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Meat and other animals : Comments
By Monika Merkes, published 7/12/2011What makes one animal a pet and the other prey?
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Of course, virtually all adults have been dehumanised to some extent, that's just “growing up”, as they say. It's interesting that the most dehumanised are the last to see it in themselves, we all tend to use ourselves as a template for what is 'normal'.
Don't we, Yabby.
I think a large part of the dehumanising process is losing the ability of objective personal introspection; probably because if we look too closely, we may find things about ourselves that in an earlier, more 'naïve' time in our lives, we may not have approved of.
Butch (sorry, I can't be bothered trying to spell it backwards) and Jayb, I'm inclined to agree. Bleeding is probably as humane (painless) a way to kill a beast as any; I have no objections to eating Roo either, if it's a clean headshot to an unwary animal.
Stressing out an animal, whether by running it down or by sending it to an abattoir, not only is bad for the animal but also bad for the meat. It's also -long term- bad for the farmer.
Children can witness their parents being dehumanised, and as a result, end up sharing the experience.
The one great moral advantage to capitalism is that we all get to vote with our wallets. If we don't approve of an industry, we have the right -if not the duty- not to support that industry.
I love meat. There is no more salivating smell than frying bacon. But I refuse to support an industry -even one I have been a part of- that is deliberately inhuman purely for the sake of the Most Holy Dollar.