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Kill it Cook it Eat it

  • 09-01-2008 11:52pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭


    Holy sh1t, this was some rough tackle, couldn't even watch.

    Anyone else see this show that could potentially but you off meat?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭juror


    Ya i saw it last night. They were cooking veal. I can't wait to try some!! In fairness, it looks a fairly humain process


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    killing a baby cow is humane these days?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,978 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    Well they couldn't feel anything so it was humane. I have to say i was a bit shocked when they killed the first calf but when I saw the second and thrid it was grand. It was a very interesting show overall. I think tonight they're slaughtering baby lambs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Kur4mA


    Meh, just another shock program in disguise. They get straight down to business with the more controversial slaughtering.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭juror


    Overheal wrote: »
    killing a baby cow is humane these days?

    Yes it is... happens every day in the wild and they suffer a lot more there


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 883 ✭✭✭moe_sizlak


    the way in which those calves were slaughtered for veal is way more cruel than how most cattle we eat are slaughtered in this country

    on that show , they hung the calf by his hind legs and slit his throat to let the blood drain , adds to the veal flavour

    most cattle we eat here are shot in the head 1st with a real bullett

    thought the show was gross


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    Anyone see tonights? i didnt watch it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,483 ✭✭✭✭daveirl


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭juror


    moe_sizlak wrote: »
    the way in which those calves were slaughtered for veal is way more cruel than how most cattle we eat are slaughtered in this country

    on that show , they hung the calf by his hind legs and slit his throat to let the blood drain , adds to the veal flavour

    most cattle we eat here are shot in the head 1st with a real bullett

    thought the show was gross


    As stated, cattle we eat here are stunned by a bolt gun which renders the animal unconscious. The throat is then cut to kill then animal. Because the animal is unconscious it does not feel anything. Its nothing to do with the veal flavour, the flavour of the veal is dictated by what it is fed on.
    If you think this method of killing an animal is cruel, I would like you to state a more humane method??

    Oh ya, I saw tonights too. It was a summary of previous 4 episodes; lamb, goats, pigs and calves. It was quite good


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    djmarkus wrote: »
    Anyone see tonights? i didnt watch it.
    Gah I saw it - i saw a few during the week and wasn't really bothered but lasts nights was a bit gross. They had a scene with 2 male week old cows being shot in the head at a dairy farm because they were no use to the farmer. It was gross tbh - they weren't stunned like in the slaughter scenes so there was blood pouring out and the bodies were twitching etc. :( Later in the show the guy who shoots them was on and looked like he was close to tears saying it was a waste of life because only and handful of the bodies can be actually used at wildlife reserves etc. Then they had tiny piglets in spain or somewhere being killed and served up. Between that and the chicks being gassed on that Jamie Oliver show I feel like sticking to veggie options for the next while!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭Jimbo


    Sounds strangly interesting. What channel was it on?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    it was on bbc 3 so they'll prob show it on 1 or 2 pretty soon.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭Beano


    moe_sizlak wrote: »
    the way in which those calves were slaughtered for veal is way more cruel than how most cattle we eat are slaughtered in this country

    on that show , they hung the calf by his hind legs and slit his throat to let the blood drain , adds to the veal flavour

    most cattle we eat here are shot in the head 1st with a real bullett

    thought the show was gross

    I think you missed the bit were they used the bolt gun to kill them before they hung them up. Same process is used for cattle. The bolt gun is even more effective on the calves because of there small size. They're already dead before they're hung up.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,721 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    One year old thread granted, but the show seems to be back this week with a focus on wild game..

    It was shooting grouse tonight and wild deer last night. I find the programmes interesting...not getting into the ethical debate. Though why some people go on it, knowing they won't be able to face the killing and cooking/preparation steps, I don't know.

