Animals..friend or food? Perhaps both!

Norfolk said:

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Makes you wonder how they rationalize what they do (like going after this

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), with a 95.9% euthanasia rate.

I remember back in university the bunny-huggers would stand around with their signs and performing their street theatre act, and then write their slogans in chalk all over pillars and sidewalks at and around major entrances. Basically, acting like 15 years olds. Clearly, rationality may have rather less to do with it than blind emotion.

Makes you wonder if any of them had ever tasted

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in their lives. It sure beats pink slime.

Oh yeah, almost forgot. March 15th is "the official International Eat an Animal for PETA Day".

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Thanks for the special day, I'll keep that in mind.

Norfolk said:

AssassinsMace wrote:



Makes you wonder how they rationalize what they do (like going after this

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), with a 95.9% euthanasia rate.

I remember back in university the bunny-huggers would stand around with their signs and performing their street theatre act, and then write their slogans in chalk all over pillars and sidewalks at and around major entrances. Basically, acting like 15 years olds. Clearly, rationality may have rather less to do with it than blind emotion.

Makes you wonder if any of them had ever tasted

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in their lives. It sure beats pink slime.

Oh yeah, almost forgot. March 15th is "the official International Eat an Animal for PETA Day".

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Well IMO it's like in Hollywood there are niche PR agencies where their sole business is to find celebrity clients that choose their services a cause for them to stand for. Meaning celebrities are just doing it for self-promotion and image. I heard that PETA actually spends very little of their budget on animal welfare. Most of their activities go to publicity.

15 March - International Eat an Animal for PETA Day!

Thursday, 15 March - International Eat an Animal for PETA Day!

I'm thinking of starting off tomorrow with Steak & Eggs. Mmmm....

What are YOU planning on eating to celebrate this auspicious occasion?

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Norfolk said:

Thursday, 15 March - International Eat an Animal for PETA Day!

I'm thinking of starting off tomorrow with Steak & Eggs. Mmmm....

What are YOU planning on eating to celebrate this auspicious occasion?

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Alright...that's within 50 minutes here in Central Time of the US.

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If I were in Vegas, I would slap down some cash for one of the higher end buffets and tearing into some prime rib. But since I'm not there I might have to settle for the House of Prime Rib or a two pound steak at Cattleman's. Got two friends' birthday in the month of March to celebrate.

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Alright...that's within 50 minutes here in Central Time of the US.

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What a coincidence Ive just comeback from giving my builders a "roofshout" I put on a Hangi.which included Mutton Pork Chicken, potatoes kumara also a a few fresh lobsters for those who didnt like Hangi.

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Today I went to Wataburger and ordered a double beef, double cheese pattie melt sandwich with fries, and it was gooood!

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An excellent documentary about deforestation in Indonesia and the effects on the environment and animals.



"This extraordinary visual essay, told with no human commentary at all, explores the impact of deforestation and the exploitation of natural resources in Indonesia from the point of view of a dying orangutan called Green.

Stunning images of the natural world and its biodiversity are counter-pointed with scenes of their destruction and the resulting cruelty to animals......................................"

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Anyone here wants to have a go at this contest ?



March 20, 2012
Calling All Carnivores
By ARIEL KAMINER

Ethically speaking, vegetables get all the glory. In recent years, vegetarians — and to an even greater degree vegans, their hard-core inner circle — have dominated the discussion about the ethics of eating. From the philosopher Peter Singer, whose 1975 volume “Animal Liberation” galvanized an international movement, to the novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, who wrote the 2009 best seller “Eating Animals,” those who forswear meat have made the case that what we eat is a crucial ethical decision. To be just, they say, we must put down our cheeseburgers and join their ranks.

In response, those who love meat have had surprisingly little to say. They say, of course, that, well, they love meat or that meat is deeply ingrained in our habit or culture or cuisine or that it’s nutritious or that it’s just part of the natural order. Some of the more conscientious carnivores have devoted themselves to enhancing the lives of livestock, by improving what those animals eat, how they live and how they are killed. But few have tried to answer the fundamental ethical issue: Whether it is right to eat animals in the first place, at least when human survival is not at stake.

So today we announce a nationwide contest for the omnivorous readers of The New York Times. We invite you to make the strongest possible case for this most basic of daily practices. .........................................................

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No love for the NYT here.