We have had relationships with other animals, as a matter of fact cows were ridden and hooked to plows and wagons before horses were and in areas where horse were not available, should we stop eating cows? Cows have also been used to harvest crops. Never have read about any carrying anyone to battle but I wouldn't be surprised, yet I see no one advocating not eating cows, except for vegetarians and they at least include all animals in their lists.
As as I said in an earlier comment this nonsense about not eating horses is emotioal pure and simple and has no logic or basis in fact. When the liberals do this with other issues conservatives jump all over them. I guess it is alright to let emotions rule you if you are a conservative.
I know *some* people have horses as pets. My uncle had horses, and I've ridden them before. I'm sympathetic to the idea of treating some animals different from others, but I'm wondering where we should draw the line. Some people keep pigs as pets, and are really endearing animals. Should we ban pork? The only clear line I can see being drawn is for dogs and cats, because they are orders-of-magnitude more prevalent as pets, than horses are, even in Texas.
Just curious, if you own a dog or cat, would you, say, just for the curiosity of seeing how it tastes, would you eat it? Or would "emotions" hold you back?
And don't give any of that crap about Asians who eat dogs.