Re:Insane "underwater" startup.
by rudyfink on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @01:26PM
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Yes, while I don't see it as something I would do, I can't find any fault with it. I'd guess it's probably just the cheapest price point for meat available to him. If he bought a pallet of horse meat from a butcher, it would seem far more ordinary I think? That said I can't fault the logic of just going right to the source and saving money.
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Re:Insane "underwater" startup.
by noonespecial on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @01:50PM
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Its the same cultural problem that some people have with eating dog. Its just a different world. The meat in this case even walks to the place where its needed! If it was a cow or a pig, it would probably seem less objectionable. Horse seems to ring up as "pet" in my mind and so colors the issue for me.
If you think about it, he doesn't need to shoot the horse first. Dropping it to the bottom of the ocean with cinder blocks attached would do the trick while possibly attracting more sharks. It be cheaper and cleaner boat-side as well. He would probably find it morally objectionable to do so though.
If more people had to kill their own meat, there'd be a ton more vegetarians.
> If more people had to kill their own meat, there'd be a ton more vegetarians.
For about a week until we got over the social conditioning. Then we'd start wondering what else we've been missing all these years, and start killing and eating koala bears, kittens, and people.
>If more people had to kill their own meat, there'd be a ton more vegetarians.
History disagrees.
You're just not used it, that's all. But if everyone had to kill their own meat, and therefor you grew up that way, you wouldn't see much problem with it.