|
|
|
| So whats the difference between eating a dog or a cow... |
|
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
 |
I overheard one of our steers say, "It's better to have lived and been eaten for dinner than not to have lived at all." |
|
Arthur Kalliokoski
Member #5,540
February 2005
 |
Where's that little upvote arrow? I been hanging out on Reddit too much. I really admire the U.S. Constitution. It's so much better than what we have now. |
|
anonymous
Member #8025
November 2006
|
Matthew Leverton said: I overheard one of our steers say, "It's better to have lived and been eaten for dinner than not to have lived at all."
Sounds like complete BS to me, if you ask. |
|
Myrdos
Member #1,772
December 2001
|
Evert said: I seem to remember that cows are fairly intelligent. Certainly more intelligent than sheep, but that's not very hard. Horses, apparently, are not that bright (which is why it's easier to train them). This is a lie. Try telling this to someone who trains horses, and they'll look at you like you're crazy. I grew up on a farm, we had cattle and horses, and I know several horse trainers. Horses are quite intelligent, which is why it's possible to train them. We've had many breeds of cattle, and they're all deeply stupid. Not as bad as sheep, but then sheep are breathtakingly mindless creatures. I'll share with you a single example: our cows were calving in late winter, and one calf was not doing well. I went out to the field, loaded it into a sled, and hauled it to the barn. The mother would not follow. She kept sniffing around the afterbirth, as if wondering where her calf went. (She had watched me load it and haul it away). So I got a bundle of black tarp and put in on the sled. Then I crouched behind it and made "meh! meh!" noises, doing an incredibly poor baby calf impression. That got her attention, and I lured her into the barn by doing this periodically. This type of thing is so far beneath a horse that it would be ridiculous. On a side note, I love the way a cow's eyes look off in different directions when they're trying to concentrate. (Usually, figuring out what this thing is in front of them). __________________________________________________ |
|
Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
 |
All I have to say is if you eat or are otherwise responsible for anyone eating my cat, you may end up dead. If someone eats a stray animal, I may feel weird, but its really none of my business. I have even fewer problems with animals bred for eating. This is what they live for. I don't know how many food animals would even survive in the wild, they are too deformed these days. David McCallum said: This is a lie. Indeed. Cows are pretty darned un-intelligent. What little they did have back in the day was bred out. Now they chew grass and cud, then crap. Then die to make me a steak, or ground beef, or a hamburger. -- |
|
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
|
The only thing cows know is no one has ever made it back after getting in the cattle trailer. |
|
Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
|
Matthew Leverton said: The only thing cows know is no one has ever made it back after getting in the cattle trailer. I don't think they know what a cattle trailer is till they get on.. And before that all they see is a long set of "chutes" to funnel the cattle onto/into the trailers, if not directly into the slaughter house. -- |
|
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
|
We don't operate a huge cattle farm at home... |
|
Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
|
No chutes then? -- |
|
|
|
Nothing is better than anything else.
Its just a bunch of fencing to try and keep the animals a little less agitated.