On 5/8/2011 10:32 AM, Christopher M. wrote:
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> I'm not talking about right and wrong. I'm just talking about having respect
> for an animal that is eaten, kind of like how some American Indians have
> respect for the animals they hunt.
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> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
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Humans are the only meat-eaters that think this way. However, being a
guy that's respectful of life, I understand your feelings. Mostly the
meat we eat is an anonymous, abstract, commodity* and that's the whole
point for keeping the meat processing err... process out of our sight.

There ain't nothing more disrespectful that mass killing a group of
creatures that probably enjoy living to some degree, draining the blood
out of them, gutting them, cutting their bodies into reasonable portions
and wrapping and labeling the parts for sale to those that have the money.

The American Indians may have contemplated the brother spirit of the
Buffalo and other animals they killed but mostly the meat we get today
are soul-less lumps of tissue. Of course, there's nothing to stop you
from paying a little respect to the animal the died to feed you - God
knows, we do take the foods we eat for granted.

*OTOH, I could go for a juicy burger right now. :-)