11-30-2011, 04:06 PM
This is one of those topics where emotion seems to trump rational thought.
Mankind has been eating horsemeat for millions of years. And in most countries today horsemeat is still widely consumed. In fact, in Japan it is considered a delicacy. It is really only in English speaking countries like the UK and the USA that a kind of "oooo, icky" taboo seems to have arisen. And THAT seems based on the weird anthropomorphism our cultures seem to subject our pets and companion animals to.
No, sorry, even if you give it a name and talk baby talk to it, it's still an animal, so why NOT eat it?
But I digress...
The simple fact is that the ban on inspections of horse slaughter operations (that Obama just reversed) had a dreadful impact on the welfare of "surplus" horses, pushing them into long distance trade with slaughter operations in Canada and Mexico, where they don't observe such silly notions as "if it has a name you can't eat it."
Sorry, my chickens have names and make very tasty soup. Get over it!
Mankind has been eating horsemeat for millions of years. And in most countries today horsemeat is still widely consumed. In fact, in Japan it is considered a delicacy. It is really only in English speaking countries like the UK and the USA that a kind of "oooo, icky" taboo seems to have arisen. And THAT seems based on the weird anthropomorphism our cultures seem to subject our pets and companion animals to.
No, sorry, even if you give it a name and talk baby talk to it, it's still an animal, so why NOT eat it?
But I digress...
The simple fact is that the ban on inspections of horse slaughter operations (that Obama just reversed) had a dreadful impact on the welfare of "surplus" horses, pushing them into long distance trade with slaughter operations in Canada and Mexico, where they don't observe such silly notions as "if it has a name you can't eat it."
Sorry, my chickens have names and make very tasty soup. Get over it!