I have to agree with him: why don't they defend rabbits? :-) Certainly those I know who have rabbits as pets would be just as shocked at eating them. And I know a few folks who wouldn't eat their pet pigs (intelligent, clean, affectionate, they tell me) nor their pet chickens.
And I don't grok those places in Asia where some dogs are pet breeds, and others are food breeds. That's some heavy mental/emotional dissociation going on there.
I guess it begs the question: do we make decisions on what it's okay/not okay to eat on emotional basis? If so, WHO'S emotions? And if so, is it necessarily "wrong" to make an emotional decision vs a pragmatic one?
I can come up with lots of questions I can't answer except for myself.
Like, if we're going to yearly euthanize millions of unwanted cats and dogs in shelters, isn't it wasteful not to use the meat and fur?
I don't want to argue with anyone here. Just wondering out loud. No answers.
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Date: 2010-02-17 11:43 pm (UTC)And I don't grok those places in Asia where some dogs are pet breeds, and others are food breeds. That's some heavy mental/emotional dissociation going on there.
I guess it begs the question: do we make decisions on what it's okay/not okay to eat on emotional basis? If so, WHO'S emotions? And if so, is it necessarily "wrong" to make an emotional decision vs a pragmatic one?
I can come up with lots of questions I can't answer except for myself.
Like, if we're going to yearly euthanize millions of unwanted cats and dogs in shelters, isn't it wasteful not to use the meat and fur?
I don't want to argue with anyone here. Just wondering out loud. No answers.