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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP1ToHQVTgc This is a link to a video of a cat eating a person. Actually a tiger trying to eat a zookeeper in Tokyo. I haven't watched it, but I think it's pretty graphic. Maybe tigers discuss the ethics of eating humans, but i doubt it.
I thought we didn't eat cats because they are carnivores. The only carnivore I've ever eaten is alligator, but that's a reptile.
This makes me wonder about the "Parasite" episode of Radiolab, in which they discuss a particular parasite (Toxoplasma gondii) that might control human behavior. (Here's a quick link to an article discussing the same thing: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=2288095&page=1 )
Personally, if my cats don't stop fighting each other in the middle of the night, well, there's a river right across the road...
When ever I was bad as a child my mother would remind me that in the Yukon, Eskimos eat their children.
(okay, she was way politically incorrect) but I do remind my cats when they won't let me sleep in that they eat cat in many countries.
In the spirit of true confessions, I also used to tell my son I was going to sell him to gypsies. Apparently it hurt his feelings. (His younger brother plays the accordian now, hmmmmm).
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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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How do you feel about cats eating people?
This is a link to a video of a cat eating a person. Actually a tiger trying to eat a zookeeper in Tokyo. I haven't watched it, but I think it's pretty graphic. Maybe tigers discuss the ethics of eating humans, but i doubt it.
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This makes me wonder about the "Parasite" episode of Radiolab, in which they discuss a particular parasite (Toxoplasma gondii) that might control human behavior. (Here's a quick link to an article discussing the same thing: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=2288095&page=1 )
Personally, if my cats don't stop fighting each other in the middle of the night, well, there's a river right across the road...
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Eh, cat would be all fat. Not tasty. Better to make a candle out of your cat and eat your dog...
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(okay, she was way politically incorrect) but I do remind my cats when they won't let me sleep in that they eat cat in many countries.
In the spirit of true confessions, I also used to tell my son I was going to sell him to gypsies. Apparently it hurt his feelings. (His younger brother plays the accordian now, hmmmmm).
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