Meat Dreams

[Guest guest]

It’s funny how our conscious life can creep into

our dreams at night. Often I find my life’s beliefs,

values and thoughts being played out in my mind as I

sleep.<br><br>Last night I dreamed of eating meat. I don’t remember

the company, the event or even sitting down to the

table. But I do remember vividly holding up the dangling

piece of meat with my hand and taking a long look at

it. It was a chunk of steak and I didn’t feel good

about eating it.<br><br>It’s been more than two years

since I ate meat. You might think I miss eating meat

but I don’t. I have absolutely no desire to eat meat

any more. <br><br>So what prompted my

dream?<br><br>“Meat” is all over the news. First it was “Mad Cow” and

now it’s “Hoof and Mouth”.<br><br>Yesterday, I

watched a news show reporting from a Chicago meat

processing plant as they discussed the possibility of the

“Hoof and Mouth” epidemic coming to the US from Europe.

The reporter was asking questions of the head butcher

but behind him you could see other butchers working

on a meat assembly line. At the beginning of the

line you could see large recognizable parts of animals

being tossed onto the conveyor belt. As the butchers

each took their turn the carcass got smaller.

Different parts were cut off and passed on while “useless”

parts like the legs were tossed up into the air and

onto the floor. It was absolutely discussing to watch.

The head butcher was saying how they had no need to

change the way they did things because of the epidemic.

It was business as usual. They are ,you know, “USDA

inspected”.<br><br>Now this report wasn’t about the disgusting meat

packing industry but I hope the sight of that assembly

line caught a few eyes besides mine. Pity we don’t see

what happens to animals before they are packaged in

nice plastic containers when they reach our

supermarkets.<br><br>Recently I heard in another tv report that the hamburger

people buy in one of the ubiquitous fast food chains

does not come from just one animal as one might think.

These fast food chains get their meat from large meat

processing plants where the meat of a multitude of animals

is combined together. That one hamburger might have

the parts of 100’s of animals in it! What a

disgusting thought. If just one of those animals is infected

you’ve consumed it.<br><br>I never liked using the terms

“good” and “bad karma” to describe an attribute of food

but I think I’m starting to understand. The meat

industry is a horrific creation of mankind and will be a

contributor to its demise.<br><br>Sweet

dreams.<br><br>-OrionsDad

[Guest guest]

You might find this site interesting... if not fuel for meat eating

nightmares:<br><a href=http://www.cowsarecool.com

target=new>http://www.cowsarecool.com</a>

[Guest guest]

That was a great post.<br><br>Here's a site that

is truly disturbing since it takes you inside a

slaughterhouse. I wish more meat eaters would look at things like

this, hoping it would change their minds about eating

animals.<br><br><a href=http://www.meat.org/ target=new>http://www.meat.org/</a>