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When Slaughter is the Measuring Stick
Posted on June 29th, 2012 by Colleen in Food for Thought Blog Writings
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Tags: animals backyard compassion humane meat locavore meat slaughter urban agriculture
This Post has 1 Comment
Tags: animals backyard compassion humane meat locavore meat slaughter urban agriculture
Just a thought for the day…
When people say that “backyard slaughter” is better than “factory farming and industrialized slaughter,” it demonstrates how low the bar has sunk and how little we think of ourselves. At what point did we make “industrialized slaughter” the standard by which we measure our actions? We need to raise the bar so that the standards by which we measure our actions are the best and highest we’re capable of. When we make compassion that barometer, we recognize that ALL slaughter is the same and gives way to violence, desensitization, and the hardening of the heart. When we make compassion that barometer, we don’t settle for violence on a small scale. We aspire to kindness on a huge scale.
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June 30, 2012 at 9:09 pm
Here in the Netherlands there is a discussion about banning ritual slaughter. With ritual slaughter, the animal is killed by cutting it’s throat while he/she is fully conscious. Some political parties want to ban it because it can take a long time for the animal to die. Others think religious freedom is more important than animal welfare.
And I just don’t understand why nobody worries about all the animals being killed the ‘normal’ way… As if there’s no animal cruelty there!
Wonderful post, Colleen. Hopefully, I will remember this when another discussion about killing animals comes up.