    Edit: It's on BBC3 now actually


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Watched the one about rabbit and enjoyed it. Also came across quite possibly the most annoying person ever, a confused vegitarian called Francesca who didnt like vegetables. First time in ages I found myself shouting at the tv at practically everything she said. "I'm not holding that gun, I dont appreciate it" was another gem.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    moe_sizlak wrote: »

    most cattle we eat here are shot in the head 1st with a real bullett

    It's not a bullet it's a bolt gun. It can only be used by slaughtermen who are highly trained to apply it properly so it penetrates the right area of the animals brain causing instant death.

    It's as humane as you can get when killing an animal.

    Haven't seen this program but as it's a BBC 3 program and therefore just a shock puff piece of a TV show like all their other "documentaries" I will be avoiding. I eat beef and chicken and I know how the animals are killed. There is no way in hell I could kill an animal myself but I don't think that means I shouldn't eat meat!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    dfx- wrote: »
    I find the programmes interesting...not getting into the ethical debate. Though why some people go on it, knowing they won't be able to face the killing and cooking/preparation steps, I don't know.

    I find it pretty interesting too especially the way some peoples views change when the see the process and get trigger happy :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    I missed the grouse programme, but watched the rabbit one. Thought it was really good, but why was the spoilt blonde brat allowed on to that show? Also, imo, whoever didn't kill their dinner shouldn't have eaten.

    My one issue was the use of ferrets. I don't think that part was fair, but that wasn't part of the show.

    I thought the presenter pandered too much to the veggies aswell. They shouldn't have had the option to leave the room when the rabbits were being gutted and prepared for cooking. Either go on the show and learn about these things, or don't bother.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    eth0_ wrote: »
    Haven't seen this program but as it's a BBC program and therefore just a shock puff piece of a TV show like all their other "documentaries" I will be avoiding.
    Wha? BBC do the best documentaries.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Wha? BBC do the best documentaries.

    Urgh, meant to say BBC 3 :-)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    tk123 wrote: »
    Gah I saw it - i saw a few during the week and wasn't really bothered but lasts nights was a bit gross. They had a scene with 2 male week old cows being shot in the head at a dairy farm because they were no use to the farmer. It was gross tbh - they weren't stunned like in the slaughter scenes so there was blood pouring out and the bodies were twitching etc. :( Later in the show the guy who shoots them was on and looked like he was close to tears saying it was a waste of life because only and handful of the bodies can be actually used at wildlife reserves etc. Then they had tiny piglets in spain or somewhere being killed and served up. Between that and the chicks being gassed on that Jamie Oliver show I feel like sticking to veggie options for the next while!
    HI tk123 and all in this forum. I watched the prog tonight and felt sickened and very sad at mankind and the BBC for showing this programme. I dont eat meat but do eat fish. Having said that I have always being against any hunting or shooting programmes and no matter how they try and "colour" this programme, its still making it ok go hunting beautiul animals like deer and ducks etc. There is no reason on earth why anyone has to go out and shoot the animal to know how it dies, Im not being unfair here, I know how animals die and if I had to kill one, I could not , its against everything I belive in and no one has the right to do it. I feel they are bring blood sports into the foreground in a very clever way. Still I know people have a right to eat what they want but if they had to kill it first, many would not. If no one ate meat there is enough grain etc on the planet to feed the world and we would all be better off with out it. Please boycott this programme or write to the BBC, I will and I hope no one ever copes the idea that hunting is fair and needed to cul the herd etc. The earth got by on its own and would again. Man has some bad ideas sometime and this programme just adds insult upon an insult already being done. Namely Eating meat.Just try and think how you would feel if someneate your dog or cat etc. Sad days and its a pity to see so many people on tv being turned mentally in this way. THink first.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    in much the same way as nobody is forcing you to eat meat, nobody is forcing you to watch a problem on how meat is produced.

    if you don't like it, don't watch it.

