Beautiful cows
9 05 2008We have needs, we play, we love, we get bored or scared and we have friends, so, please, don’t consider us just “diner”.
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I like cows. I have fed them, bred them, raised them, and ridden them. I’ve also tipped them, and if you don’t know what cow-tipping is, you’ve obviously never been a bored teenager in the midwest US. But they are dinner. They are mammals, with all that that entails, and they are also tasty when slow roasted and nicely seasoned. I did not grow up a Hindu, and did grow up understanding the food chain. While cows ARE beautiful, they are livestock whose ultimate destiny is my plate, and where I’m from PETA is an acronym for “People for the Eating of Tasty Animals”. You can be offended by that all you care to, but it will not change the fact that I will eat steak & be robust and healthy, while making fun of pale, weak, submissive, whiny vegetarians.
I only partially agree with Tico; while I do believe that since we are animals, and animals eat other animals, cows can be thought of as food. But they are also living beings, and if they are to give us life with their bodies, we should respect them and take care of them while they are alive. No cattle farms with tiny stalls! No steroids! Happy cows give the best milk and the best meat! If we can’t give them that, then we should consider eating a little more soy for pete’s sake.
Tico, are you trying to inspire people to hate you?! Just like you, I did not grow up in the Hindu religion and I did grow up understanding the food chain. That’s why I’m going to find you and eat you. I’m a smarter animal than you so that makes me more important and it also means that I can trap you easily before killing you because you will trust me. Furthermore, I’m sure you will be a tasty dish, because, just like the livestock you enjoy, you describe yourself as “robust and healthy” as opposed to some “submissive, whiny, vegetarian” and that sounds like some worthwhile meat to me! Just kidding, I’m vegan…and you’re an idiot!
Have a nice day!
Silly people arguing over whether cows are too pleasant to be thought of merely as food. One does not need to look down on, or spite that which you consume. Hindus don’t like eating cattle because they consider them a relatively high form of life. But look at Catholics… they consider God the highest (life/existence manifest, the “I am” if you will) and they are perfectly willing to eat Him. Who said that smarter are better forms of life always consume lower? It not uncommonly happens the other way around, humans have been eaten.
I suggest a change in attitude, respecting and caring for cows doesn’t have to mean you wont eat them. Besides which, if you do eat them they literally become part of you, would you belittle that which will become you? The theologians tell us that the body is a temple, made in the image of God, thus all that goes into it has a certain sacredness, and we should treat that which will become our bodies with the same care, and dare I say it love, that we treat our bodies.
“http://www.petv.org/” says ‘If it hasn’t got a face, don’t eat it.
Cows look good - they look better on my plate!
Oh, I won’t consider them just “diner”. I might consider them just DINNER. Unless I walk into a restaurant run by cows, I’m pretty sure I’m not going to consider them diner.
I am not a vegetarian, I need meat to function. I do however wish that animals used for food were treated better than they are these days. I don’t like the idea that animals are penned up in unsanitary conditions, fed antibiotics to keep from getting sick from said unsanitary conditions etc…
If something has to die for me to eat at least let it have a decent life until that point. Let it roam outside, in the sun. Let it breathe fresh air, and play, and run. Cage free/free range/cruelty free is the way to go.
Be respectful of the creature that provides nourishment for you.