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LadyConstanze -> RE: Coming to a grocery store near you - filet of horse (12/1/2011 4:40:20 PM)
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ORIGINAL: wittynamehere
Humans have been eating, and are eating today, every animal on this planet. Nothing is safe from human consumption. Not camels, not pigs, not bivalves, not horses, not cows, not dogs, not shrimp, not sheep, not cats, not bears, not rabbits, not octopi, not squirrels, not whales, not birds, not fish, not insects, not frogs, and you can continue until you've named every animal. Past, present, and if trends continue, future as well. Most people reading this will be saying in their head "that's sick, but I stick to birds, cows, and pigs". A few will be thinking "that's sick, but I stick to fish, dogs, and whales". Others prefer cats, birds, and bears. Something they all have in common, though, is that they believe eating the animals they eat is appropriate, and that other animals are either unfit for human consumption, or protected because they're sacred (like cows), or taboo because they're pets (like pigs).
Personally speaking now, I don't use anything that requires something capable of suffering to suffer*. And yes, that means I had to decide what "suffering" meant, and to research what animals are capable of it. For the record, that essentially means no mammals (cows pigs dogs cats dolphins horses bears etc), birds (chicken duck turkey etc), factory farmed milk, or factory farmed eggs. My protein comes from vegetables and fruit (yes, you can get all your daily protein needs simply by eating a bite of avocado), fish, nuts, and free range milk and eggs. I'm 37 and I've never been healthier.
Seeing a slab of flesh labeled "horse" in a supermarket wouldn't surprise me one bit.
* I make my human slut suffer all the time. But she is capable of taking her release. The animals mentioned above are not.
Pretty much that, as I said with the exception of free ranged chicken where I know how the chicken was raised and slaughtered.
I have animals that need meat in their diet, I wouldn't deprive them of that as it would be cruel, but I can't have pets and with a clean conscience support the suffering of any kind of animal raised for consumption, that would make the whole thing of loving animals a joke, so the cats and dogs are also getting fed food that comes from organically raised and locally slaughtered cattle. I've never been able to grasp the difference of why it is OK to love a pet but see a food animal suffer, and people who pretend to love animals but readily buy mass produced meat or battery eggs and chicken are simply hypocrites, or just a bit simple and not able to think it through.
Again, if it comes down to a horse suffering neglect and dying slowly and painfully or to end the suffering, I know what is preferable. I carry an organ donation card, in case I die they can use whatever part of my body is useful for anybody else, won't bother me when I'm dead! I love my pets, but if their lives would be just pain and suffering, I would have them put down, have done so in the past no matter how much it gutted me, it's the last kindness I can do them. If they're dead, I don't want to take the ashes home or have them stuffed, that always seemed to be slightly weird to me, I wouldn't be bothered if somebody ate them - they are gone and the empty shell doesn't matter anymore, pretty much like my body!
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