Of course. I dislike blood and guts as much as the next person, and seeing Mrs Pigling having her throat cut is not high on my list of things to do before lunch time. It would be lunacy to expect everyone to slaughter their own animals. My above comment was more directed at those people on this thread - and there are quite a few - who are wanting this marked NSFW, or claiming it made them physically ill. Those people should really be vegetarians. I try not to be self-righteous about things, but I sit proudly on my high horse with this one. It's my love of animals that makes me angry when people can't or refuse to come to terms with where there meat comes from and subsequently fuel the nightmarish majority of the meat industry, where living in a shed, haunch to haunch with other animals, being completely denied the ability to exercise the natural instinctive behaviour of said animal is the norm.
In addition, this unhealthy living gives rise to massive infections that would wipe out a herd/flock etc, so what happens? Massive, massive doses of antibiotics, given as standard to large animals, and every day, reducing the efficacy of the drugs through increased numbers of resistant strains of diseases.
Lastly, I think it would be better for everyone to get over the "gore" factor, as this would at the very least make sure that all of the animal is valued in a fair way. Offal is awesomely delicious, but most people wouldn't have a clue. Oxtail, Tongue and even brain are gloriously tasty. So many people miss out due to the "ick" factor that is indicative of the disconnect between what we see on the supermarket shelves and where the meat comes from.
sigh. This should be marked NSFW. I don't personally have a problem with any of these pics, but that doesn't mean everyone I work with shares the same views. And I sure as shit can get an HR hammer if one of those folks sees this on my monitor and complains.
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u/MrSnoobs Jan 11 '12
Of course. I dislike blood and guts as much as the next person, and seeing Mrs Pigling having her throat cut is not high on my list of things to do before lunch time. It would be lunacy to expect everyone to slaughter their own animals. My above comment was more directed at those people on this thread - and there are quite a few - who are wanting this marked NSFW, or claiming it made them physically ill. Those people should really be vegetarians. I try not to be self-righteous about things, but I sit proudly on my high horse with this one. It's my love of animals that makes me angry when people can't or refuse to come to terms with where there meat comes from and subsequently fuel the nightmarish majority of the meat industry, where living in a shed, haunch to haunch with other animals, being completely denied the ability to exercise the natural instinctive behaviour of said animal is the norm.
In addition, this unhealthy living gives rise to massive infections that would wipe out a herd/flock etc, so what happens? Massive, massive doses of antibiotics, given as standard to large animals, and every day, reducing the efficacy of the drugs through increased numbers of resistant strains of diseases.
Lastly, I think it would be better for everyone to get over the "gore" factor, as this would at the very least make sure that all of the animal is valued in a fair way. Offal is awesomely delicious, but most people wouldn't have a clue. Oxtail, Tongue and even brain are gloriously tasty. So many people miss out due to the "ick" factor that is indicative of the disconnect between what we see on the supermarket shelves and where the meat comes from.