Jesus

[ceebeegee]

This just makes me ill. There is nothing on earth that could convince me that clubbing a living creature and skinning it still alive is anything but unbearably savage. One of those things that makes me ashamed to be human. And the guy who's all "this is my tradition, this is in my blood"--what skill does it take to swing a club at a baby seal? How does that constitute a lifestyle? Shit, I could do that.

Disgusting. I thought we'd evolved past that.

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[superspacey6.livejournal.com]

are you a vegetarian??

cause those types of things happen everyday in slaughterhouses all over the good ol' USA. despite any "rules and regulations".

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

I read Fast Food Nation too. I'm well aware of what happens in slaughterhouses.

No, I'm not a vegetarian, but my problem is not with meat-eating. I do not consider it immoral or inhumane to eat meat (and I am a big animal rights person)--all life is at the expense of other life. My problem is with:

1) Animals being slaughtered for what I consider to be frivolous purposes; and
2) (And more importantly, and what my post above dealt with) The method of slaughter--to wit, clubbing them and skinning them while still alive.

[superspacey6.livejournal.com]

honestly...i don't have a problem with the "act" of eating meat either, if it's for the sole purpose of survival.

but i do have a problem with corporate america taking advantage of the lives of innocent animals for the sake of money. overproduction and the horror of today's slaughterhouse practices makes it impossible for me to support that industry. the inhumane ways in which animals are led to slaughter makes me ill.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

They are terrible, I agree. I'm not a vegetarian but I eat very little meat (and no veal, ever) primarily because of the slaughterhouses (and partly because it's just easier not to--meat spoils, etc, and you have to prepare it). It's hard though, because my doctors have told me I have to eat some red meat from time to time because my blood count and blood pressure are both pretty low. I really wish they could reform the slaughterhouses. It breaks your heart to read about how they treat the cattle and the workers.