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Comment by sitkack

5 months ago

Our meat is bought from the butcher, delivered to the chef so it comes not as an animal, but part of a tasty dish.

If we eat meat, we should kill it ourselves.

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chamomeal  5 months ago

I get a lot of shit for saying this, but I agree completely!

I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with eating animals. But I have a particularly carnivorous friend who thinks hunting is for sociopaths, because he “loves animals”.

If I wouldn’t harvest it, I won’t eat it. And I definitely would be too timid to slaughter a freaking cow lol

  • bentinata  5 months ago

    I think it's a matter of hygiene and speed. Sure I could butcher a chicken, maybe have a shot at a bigger animal like a goat or cow. I've seen it multiple times since I live in a country that regularly do animal sacrifice. But I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to do it as clean or as fast as the usual butcher.

    It does feel different from market-bought meat though, at least for me.

    • sitkack  5 months ago

      If someone is unable to kill an animal, should they eat the animal? It is another matter to ask everyone to raise their own livestock.

    • chamomeal  5 months ago

      Yeah of course it makes sense for people to specialize. My point is more regarding people like my friend, for whom “killing animals” and “eating meat” are completely different things.

      If I wouldn’t kill a chicken because you would feel bad, then I shouldn’t be able to eat chicken without feeling bad. If I’m able to do that, it’s because a big food production system has falsely separated those concepts in my head. Kind of similar to the accountability sinks in the linked post