Letters to the Editor

• Who do you eat?

  [Read the article: An Olympic disgrace]
  [Read more letters about this article: Here]

  While I am happy to see the author did not 'indulge' in eating his friend just to make others happy or as a result of 'political' pressure, I couldn't help but wonder: does the author feel the same way when biting into a burger? or chicken breast? rack of lamb? veal? bacon?

  The animals we routinely torture and heinously slaughter every second of every day in this country are no different than the author's 'Lassie'. They are looked at the same way here as dogs, cats and pretty much all animals are looked at in China (and other countries). The only difference is that you don't really know cows or chickens, pigs or sheep - or any of their babies (lamb and male calves or 'veal' in the standard American vocabulary) and the slaughterhouse industry wants to keep it that way. If you developed a touching relationship with any animal that you now call 'food', you may have second thoughts about ripping into it's leg or breast- at least a compassionate human would.

  So, why be so appalled at someone else's actions when you commit the same atrocities in your own home?

  Permalink Monday, March 24, 2008 05:15 PM