what is ethical - Denise

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I like the way you stated your views. I do agree with them. I wanted to write more, but can't figure out how to say it on email. . . But thank you for sharing your views.

 

Jennorganic_homestead <organic_homestead wrote:

When I graduated college I rented a room in a house of a guy who was ahunter and fisher. His freezer was full of elk and salmon. BUT, thatis all the meat that he ate. He never bought meat at the store. Me,personally, I can accept that. He hunted/fished only what he neededfor the year.Some communities (not necessarily in the US)do raise animals forslaughter; but they do it on such a small scale and many of them givehonor to the animals and the gods that provided them with the food.There is a great scene from Cold Mountain, where Jude Law's characteris starved and sickly. He comes across a gypsy woman who takes him in.As they are conversing she is stroking and loving on a goat. The nextthing you know is the goat has fallen into her lap. She sacrifices hergoat to help another human. She honors the goat and what it had givenher over

the years. To me, that is honorable.Obviously in our country, people do not honor the things they eat.They do not consciously think about WHAT they are even eating. Theinhumane treatment of "food" animals is disgusting.I asked James that if he were one of the refugees in New Orleans andhad not eaten in three plus days, would he eat anything that was givento him by the Red Cross, even if it was meat. We both agreed that inthat situation we would.Amy, you're right. It is a complicated subject. Because in our "rich"society, it is easy for us to choose how we want to eat. But do allsocieties have that luxury (especially the poor and homeless in ourown country)? No. And I feel as you, it is not my place to judge themfor that.Just a few thoughts,Denise , "Amy" wrote:> I think it's a really complicated subject for most. Onegood

thing is> that often they won't kill more than they need to eat, and if they do> (say the deer is huge), I've often seen posters at state parks talking> about a donation program where they can donate some of the processed> meat to food kitchens. I dunno if that still goes on... but if you> have nothing, a pack of donated meat will keep you alive til you're> able to make different choices.> > Killing the animals is certainly not ideal, but who am I to judge> someone who feeds his family on his or her own hard work?