WirelessMonkey
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That is brilliant. Kids more mature than adults.
Shoot me now.
Shoot me now.
the materialism comment didn't make much sense reading it now, but when you kill an animal, kids aged 6 to 11 are supposed to cry...looking at a lamb as food is what adults do, and i still think it's weird that such young children make such rational decisions, they're supposed to live in their own fantasy world and not having to deal with sending animals to the slaughterhouse
the materialism comment didn't make much sense reading it now, but when you kill an animal, kids aged 6 to 11 are supposed to cry...looking at a lamb as food is what adults do, and i still think it's weird that such young children make such rational decisions, they're supposed to live in their own fantasy world and not having to deal with sending animals to the slaughterhouse
Again, where are you people getting these ideas about kids? Personally, I'm a lot more soft-hearted now than when I was little. When I was a kid, the chickens and pigs and cows grew up and got killed and eaten, and that's just how life was. Now that I'm an adult and can question how the animal feels and what I feel comfortable eating I feel much more sympathy for animals and no longer eat them.
I find most country kids to be annoyed and a little scared by farm animals, not overawed by their cuddliness. Because, again, if you've ever seen a farm animal up close in the flesh, it's neither cute nor cuddly, regardless of what your PETA pamphlet tells you.
That is brilliant. Kids more mature than adults.
Shoot me now.
To everyone who think that these children are some kind of weird emotionless monsters:
Vast majority of children on earth spend their childhood working in one way or the other... so by that logic what we as westerners think is a normal childhood behavior and what we think childhood is all about is wrong.
Just throwing it out there.
I think the choice to kill the lamb for food was unexpected that's all. But keep in mind, the kids knew they would get some pigs in return. So they would next learn about pigs...
What is truly shocking to me is that it is the adults in this that are the childs. It may be true that maybe the news article is leaving something out but if it is subjective I think I like the decision made by these kids. PETA could learn alot from them. Meat is food and it comes from animals, all animals. Therefore animals = food.
It's not rocket science. It isnt even algebra for fucks sake.
the materialism comment didn't make much sense reading it now, but when you kill an animal, kids aged 6 to 11 are supposed to cry...looking at a lamb as food is what adults do, and i still think it's weird that such young children make such rational decisions, they're supposed to live in their own fantasy world and not having to deal with sending animals to the slaughterhouse
Has anyone here ever seen the show The F Word? Chef Ramsay raised animals in his backyard for slaughter each season, and his kids had no problem with it. I don't remember there being a big fuss over it, either, although I don't live in the UK so any brouhaha may not have made it this far.
There was a HUGE fuss over that!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_F-Word#Animal_slaughter
I'm not one to defend PETA- and I do agree with you. But saying it's okay for humans to kill others for food simply because their bodies can be used as food is a misrepresenting argument. I could use a cow as food, or a dog as food, or a human as food. That doesn't mean I'm going to say it's okay to eat dogs and humans. There are other reasons and many far better arguments to diffuse PETA about.