Well it made me think of some former friends who lived in Vermont. They got themselves 4 pigs, with the notion that they'd breed have two breeding pigs and two meat pigs. When I visited, they told me ruefully that they now had 4 "pet" pigs, because they'd discovered that pigs are smart and affectionate and funny and have distinct personalities and well, no way were they eating them. (Though I don't remember if they were okay with eating "strangers.")
It makes me wonder about the Asians who can have some dogs as pets, and others are food. I can't grok the dichotomy.
I can eat meat as long as it doesn't have a face looking at me. As long as it's chopped up beforehand into units of nutrition. (No way am I ever watching Peta's Meet Your Meat vid. Yes, I'm a hypocrite and a coward.) And as long as I get it from the local CSA (which promises a good life and a painless/stress-free slaughter). Can't eat delicious veal because of associations with veal crates (even if the veal comes from "free range" farms); can't eat lamb because I don't like the gamey taste.
But I've said it before, I do believe that vegans/vegetarians are more evolved than most of us. Surely more evolved than I. And that's not some sarcastic put down.
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Date: 2009-11-17 06:15 pm (UTC)It makes me wonder about the Asians who can have some dogs as pets, and others are food. I can't grok the dichotomy.
I can eat meat as long as it doesn't have a face looking at me. As long as it's chopped up beforehand into units of nutrition. (No way am I ever watching Peta's Meet Your Meat vid. Yes, I'm a hypocrite and a coward.) And as long as I get it from the local CSA (which promises a good life and a painless/stress-free slaughter). Can't eat delicious veal because of associations with veal crates (even if the veal comes from "free range" farms); can't eat lamb because I don't like the gamey taste.
But I've said it before, I do believe that vegans/vegetarians are more evolved than most of us. Surely more evolved than I. And that's not some sarcastic put down.