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Originally Posted by Bhikku  So we can torture food, but pets are off-limits?
I'm sure everyone here calling for this woman to burn alive always gets free range, organically-raised meat from their local farmers. Right? 
I'm sorry, but this issue of animal cruelty has EVERYTHING to do with the subject I brought up. I see people here jumping all over themselves with indignity about a single dog that gets burned on a stove, but those same people probably chomp down on a BigMac with impunity and not a thought to the animals that died in pain and suffering because of industrialized, cruel farming practices.
That's called hypocrisy.
Farm animals aren't even protected under animal cruelty laws.
Everyone here probably calls themselves "animal lovers"...I think that we should really take a look at what that means...
Before people start casting stones at folks they don't even know, they need to take a long hard look at their own perspective towards animals... |
It's not hypocrisy it's human nature. People die in wars and famines and are shot down in the streets everyday. And as humans we feel badly for them and think dear God how can this go on and in the next second our attention shifts to something in our own lives because we really don't know these people personally so it doesn't effect us in the same manner as if a sibling or parent were killed in the same fashion.
The murder of a dog, a pet, effects us on a different level than say a deer or cow because as we read these thing OUR pet is sitting beside us and we imagine someone doing it to them and we are outraged because it effects us on a deeper level because it is more personal. We can imagine someone doing this to someone we know, someone we love, our 'child'. Doesn't make it right and it doesn't make us hypocrites just makes us human.
I don't eat as much meat as I used to but I will admit to enjoying a really good steak three or four times a year. And chicken is a staple in our home. Did your documentary make me rethink my stance on eating meat? Not really. It just made me rethink where I get it.