Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Oh my! What a horrible experience to have to go through as a child. But at least it stopped the family tradition in its tracks and set the stage for you and your brother to become vegetarians. ~ pt ~ Among creatures some lead and some follow. Some blow hot and some blow cold. Some are strong and some are weak. Some may break and some may fall. Therefore the sage discards the extremes, the extravagant, and the excessive. ~ Lao-Tzu (circa 600 BC) ~~~*~~~*~~~> , " Heidi Cusworth " < hcusworth wrote: > This is an interesting question, and I'd have to say my family. > Growing up we always raised a cow, at first I thought it was a pet, > and never really understood why we'd get new ones every year. But at > age 8, I saw my cow, Charlie Brown, get butchered. It didn't go well, > he didn't die right away, and crashed through the fench. He ran right > at me, and just before he got to me they shot him again. I never ate > meat or drank milk from that day on. I didn't understand at the time > that I was becoming a vegetarian, I just knew something was horribly > wrong. My brother pretty much felt the same way and is now a > vegetarian, and my parents don't really eat red meat anymore. My > father felt terrible after this all happened, and stopped raising > cows, and now gardens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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