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In reply to the discussion: NM man films horse killing to send message to activists [View all]Neoma
(10,039 posts)73. I truly believe the concept that we're the only ones...
Separate from animals in our high and mighty intellectual throne is hogwash.
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Oh man that's fucked up. Well, fuckface has all the attention he could ever hope for now.
Poll_Blind
Mar 2013
#3
The fucked up thing is that what he did isn't illegal in his state b/c horses are livestock and
JaneyVee
Mar 2013
#102
A Valley Meat Contractor on Valley Meat Property - And he's not representing the company?
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2013
#54
oh my God, I feel sick watching that. That pony had an auction sticker and halter, it was tame.
Sunlei
Mar 2013
#8
meanwhile millions of cows get slaughtered every year and .... crickets from the horse lovers nt
msongs
Mar 2013
#25
Indeed. Killing a "cute" animal makes you a monster. Killing a chicken is fine and dandy. nt
Codeine
Mar 2013
#78
PETA is reported to have killed 90% of all dogs and cats it took-in in 2012. n/t
Jim.Rob58
Mar 2013
#33
Ding Ding we have winner. Moral relativism abounds here. Yes horses are pretty,
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2013
#59
I don't eat meat never had, but if I decide to someday my first rule is I have to kill it myself.
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2013
#69
It's a statistic typically used to disparage animal rights concerns. Could be coincidence, but...
freshwest
Mar 2013
#64
It's not only French. It's found in Belgian, Italian in most European cuisines except British
SpartanDem
Mar 2013
#46
I don't care who does the butchering. I will become a vegan before I eat horse meat.
In_The_Wind
Mar 2013
#55
Why in the world not? I ate some horse just last week when I was in Iceland.
Peter cotton
Mar 2013
#89
For me, it's the way he executed the horse. Has little to do with the animal he killed.
Poll_Blind
Mar 2013
#43
If he eats this I don't see how this is any worse then other slaughter, it least he didn't hide it.
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2013
#45
Our shock and offense doesn't matter to the horse, the only victim as it stands.
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2013
#57
Having That "Sanitized Outcome" Available Is An Indication Of A Modern Civilization.
Paladin
Mar 2013
#62
The guy in question claims that he will be eating it, not just killing it for fun.
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2013
#97
Hint: killing the horse, in and of itself, is not the reason this person is a sociopath.
2ndAmForComputers
Mar 2013
#100
Sociopaths will be sociopaths. It comes down to the banality of evil, the otherwise good people
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2013
#101
Takes a certain kind of person to entertain himself by killing a sentient creature.
LanternWaste
Mar 2013
#63