[SouthBayVeggies] Radiant! Blueberry is some pig

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read thru that a bit.  had to skim it--was already getting angry about it that

way! 

wow.  what NONsense!

" hard facts of life " approaches ALWAYS upset me.  nothing could be sadder than

hearing someone say that something is a " fact " of life, when, in fact, they are

the ones responsible for perputating the atrocious act! 

k. well, anyway...the reason i replied was to see if anyone happens to know what

" 4-H " is.  pardon my ignorance if this is somehow obvious...but the article

didn't mention anything to the extent of an explanation either...so....

right, well, thanks!

will

 

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" Sage, Mike " <mike.sage

ActivistsForAnimals ; SouthBayVeggies

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 4:11:24 PM

[southBayVeggies] " Radiant! Blueberry is some pig "

 

 

The San Jose Mercury News ran some articles about farm animals at the

Santa Clara County Youth Fair. Carol Evans wrote the following letter

to the Merc in response to the caring/killing contradiction in

http://www.mercuryn ews.com/ci_ 10091261

 

-- Mike

 

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Carol Evans

Monday, August 4, 2008 10:40 AM

letters@mercurynews .com

" Radiant! Blueberry is some pig "

 

The picture of the little girl petting Blueberry the pig (page 1B, Aug

4) before Blueberry was sent to slaughter evoked deep sadness in me, as

I'm sure it did for many readers. While caring for Blueberry, the child

learned that this pig was an intelligent, sentient being who became her

friend. If the 4-H philosophy is, " Learn by Doing " , this child's lesson

was incomplete. Completion would mean following Blueberry to the

Yosemite Meat Company, which, of course, none of us would want her to

do.

 

As a social worker for many years working with children, I believe the

4-H experience to be emotionally conflicting, confusing, and constitutes

abuse of a child.

 

Carol Evans

 

 

[Guest guest]

For a description of the 4-H organization, see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-H

 

Veggies, please feel free to edit that Wikipedia article (see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing). It would be very

appropriate for the article to include mention of animal welfare issues.

 

For 4-H in Santa Clara County, see

http://clubs.ca4h.org/santaclara/

 

-- Mike

 

 

William Beazley [wbeazleyiii]

Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:22 PM

mksage;

Re: [southBayVeggies] " Radiant! Blueberry is some pig "

 

 

read thru that a bit. had to skim it--was already getting angry about

it that way!

 

wow. what NONsense!

 

" hard facts of life " approaches ALWAYS upset me. nothing could be

sadder than hearing someone say that something is a " fact " of life,

when, in fact, they are the ones responsible for perputating the

atrocious act!

 

k. well, anyway...the reason i replied was to see if anyone happens to

know what " 4-H " is. pardon my ignorance if this is somehow

obvious...but the article didn't mention anything to the extent of an

explanation either...so....

 

right, well, thanks!

 

will

 

============================

 

www.mathematicsiffmusic.blogspot.com

 

============================

 

www.lightbrownnoise.blogspot.com

 

============================

 

....by the pythagorean + beans.

 

 

 

" Sage, Mike " <mike.sage

ActivistsForAnimals ; SouthBayVeggies

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 4:11:24 PM

[southBayVeggies] " Radiant! Blueberry is some pig "

 

The San Jose Mercury News ran some articles about farm animals at the

Santa Clara County Youth Fair. Carol Evans wrote the following letter

to the Merc in response to the caring/killing contradiction in

http://www.mercuryn ews.com/ci_ 10091261

 

-- Mike

 

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

Carol Evans

Monday, August 4, 2008 10:40 AM

letters@mercurynews .com

" Radiant! Blueberry is some pig "

 

The picture of the little girl petting Blueberry the pig (page 1B, Aug

4) before Blueberry was sent to slaughter evoked deep sadness in me, as

I'm sure it did for many readers. While caring for Blueberry, the child

learned that this pig was an intelligent, sentient being who became her

friend. If the 4-H philosophy is, " Learn by Doing " , this child's lesson

was incomplete. Completion would mean following Blueberry to the

Yosemite Meat Company, which, of course, none of us would want her to

do.

 

As a social worker for many years working with children, I believe the

4-H experience to be emotionally conflicting, confusing, and constitutes

abuse of a child.

 

Carol Evans