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hunter

(40,582 posts)
52. That's the rules on my planet too.
Sat Apr 1, 2023, 03:03 PM
Apr 2023

Any humans we collect must be eaten.

It's well known across the galaxy that humans are a highly invasive species.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29

I'm not being flippant here.

The sad thing about this story is that the "hard lessons of life" that used to be survival skills are entirely irrelevant here in the 21st century. Rules like this serve no purpose in a world where nobody has to kill animals to survive.

I suspect most people wouldn't eat animals if they had to kill the animals themselves and turn them into dinner. I can do that, much as my great grandmothers did, but I don't, not here in the 21st century.

My dad's family were dairy farmers, my mom's family were ranchers. I'm not a rancher or dairy farmer because my grandparents did not like taking care of cows and ran off to the cities.

Cows are a handy way of turning grass on the hillsides into protein humans can eat.

These days we have more cows than the hillsides can support so we have to grow food for them on land that could otherwise be used to feed people directly.

Healthy satisfying vegan diets have never been easier than they are now. Hell, if I want junk food I can buy veggie burgers at our local fast food places, including McDonalds. That fake meat is pretty tasty.

Our "consevatives" hate this modern world. It's very similar to their hatred of realistic sex education and birth control. They will protect the cruel irrelevant teachings of their disgusting religions and ideologies at any cost. They'll treat dangerous and unwanted pregnancies as cruel "gifts" from their cruel gods.

I'm not any kind of militant vegan, but I don't serve meat in our home except to people who expect it, all in hopes of reducing my own environmental footprint.

My wife and I have dogs. I don't expect dogs to be vegetarians. I suspect most of the kibble we feed them is made from "retired" egg laying hens.

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What a sad story. Emile Apr 2023 #1
But at least the girl wasn't traumatized by seeing a man in a dress Silent3 Apr 2023 #2
WTF. We need these sick f@#ks out of positions of authority in this country. Kittycatkat Apr 2023 #3
A group of birds is a flock, a group of cows is a herd. Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #5
What's a group of assholes? barbtries Apr 2023 #20
I believe they call them a prolaspe icymist Apr 2023 #57
That would be "a Trump of assholes" jmowreader Apr 2023 #65
Made me LOL! nt Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #66
What the fuck? onecaliberal Apr 2023 #4
Enough. All these morons need to be removed from positions of power. c-rational Apr 2023 #6
Would these same assholes send armed LE to retrieve pardoned turkeys? Freethinker65 Apr 2023 #7
This has been a rule in most 4H shows and other agriculture shows as well for Bev54 Apr 2023 #8
The sheriffs already killed the goat. The man who bought it had agreed otherwise lostnfound Apr 2023 #12
I don't think they did. sl8 Apr 2023 #18
Correction to my last: sl8 Apr 2023 #31
Yes and that is why it needs to change, I know it has been changing in Canada Bev54 Apr 2023 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author Bev54 Apr 2023 #44
The lawmaker had donated the goat to charity ripcord Apr 2023 #71
The 4-H auction system horrified me when my spouse explained it to me (they'd been 4H as a child). NullTuples Apr 2023 #26
This is one of the reasons we need... dchill Apr 2023 #32
What they said Jilly_in_VA Apr 2023 #9
The world doesn't need these kind of lessons to be taught to 9 yr. old girls. patphil Apr 2023 #17
Right. Traildogbob Apr 2023 #28
Thanks for taking this that one big step further...it's a cruel world for sure. patphil Apr 2023 #51
To be clear, that's a quote from the lawyer that's suing the county, not from the county officials. sl8 Apr 2023 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Thunderbeast Apr 2023 #10
We have so much food available. We don't need to eat animals. mucifer Apr 2023 #11
Speak for yourself ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #68
Killing kindness. Not a bug but a feature. Nt lostnfound Apr 2023 #13
Fascism: Accept No Substitute. Kid Berwyn Apr 2023 #15
While I think this went ALL wrong... hippywife Apr 2023 #14
I'm usually a careful reader. Mosby Apr 2023 #53
I hope you'll consider... hippywife Apr 2023 #54
Done. Mosby Apr 2023 #56
sick BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2023 #16
How sick. Rebl2 Apr 2023 #19
Cops gotta kill! n/t TeamProg Apr 2023 #21
Could ththe parents have withdrawn the goat from the fair before judging? Karadeniz Apr 2023 #23
Short answer, yes. Bantamfancier Apr 2023 #30
Congrats, sick fuck cops. roamer65 Apr 2023 #24
+10000 Duppers Apr 2023 #27
Fern, is that you? intheflow Apr 2023 #70
Farming/ranching has a lot of pitfalls, a lot of hard knocks about life on the farm/ranch, that are SWBTATTReg Apr 2023 #25
"This is a goat, not Pablo Escobar"-- comment on the draconian search warrant Hekate Apr 2023 #29
Lawsuit (PDF) : sl8 Apr 2023 #33
"County officials." It's a definite type. dchill Apr 2023 #34
I'm truly sorry the girl got ambushed, but... Girard442 Apr 2023 #35
Deputies drove 500 MILES??? Grins Apr 2023 #36
3 counties: sl8 Apr 2023 #37
So sad 💔😔😪 nt Raine Apr 2023 #38
The worst part is she could have learned so many lessons from this. Demobrat Apr 2023 #39
Perhaps she did learn some lessons. NCjack Apr 2023 #40
"I wonder if they would have done that to a little boy." orleans Apr 2023 #45
They taught her a lesson all right. They taught her adults can't be trusted. appleannie1 Apr 2023 #41
"Rules are rules!" I agree that this was handled very, very badly Warpy Apr 2023 #42
Many years ago an enviromental group won the bid to clear-cut trees in a PNW National Forest, then spike jones Apr 2023 #46
Did the fucking deputies learn a lesson? Ilsa Apr 2023 #47
They got to act tough while scaring a little girl. Iggo Apr 2023 #61
For those who don't know California local politics, Mr.Bill Apr 2023 #48
Shasta County is over the edge. PufPuf23 Apr 2023 #69
Yeah, Shasta County is nuts not fooled Apr 2023 #73
Rules, Amendments, I'm done for the week, y'all! maspaha Apr 2023 #49
Sick fucks Oneironaut Apr 2023 #50
That's the rules on my planet too. hunter Apr 2023 #52
Once the new owner Is allowing the goat to live, how can the deputies kill his property? liberalla Apr 2023 #55
These are sick & deranged people who would go through all that trouble to kill a little girl's goat liberal_mama Apr 2023 #58
Authoritarian abuse of power. summer_in_TX Apr 2023 #59
Cops. That's who they are. That's what they do. Iggo Apr 2023 #60
Why couldn't the politician given her the goat? XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #62
Maybe because he never had physical possession of the animal Mosby Apr 2023 #63
Post removed Post removed Apr 2023 #64
look at you... druidity33 Apr 2023 #67
Why did the mother even agree to have her daughter enter the show? ripcord Apr 2023 #72
I don't understand this, either XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #74
I remember even as a little kid that loved animals that leftyladyfrommo Apr 2023 #75
I was raised on a ranch in South Texas by a father who was a cowboy hamsterjill Apr 2023 #76
Great perspective. Nt lostnfound Apr 2023 #77
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