Reading, somewhat backwards timewise... well said Joe! 'We', our society, slaughters thousands, millions actually. of human lives, in foolish, stupid, greedy wars... a far less noble effort than feeding our families.
Bill, check your mail, there may be be some trimmings in an envelope. Tom On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > On Dec 18, 2009, at 16:41 , Graydon wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:57:51PM -0600, William Robb scripsit: >>> >>> I like to believe it's true because I happen to like eating a nice >>> steak, and sharing the fatty bits with my pet dog, and anyone who gets >>> in the way of that is the enemy. >> >> "Alive" and "food" are synonyms. Trying to live in a world where that >> isn't true is like trying to live in a world where rocks don't fall when >> you drop them. >> >> That's no excuse for treating animals poorly; even from the "I fed them >> because I meant to eat them" perspective, they both taste better and are >> better for you that way. > > > I agree with Graydon. For the most part, the food industry does what it can > to provide us with meats with the minimal harm and trauma. > > I've been a city boy most of my life. I have however lived and worked on > farms at several points in my life. Those experiences, and the horrible > images the news media have taken great glee in showing to us these past few > years, have me very aware of the chain of events that brings meat to our > tables. But it hasn't turned me off to the end product. From shrimp to > buffalo, most of the animals on earth are killed for food in some amount > small or large. > > What bothers me the most in all this is the over-killing of many species by > the greed of the harvesters and/or the zealous demand of the few for selfish > or religious reasons. > > In my mind it equates to the slaughter of our young men and women in the > myriad of fruitless wars waged throughout history to sate some desire > created by a few of our political, religious, or insane elders, who in fact > never engage at risk to their own safety. Unless they lose when they've > behaved in the worst possible inhumane manor. > > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > “ Nature is considerably more creative and inventive than humankind. Without > Nature there isn't any humankind. Without humankind, Nature is fine.” > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
