You eat my grass – I’ll have a pork chop (From Worcester News)
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You eat my grass – I’ll have a pork chop
8:10am Thursday 15th July 2010 in Read
SIR – I have to reply to the: “We want you all to eat grass and GM-modified spuds brigade”.
However, the animal kingdoms they say they represent are actually a most cruel species.
Just this week I watched a documentary on the suburban fox. These animals they want to protect are among the most indiscriminate killers, taking anything they can – chickens five at a time but only partially eating one. Cats are no match for them as are many other domesticated pets.
In the wild is it OK for packs of wolves to hunt, or a pride of lions to bring down a defenceless zebra, antelope, or even take on elephants? No swift death there.
As to cattle being transported miles for slaughter, this came from the animal rights campaigners who without thinking had hundreds of local abattoirs closed.
And where are these protesters when they were challenged to demonstrate against halal slaughter.
So, come freely to graze my grass while I enjoy my steak or pork chop.
Brian Hunt
Worcester
Comments(9)
Common Sense
says...
10:30am Thu 15 Jul 10
I have heard nothing at all from either the Animal Protection League and all the followers of animal cruelty, or the RSPCA - why?
I would ban it in this country - purely on the grounds of "it's not our way".
They were doing it that way, in the day of our Lord - and that was 2,000 years ago! We have now found more humane ways to kill our food?
CS.
Worcesterman
says...
11:24am Thu 15 Jul 10
You should know by now, that you cannot comment on the rights, of our
indigenous people, and yes, that includes the RSPCA.
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If someone informs them you are mistreating a fly, an army of them will decend upon you, from a great height.
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But will act the three monkeys, when it come to Halal perpetrators.
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Only the sane, can see what the Progressives are doing to this once great Country.
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I bet you are pleased that you are in your latter years, like myself.
Common Sense
says...
3:04pm Thu 15 Jul 10
We have seen the best of this nation - for what it was worth. I dread to think what the next 70 years holds!
CS.
Worcesterman
says...
3:30pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Do you really think it will last 70yrs?
or are you being kind?.
Jabbadad
says...
3:58pm Thu 15 Jul 10
When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance becomes Duty. (Thomas Jefferson)
Marant
says...
4:11pm Thu 15 Jul 10
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I don't have any figures for the uptake of this process, but as any abbatoir that didn't would be breaking the law, I assume it has been adopted across the board. The 'cruel halal slaughter' gets trotted out regularly and as far as I can see is just part of the xenophobic/bigoted anti-muslim agenda.
Worcesterman
says...
6:58pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Did I read you correctly?
You say, that if it is stunned a certain
way, that if not slaughtered, it will wake up, I dont get it!, why stun it, if you are not going to slaughter it?.
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Are you taking the "P" out of us?
you say you don't have figures, and you "assume".
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How about giving us true figures, and dont assume, then and only then will I believe you.
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Then out it comes, its your agenda, saying, we are xenophobic/bigoted,
anti-muslim, anti-everything.
Marant
says...
11:32am Tue 20 Jul 10
The reason Halal slaughtering did not stun the animals first was down to religious codes saying that the animal had to be alive when its blood was drained (note for the pedants - I'm not an Islamic scholar), traditional British slaughtering practices use a stunner that kills the animal, so this was not seen as acceptable.
.The type of stunner that was developed and I was talking about renders the animal unconcious, so it doesn't suffer during slaughtering, but it would come around if it was left to recuperate, and therefore wasn't "dead". This was deemed to comply with Halal practices. The animals wouldn't usually be stunned and not slaughtered, as I'm sure you would have realised if you weren't so quick to start stirring.
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I don't have figures because I have better things to do at the minute. If I get a chance on my lunch break I might have a look and see. It was a very interesting programme I watched. Panaorama I think, or something similar.
pudniw_gib
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1:23pm Wed 21 Jul 10
No matter what meat eaters say, there is no reason to eat meat, we can and do function perfectly well without it, there are plenty of vegan athletes, some at the top of their sports, even Lance Armstrong has recommended a vegan health book, a Texan no less! .
If you must eat meat make sure it is as ethical as possible if you care about animal welfare. How far you go is up to your conscience.
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