wrong & right murder/Re: How safe is our meat?

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On Thu, 15 March 2001, Shelby wrote:

> Following this whole hoof/foot and mouth thing has me pretty perplexed.

> I keep hearing people expressing horror at the numbers of healthy cattle

> being killed and burned because of this disease (or some bizarre politics),

> but most of these people eat meat! Most of these animals were being raised

> to be slaughtered. Why is it so much more horrific that they are being

> burned instead of eaten?

good point you make. amazing how people can view deaths as either cruel,

necessary or humane. I suppose it depends on your level of accepting the basic

truth, although that again isn't always known. Some people really do feel

ignorance is bliss. Murder is murder no matter how you want to moralize it. MO

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