Posted by FarmI on February 24, 2010, 8:03 pm
>>Too much emphasis on righteousness and too little on nature TMWOT.
> LOL! If ever there were a prima facie irrefutable argument for twit
> lists, OP and the followup are it! They've slimed rec.gardens.edible,
> too, but folks there have ignored it so far. Who's going to save the
> world from the save-the-world zeolots?
Well without those sorts of save-the-world zealots, we'd still have slavery
and many other appalling practices. They do get a bit OTT at times but I
can live wiht it. I'm less tolerant though of the sorts of articles that
was posted from the Christain Science Monitor - lots of christianity and so
little science it wasn't worth my bandwidth.
Posted by Wildbilly on February 24, 2010, 8:27 pm
>
> Thanks for those comments Wildbilly. Far more useful than the Christian
> Science Monitor article.
>
> I read the comments attached to the cites you put in but I didn't go to any
> as I'm sure I'd find them too distressing. Anyone who mistreats animals
> needs a good whipping at the very least IMHO.
>
> As a beef producer, I've been to both abattoirs and feedlots in this country
> and been reasonably impressed with the handling of the stock and the killing
> process. It's not ideal but given health regs and the need to protect human
> health, I guess it's the best that can be done in the circs. Mind you, I'm
> more impressed with most animals than humans so when I come to power, I'll
> ditch the human health regs and make the rules all about the animals.
You got my vote for dictator ;O)
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Posted by FarmI on February 25, 2010, 8:13 am
>>
>> Thanks for those comments Wildbilly. Far more useful than the Christian
>> Science Monitor article.
>>
>> I read the comments attached to the cites you put in but I didn't go to
>> any
>> as I'm sure I'd find them too distressing. Anyone who mistreats animals
>> needs a good whipping at the very least IMHO.
>>
>> As a beef producer, I've been to both abattoirs and feedlots in this
>> country
>> and been reasonably impressed with the handling of the stock and the
>> killing
>> process. It's not ideal but given health regs and the need to protect
>> human
>> health, I guess it's the best that can be done in the circs. Mind you,
>> I'm
>> more impressed with most animals than humans so when I come to power,
>> I'll
>> ditch the human health regs and make the rules all about the animals.
> You got my vote for dictator ;O)
Great only 2.5 billion more votes to get :-))
> LOL! If ever there were a prima facie irrefutable argument for twit
> lists, OP and the followup are it! They've slimed rec.gardens.edible,
> too, but folks there have ignored it so far. Who's going to save the
> world from the save-the-world zeolots?