Quite an Indictment indeed

[HDRider]

I know this kind of thing is everywhere from the Chipotle ad to the PETA terrorist. But this is quite a diatribe. Pretty long too

We need to counter this kind of thinking with facts and confidence. I love eating meat. I am not cruel to animals, far from it.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/3 ... hew-scully

Quite an Indictment indeed...

 

[CottageFarm]

I can't believe that NR printed that mush. :frowns:

 

[HDRider]

I can't believe that NR printed that mush. :frowns:

That was the first thought that popped into my mind.

 

[Dega Moo]

I am personally and deeply moved by the cruel and inhumane treatment of insects in our world today. They are gassed; they are smashed against windshields; crushed under shoes and tires. The numbers of animals subjected to cruel treatment in a lifetime pales beside the number of insects slaughtered on a daily basis across our planet.

Our priorities need to be with the insects. Once we've fought and gained humane treatment of insects then perhaps we can consider the better treatment of animals. Until the mistreatment of insects has abated I will put animal welfare on the back burner.

 

[Ryder]

Our priorities need to be with the insects. Once we've fought and gained humane treatment of insects then perhaps we can consider the better treatment of animals. Until the mistreatment of insects has abated I will put animal welfare on the back burner.

I would like to offer an amendment to add frogs to the list for humane treatment.
A couple of hours ago I found a dead frog under the carport. It was sad. :cry2:

 

[greybeard]

Insects generally, are beneficial to the well being of the planet's greater ecology. The problem comes when certain members of the animal kingdom, (including insects) either alone or band together to indiscriminately make war upon other species in a cowardly fashion, often targeting innocent females and even the young offspring of every other species. It's simply what they do--it's all they know and it won't stop until every single member of these rouge insect organizations is wiped from the face of the earth. They are a veritable animal army, navy, and airforce, attacking with impunity in market places, places of worship, in homes, in public and in very private places. They crawl, they swim, they fly, and slither across the otherwise peaceful landscape, wreacking havoc and have even stooped to biological and chemical warfare, silently injecting their innocent victims with deadly and fast spreading diseases and poisons. The most heartless and blooodthirsty of these animal al quedas are the serpents and bloodsuckers. I say Kill 'em--kill 'em all!!!!

 

[Dega Moo]

Our priorities need to be with the insects. Once we've fought and gained humane treatment of insects then perhaps we can consider the better treatment of animals. Until the mistreatment of insects has abated I will put animal welfare on the back burner.

I would like to offer an amendment to add frogs to the list for humane treatment.
A couple of hours ago I found a dead frog under the carport. It was sad. :cry2:

Glad you brought up frogs. Here in Southern Illinois I've noticed our local frog population goes suicidal every time it rains. Night time tooling down the road in the pickup lights on low and a driven rain you can see hundreds of frogs leaping from either side of the road trying to cross in front of the car. It's a massacre for sure and the little bodies wash back out to the gravel edges. Coyotes do unusually well the next night on the road kill. Chalk up one for the insects!!

 

[MO_cows]

The author must be getting paid by the word - what a self-indulgent windbag! I only made it to page 4.