    if I wasn't willing to kill an animal myself for food then I'd be a bit of a hypocrite letting someone else do it for me and then pretending like it was never a living breathing creature, which is why I've never eaten anything that I wouldn't be willing to slaughter myself (altho, to be fair, so far that only really extends to people and pet cats and dogs), so such a problem is of great interest to me and plenty of other people if you'll read the rest of the thread.

    if you'd like to discuss the morality of killing and eating animals further, the vegetaian forum is that way ->


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    pinkenergy wrote: »
    HI tk123 and all in this forum. I watched the prog tonight and felt sickened and very sad at mankind and the BBC for showing this programme. I dont eat meat but do eat fish.
    So you take part in over fishing our oceans, killing dolphins and turtles, destroying coral reefs and the ocean food chain. Why is ocean life unimportant to you?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    Hi and thanks for the reply:pac:
    I have no intention of being redirected to the Veggie Forum by you, thanks very much. Free speech and dont forget it.

    My main threa and this is important is that the programme is gloryifying hunting and all that it brings with it. Its not done in the way its pretending to be done, there was a programme like this about 1 year ago on the BBC about a man going to a slaughter house etc. At least that was honest and he did kill the animal and was very upset and did want to be a hypocrit about it either. My problem is the hunting element and that is Really bad and their is no excuse for this. Never to be glorified.
    By the way I have no intention of watching the programme again, came upon it and decided to look at it, though didnt watch the actual slaughter but wanted to hear the comments and how they felt afterwards.
    My view is my view and yours is yours, dont try and silence anyone.
    Remember it is a forum and all opinions are welcome, must have hit a nerve?:eek::rolleyes::confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    HI Scumlord,
    No I do care very much about our Oceans as Im sure you do.
    Dolphins are wonderful and so are the Coral reefs.
    I eat a little fresh water fish caught in Ireland and it doesnt harm anyone, except the fish. Thninking of giving it up to be honest.
    Nice to hear your concen for our fellow water creatures and plant life :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    pinkenergy wrote: »
    My view is my view and yours is yours, dont try and silence anyone.
    Remember it is a forum and all opinions are welcome, must have hit a nerve?:eek::rolleyes::confused:

    Sorry but you hit a nerve for me by going off topic - ie the morals of eating meat (which none of the other posters went in to) as opposed to the discussion of the tv show.

    All the show is doing is giving people an insight into where the meat comes from and with last weeks show making them a part of the process if they choose to be and how they are affected by it - does it change their views or cement them. Parts of it are graphic but that's what happens - granted i was a bit taken aback by one part of the last series but when I thought about it I decided that I still wanted to eat meat. As far as i'm concerned the animals on the show are being bred for one thing and one thing only - my dindins! :pac:
    They're not going out in the wild and killing animals or taking down cats and dogs in the streets - they're going to farms and estates where the animals are bred for human consumption. No farmer is raising herds of animals as pets they're raising them for profit.

    Back on topic - I think I preferred the recent shows because it was a smaller group - so you got a better idea of how people tick/what makes them want to take part/challenge themselves etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    Hi Again

    I understand what your saying but you dont seem to understand where Im coming from.
    My MAIN POINT AND I MEAN MAIN POINT IS THAT THEY ARE CONNING THE PUBLIC INTO THINKING THEY ARE WATCHING A PROGRAMME ABOUT HOW MEAT IS KILLED WHEN IS MOST CASES ITS ABOUT HUNTING, IE SHOOTING WILD DEER AND STAGS ON THE HILLS IN SCOTLAND. NEXT PROGRAMME IS SHOOTING DUCK, NOT YOUR NORMAL FARMYARD FAIR.

    IM not against people watching anything, that is there right but I do object to the BBC 3 prog on the principle that it is glorifying Hunting, and the sport of it also. As one of the guys said last night, I will do it again, I loved the chase the best. That has nothing to do with eating meat as a choice thats going into realms of hunting for the sake of it.
    Thats my point, please respect it.
    Eat your meat, thats your choice its the BBC is my problem, they are pulling the wool over peoples eyes here and very artlfully too.

