Comments on: Expanding the Conversation Around the Meat We Eat http://civileats.com/2009/11/26/expanding-the-conversation-around-the-meat-we-eat/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gerardo Tristan http://civileats.com/2009/11/26/expanding-the-conversation-around-the-meat-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-4677 Gerardo Tristan Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:07:04 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=5676#comment-4677 Shaun, i don't know what you mean by "reasonable americans" but i consider myself pretty rasonable and don't find this comparation a bit of strech.. I always find interesting when people talk about consideration, compassion and respect as if they where a pie that needs to be just used on human concerns. Compassionate people are not more or less concerned but rather equally concerned about injustice,suffering and abuse no matter if this happen here or abroad or to one of our own species or a different one. "Injustice anywhere is a treat to justice everywhere" M.L.K Shaun,

i don’t know what you mean by “reasonable americans” but i consider myself pretty rasonable and don’t find this comparation a bit of strech..

I always find interesting when people talk about consideration, compassion and respect as if they where a pie that needs to be just used on human concerns. Compassionate people are not more or less concerned but rather equally concerned about injustice,suffering and abuse no matter if this happen here or abroad or to one of our own species or a different one.

“Injustice anywhere is a treat to justice everywhere”

M.L.K

]]> By: pcrossfield http://civileats.com/2009/11/26/expanding-the-conversation-around-the-meat-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-4666 pcrossfield Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:06:06 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=5676#comment-4666 He is not comparing eating meat to slavery. He is saying that we will look back at the intense confinement of animals with shame. And the reason such an unsustainable system persists is because we eat meat three times per day. We can be more than well fed on less meat, and animals, too, can be treated right. Its not an either-or. He is not comparing eating meat to slavery. He is saying that we will look back at the intense confinement of animals with shame. And the reason such an unsustainable system persists is because we eat meat three times per day. We can be more than well fed on less meat, and animals, too, can be treated right. Its not an either-or.

]]> By: Shaun Haney http://civileats.com/2009/11/26/expanding-the-conversation-around-the-meat-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-4664 Shaun Haney Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:09:20 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=5676#comment-4664 Paula, I think most reasonable americans would consider comparing slavery and eating meat a bit of a stretch. I always find it interesting when we are more concerned about eating animals for meat than actually making sure humans are nourished and are fed. I believe that we need to make sure animals are treated properly but don't extend that into an ethical question of whether or not we should eat them. The turkey on Thanksgiving tasted to good to have that argument. Paula,
I think most reasonable americans would consider comparing slavery and eating meat a bit of a stretch. I always find it interesting when we are more concerned about eating animals for meat than actually making sure humans are nourished and are fed. I believe that we need to make sure animals are treated properly but don’t extend that into an ethical question of whether or not we should eat them. The turkey on Thanksgiving tasted to good to have that argument.

]]> By: Bill McCann http://civileats.com/2009/11/26/expanding-the-conversation-around-the-meat-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-4663 Bill McCann Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:32:09 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=5676#comment-4663 Thank you for the nice overview of what seems to be going on in the debate. Right now I wish I were a writer instead of a butcher because I have a lot of thoughts going through my head that need a place to land. First off I must say that this mess that we are in with our food did not get that way because of some corporate conspiricy...those guys are just not really that smart. The meat business changed in a big way when I was just getting started in it, back in the 70's. It was not an idealic situation then either. The meat dept. of a grocery store might have six or so guys working as butchers, but if you were lucky, one might have been skilled at his trade. I don't know why this was so, but it was. That is a fact that made IBP what it became. There were also a lot of glaring, but not charming problems with raising animals that were different than what we have now. That and a few other circumstances left us open for the corporate takeover that has happened. We seem to be at long last, asking some of the right questions. Thank you for the nice overview of what seems to be going on in the debate. Right now I wish I were a writer instead of a butcher because I have a lot of thoughts going through my head that need a place to land. First off I must say that this mess that we are in with our food did not get that way because of some corporate conspiricy…those guys are just not really that smart. The meat business changed in a big way when I was just getting started in it, back in the 70′s. It was not an idealic situation then either. The meat dept. of a grocery store might have six or so guys working as butchers, but if you were lucky, one might have been skilled at his trade. I don’t know why this was so, but it was. That is a fact that made IBP what it became. There were also a lot of glaring, but not charming problems with raising animals that were different than what we have now. That and a few other circumstances left us open for the corporate takeover that has happened. We seem to be at long last, asking some of the right questions.

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