tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post2054971396092429373..comments2024-03-18T14:35:37.633-07:00Comments on Grace Elliot - blog.: Zoophagy - Victorians and Exotic Meat!Pippa Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10128414630918980034noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post-69329624731169841182013-08-14T11:01:43.844-07:002013-08-14T11:01:43.844-07:00To me its an issue of how animals are treated, not...To me its an issue of how animals are treated, not whether they should be eaten in the end. Animal abuse is the real problem. (read Upton Sinclair-The Jungle) I think if an animal lives a pretty full life. He is indifferent to be being eaten, once he is dead. I actually think it is a sign of respect to use the animal as food once deceased. I do believe animals can live a full life and then be consumed. We may just need to rethink how we do it. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847647767204441589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post-66317705853602587572012-08-30T15:06:04.748-07:002012-08-30T15:06:04.748-07:00Hi Grace,
I'm afraid that I am very much a me...Hi Grace,<br /><br />I'm afraid that I am very much a meat eater, although I am quite happy to choose a vegetarian meal from a restaurant menu, if the mood takes me.<br /><br />I have to say that I totally agree with the comment made by your previous commenter 'Undine'. I am sure that it is purely a conditioning reflex, which makes some animals and birds 'suitable' as food and others not. <br /><br />I have eaten pigeon and frogs legs, although I think that is about as outrageous as it gets. I have often wondered whether I would actually eat something more unusual, if it was cooked, prepared and served and I wasn't told what it was in advance? ... Perhaps it has already happened ... who knows!<br /><br />There was an entire television programme broadcast a few months back (although I can't find the link now I need it), which told the story of a local Somerset man who lives entirely off of roadkill. I have to admit that I wasn't able to bring myself to watch it, so perhaps there is hope of converting me to vegetarianism yet!<br /><br />Great topic for a post, most interesting.<br /><br />YvonneYvonne @ Fiction Books Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821114534056290177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post-72426018294849745112012-08-29T13:40:50.606-07:002012-08-29T13:40:50.606-07:00As a vegetarian myself, I dont think you're bi...As a vegetarian myself, I dont think you're biased but have thought things through more than most!<br />Whilst writing the post I was reaching the opinion it's about the 'cute' factor, and yet I felt repulsed at the idea of eating animals that had died at the zoo. In fact, eating animals that have died of natural causes is stopping them from going to waste...<br />As a digression, one of the many reasons I became vegetarian was because I disagreed with the animal husbandry methods needed to make meat freely available for all...but if this was my sole objection it would follow I'm comfortable about eating road kill or deceased zoo exhibits...and I'm not...A complex topic. <br />Thanks for your comment, Undine.<br />G xGrace Elliothttp://graceelliot-author.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post-87418309765807033202012-08-29T12:45:48.540-07:002012-08-29T12:45:48.540-07:00I suppose I'm too biased to answer that questi...I suppose I'm too biased to answer that question, as I became a vegetarian myself as a child because the idea of eating any animal was horrible to me. <br /><br />I think it simply comes down to the power of conditioning. Because we're used to thinking of cats and dogs as pets/companions, the idea of making a meal of them is repugnant. But since we've been taught that cows, pigs, or chickens are *there* to be used as food, we usually don't give it a second thought.<br /><br />But then, like I said, I'm biased. I'd be curious to see what a meat-eater would have to say...Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.com