish etc and dead animals hanging from the roof. I considered making a

complaint about it bering on tv, especially with the lady trying to kill a

live fish. But then i thought hang on, its a positive thing that its on tv.

Its showing people a bit of reality about meat instead of seeing it just as

a steak in plastic wrap. Anyway i think if this was how food was displayed

here than people would be more uncomfortable. Slaughter houses should have

glass walls and it should be mandatory for meat eaters to visit them.

Anyway interesting idea about eating the dead pets. Again i see nothing

ethically wrong with it, but i couldn't do it. It is a good way to express

reasons for veganism though. People possible can not relate to the love of a

cow but can relate to dogs or cats.

Ange

 

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:06 PM, food4u1575 <dana.sommerswrote:

 

>

>

> You should see the number of animals hanging upside down in Chinatown

> windows. There are ducks, rabbits, chickens... you name it. There is even

> one place that has 4 or 5 huge fish tanks packed with live fish, frogs, etc.

> These poor things can't even move they're so jammed into the tanks. I called

> the Humane Society before but they said they can't do anything because

> they're not pets, they're food animals. It's sick. I want to break them all

> out.

>

>

> <%40>, jenni

> claire garverick <jennigarverick wrote:

> >

> > You know, this WAS very interesting. I've had this discussion with my

> omni husband (and a moe kid-appropriate version with my oldest child) on

> many occasions. If you want to eat meat, why NOT your pets after they die?

> The types of 'dietary' meat any society deems acceptable is just a matter of

> cultural norms. Funny, no one else is as interested in this discussion as I

> am. Except, of course, the Gloomy Vegan, apparently!

> > j.

> > p.s. I think it must've been Ted Nugent in cognito leaving the reply

> about skinning his pet snakes for belt material. (!) I have a lot more

> respect for someone who's willing to do that kind of 'dirty work'

> themselves, rather than buying the neatly sanitized packages of meat that

> the grocery store.

> >

> > Sorry, this reminds me of something else. One of my dear (elderly)

> neighbors was recently widowed. I've been taking her food on occasion and

> discovered quite by accident that she's a vegetarian. She's Austrian/Danish,

> but was raised in Stuttgart, Germany. She decided to become a vegetarian as

> a small child because she couldn't stand the sight of the dead, skinned

> animals hanging upside down in all the butcher shops. This got me to

> thinking about what our rate of 'vegetarianism' would be if we had this sort

> of food display.

> >

> > Guess I'm in a philosophical mood today.

> > j.

> >

> >

> >

> > ________________________________

> > food4u1575 <dana.sommers

> > <%40>

> > Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:43:23 AM

> > Eat Your Dead Pets

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > I found this on a strange vegan blog and it reminded me of the dumpstered

> meat thread. It's interesting to see how the non-vegans respond. To us it's

> just as absurd to eat any animal...

> > http://ow.ly/15GkVA

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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