Guest guest Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 > Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:35:44 +0800 > " Nikki Green " <nikgreen > Re: my reply to Jonathan > I totally agree Yoon - maybe you can publish your response on aapn to help > other activists to verbalise our beliefs that dogs and cats are ultimate in > our affection and should under no circumstances be eaten. > Regards > Nikki Sharing the same sentiment, I have to urge all of you to please include cows with dogs and cats. I spent 25 years raising calves and milking cows. The devotion and placidity exhibited by Holstein yearlings, the spirited play of heifers in heat, the stately countenance of bulls--I love cows and feel as attached to them as the many cats and dogs who came and went during the same time. If you've ever pressed your cheek against the warm flank of a milk cow on a -20C morning while relieving her swollen udder--you will understand how I feel when their lives are given for beef. What may be " ultimate in your affection " is totally relative. Respectfully submitted, Jonathan Hotjobs: Enter the " Signing Bonus " Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes./signingbonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Dear Jonathan Before I became a vegetarian, I loved the taste of beef. I never touched dog and cat meat in my whole life. The reason I gave up beef was after reading Milan Kundera's book. After reading his book and found out more about the social nature of cows, I could no longer justify myself on eating them on the ground of taste. (However had I not loved dogs, reading the text would not have been enough to turn me into a vegetarian. I had a bit of respect for other animals because I loved dogs and dogs were non-human animals.) So texts which explain why other creatures deserve more of our respect are welcome and good for the world. However, it is the context such sentiments have been expressed. For me dogs are as important as humans, meaning that I will hesitate if anyone asks me whether I would save a woman or a dog when both are drowning and I can only save one. However I would not demand that those who try to save human life should also include dogs in their efforts. It is not very fruitable to insist that humans should be just as equally appalled by the killing of dogs as they should be by the killing of humans. Your respect of and love for cows will serve better when they are expressed in the context of efforts trying to save cows not in the context of efforts trying to get dogs and cats out of food chain. As you say What may be " ultimate in your affection " is totally relative. However there shouldn't be any objections for anyone being a true advocate for creatures (humans or otherwise) that hold ultimate in their affection. Good luck with your efforts to save more cows. (Incidentally I do also tell people about why no animals should be eaten in the right context. Meaning I don't say this when someone is angry with all the atrocity human species are still subject to and try to do something about it.) But I believe most of this group also try to save all animals from being eaten because most of them are probably vegetarians. Yoon aapn , Jonathan <kc7fys> wrote: > > Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:35:44 +0800 > > " Nikki Green " <nikgreen@n...> > > Re: my reply to Jonathan > > I totally agree Yoon - maybe you can publish your response on aapn to help > > other activists to verbalise our beliefs that dogs and cats are ultimate in > > our affection and should under no circumstances be eaten. > > Regards > > Nikki > > Sharing the same sentiment, I have to urge all of you to please include cows with dogs > and cats. I spent 25 years raising calves and milking cows. The devotion and placidity > exhibited by Holstein yearlings, the spirited play of heifers in heat, the stately > countenance of bulls--I love cows and feel as attached to them as the many cats and > dogs who came and went during the same time. If you've ever pressed your cheek against > the warm flank of a milk cow on a -20C morning while relieving her swollen udder--you > will understand how I feel when their lives are given for beef. > What may be " ultimate in your affection " is totally relative. > Respectfully submitted, > Jonathan > > > > Hotjobs: Enter the " Signing Bonus " Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes./signingbonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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