Lucie Caunter

Make sure never to read scientific studies about how the plants kingdom (so
to speak) is full of sentient and feeling creatures. Such researches has
been going on for more than 20 years . But they are often shoo away, just
like animal emotions are often treated as inferior instinctual reactions by
the scientific society.
Considering how animals (including humans) are mistreated in the western
society ( don't know enough about others) it is probably commendable to eat
less meat or only eat meat you know the farmer has not mistreated.
But to be a vegetarian because of the assumption that animals are superior
to vegetables may be perpetuating another myth of superiority.
I know my words will seemed strange to a lot of people. After all, we hear
animals but plants don't seem to make noise. I've been there. As a
biologist, I didn't questioned our representation of nature in some pyramid
form, with man on top, until a few years back. When does a natural creature
become sentient? Are our answers convenient to our culture or reflecting
reality? Our generation may not have the courage to answer these questions
publicly ( scientific witch hunt do exist in our society), but I believe
our children may.
Sorry, about the boat rocking. Was running out of thongue to bite.
Frienship
Lucie, from Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: carolyn <nielsonc@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] meat was math experience


> I agree that if what you are eating bothers you, you shouldn't.
>
> For all of my meat-eating years, however, I preferred not to use or hear
> distasteful words about my meal. I think a whole lot of people eat meat
> and don't want to think that it was once a living, breathing animal.
> One of the vegetarian books I've read encouraged a change of language to
> call "meat" by it's animal name, chickens, fishes, cows, pigs, etc.
> because the author felt that language was one of the ways we have made
> carcass eating more appealing.
>
> Carolyn
>
> rumpleteasermom wrote:
>
> > Well, yes as a matter of fact. And I also think that if it bothers
> > you to think of it as a hunk of dead cow (or if you raise them
> > yourself a peice of Bessie), you SHOULD be a vegetarian. If the truth
> >
> > of what you are eating bothers you, then you shouldn't eat it.
> >
> > Bridget
> >
> > --- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., Katedavislawfirm@a... wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Bridget:
> > >
> > > Are you saying that "a 'roast,' by any other name, is still . . . .
> > . .
> > >
> > > a hunk of dead cow??"
> > >
> > >
> > > BLECH!
> > >
> > > Jeepers, this list is going to inspire the vegetarian in me to take
> > over the
> > > omnivore in me. Between bloody eggs and hunks of cow carcass, who
> > could
> > > resist?!
> > >
> > > Kate Davis
> >
> >
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rumpleteasermom

Hey!

Have you ever heard a song called, "Carrot Juice is Murder"? It's on
one of the Dr. Demento compilations. You'd LOVE it!

Bridget


--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Lucie Caunter" <lucie.caunter@s...>
wrote:
> Make sure never to read scientific studies about how the plants
kingdom (so
> to speak) is full of sentient and feeling creatures. Such
researches has
> been going on for more than 20 years . But they are often shoo
away, just
> like animal emotions are often treated as inferior instinctual
reactions by
> the scientific society.
> Considering how animals (including humans) are mistreated in the
western
> society ( don't know enough about others) it is probably commendable
to eat
> less meat or only eat meat you know the farmer has not mistreated.
> But to be a vegetarian because of the assumption that animals are
superior
> to vegetables may be perpetuating another myth of superiority.
> I know my words will seemed strange to a lot of people. After all,
we hear
> animals but plants don't seem to make noise. I've been there. As a
> biologist, I didn't questioned our representation of nature in some
pyramid
> form, with man on top, until a few years back. When does a natural
creature
> become sentient? Are our answers convenient to our culture or
reflecting
> reality? Our generation may not have the courage to answer these
questions
> publicly ( scientific witch hunt do exist in our society), but I
believe
> our children may.
> Sorry, about the boat rocking. Was running out of thongue to bite.
> Frienship
> Lucie, from Canada
>