We need to be honest and know that each and every one of these animals died here, too.
Posted on 12/01/2014 1:05:33 PM PST by Enza Ferreri
Edited on 12/01/2014 6:22:42 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
They eat a lot of goat in that part of the world.
Odds are they were going to be killed anyway.
Seems to me we need to take a gander at Tyson Farms or the Chicago Stock Yards before we judge.
I should have said, “While possibly barbaric,” but given that the animals are eaten per Freepers’ comments above, I strike even “possibly.”
Where do people think meet in the supermarket comes from?
A halal meat market here in Houston was cited for dumping 500 gallons of blood into a ditch.
When the Gurkhas engage in ritual sacrifices the whole point is that the animal must be dispatched cleanly, with a single blow. Causing suffering to the animal while you hack away at its neck is not only not intended, but cause for opprobium. Or so I have read.
I learned about that in a kukri book.
Bzactly. Improper slaughter would certainly call your manhood into question. So, you’d be sure to get it right.
The animal has a “god” in it, according to the Hindus. They actually go through a ritual in which the animal agrees to its own execution (kinda weird, but true). They sprinkle its head with water while they ask if it consents to its own slaughter, then when it shakes its head, it has consented.
;-)
Strange, but true.
Fascinating stuff, thanks.
Do they possess legal ownership of those animals? Yes. Do they dispatch those animals swiftly? Yes. Beyond those two points it is not my business, and frankly there are greatly more important issues than the dirty masses chopping heads off of animals, one of them being muzzy animals chopping heads off of humans.
I used to follow your writings here and on Facebook and now just find your stuff like this tedious and sort of naive and think that it obscures the good work that you do.
Then you would think that when ISIS beheads someone that it's humane?
As to kosher slaughter that's not done out of any concern for the animal it's done out of an aversion to consuming blood as directed in Leviticus 17:14.
We need to be honest and know that each and every one of these animals died here, too.
YUMMY!
I don’t think I ever heard that Eastern religions are good for animals. Brutality seems to be a part of many pagan religions, including the child sacrifices of American humanism.
Absolutely disgusting. IF the slaughterer is a trained person AND the knife/sword is razor sharp, this MIGHT be a humane killing. But I saw pics of swords being sold to sacrifice animals and they were obviously rusty and dull. Also, how many kills can you make before your arms get tired and you botch the next poor animal? Also, the buffalo calves they were going to kill were right next to recent victims. I am sure the blood and hectic motions terrified them for the time they had left to live. I spit on these barbarians.
I have pretty much the same understanding.
I also have zero problem with people in the third world raising animals as livestock which are pets in the west.
Guess I just don’t have the hubris to be part of the PETA crowd. However many of them may be posting on Free Republic now.
I thought Hindus are vegetarians.
The animal must be killed "with respect and compassion"[1][2] by a religious Jew who is duly licensed and trained, often called in English a shochet (Hebrew: שוחט) although in Hebrew this word refers to a butcher regardless of any particular religion or culture. The act is performed by severing the trachea, esophagus, carotid arteries, jugular veins and vagus nerve in a swift action using an extremely sharp blade ("chalef") only by a qualified shochet. According to Jewish religious sources, this results in a rapid drop in blood pressure in the brain and loss of consciousness rendering the animal insensible to pain and to exsanguinate in a prompt and precise action.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shechita#cite_note-1
Nope. Not by choice. :-)
They often are, because (as noted above) they believe in there is an essence of g-d in all things, including animals (and rivers and trees). So, the thoroughgoing sorts often choose to avoid eating meat. Or chopping down a tree.
Read a few of my posts. I suggest you have been misinformed by the original post.
Are you vegan?
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