    If I have to watch another programme to make this point I will, dont want to but will do as I feel the BBC are getting away with a lot here.
    Anti Hunting etc is big thing for me and any person of conscience.

    I hope that clears things as I dont want to prolong this with you, if there is anything unclear about what I have said let me know, if not have a good night.:):D;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    pinkenergy wrote: »
    Hi Again

    I understand what your saying but you dont seem to understand where Im coming from.
    My MAIN POINT AND I MEAN MAIN POINT IS THAT THEY ARE CONNING THE PUBLIC INTO THINKING THEY ARE WATCHING A PROGRAMME ABOUT HOW MEAT IS KILLED WHEN IS MOST CASES ITS ABOUT HUNTING, IE SHOOTING WILD DEER AND STAGS ON THE HILLS IN SCOTLAND. NEXT PROGRAMME IS SHOOTING DUCK, NOT YOUR NORMAL FARMYARD FAIR.
    don't be naive, how do you think people kill wild deer and ducks? this isn't a warner bros. cartoon, nobody tippy toes up behind them and shouts boo. :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    pinkenergy wrote: »
    Just try and think how you would feel if someneate your dog or cat etc.

    Get over yourself. People eat what they need to eat to provide nutrition. Different countries, different habits. Cat and Dog are fair game abroad.

    **TONIGHT** (WEDNESDAY) - Channel 4

    Channel 4 are doing a programme on eating various animals abroad. Not for sensitive types. Here's a review.

    Could You Eat An Elephant?, showing Wednesday January 14th on Channel 4 at 10:00pm

    Fergus Henderson and Jeremy Lee (pictured) have been mates for a long time. With Fergus running his celebrated restaurant St John - famous for its "nose to tail" menu including everything from pigs' ears to bone marrow - and Jeremy's position as head chef at top eatery Blueprint Café, the two friends are at the foodie frontline.

    Now Fergus and Jeremy are being sent on an epic culinary journey across Europe, Asia and Africa to truly test their own limitations. To find their culinary ceiling, the duo attempt to eat their way up through the ladder of animals considered taboo for consumption in Britain but very much part of the daily diet in other parts of the world.

    Starting with very small creatures and working their way up to the very big, Fergus and Jeremy visit places where these meats are local and seasonal, to see if they can eat them in the traditional way: from beetles and maggot-infested cheese, through rat, snake and dog to horse, elephant, and finally monkey.

    The programme is a serious look at different cultures through the food they serve, exploring where some British food taboos stem from. Along the way Fergus and Jeremy also examine their own culinary revulsions and preconceptions.

    http://library.digiguide.com/lib/uk-tv-highlight/Could+You+Eat+An+Elephant%3F-5971/Documentary/

    Not keen on someone eating elephant to be honest, noble beasts.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    pinkenergy wrote: »
    I eat a little fresh water fish caught in Ireland and it doesnt harm anyone, except the fish. Thninking of giving it up to be honest.
    but I don't see you campaigning again's John Wilson's 'Go Fishing Masterclass' TV programme. :rolleyes:
    Amalgam wrote: »
    Could You Eat An Elephant?
    assuming it's cooked and seasoned right, wouldn't want it if it was as tough as old boots. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    vibe666 wrote: »
    assuming it's cooked and seasoned right, wouldn't want it if it was as tough as old boots. :D

    "It tastes like chicken" :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    that's a big feckin chicken! :D

    imagine trying to stuff it.

    you'd have to stuff it with a bacon wrapped opel corsa.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    You really are a child. The point I have been making time and time again is that the BBC is making hunting acceptable, which it is not. If and I mean if we HAD to go out and kill for food then there is a point to this programme. But as we dont why have people do something, and I do wonder about some of the people in the programme as they clearly have mixed motives, buts thats their choice,that is senseless killing. Its also breeding a mentality for hunting and a a few were going back to do it again because they liked the chase!! thats nothing to do with eating and killing what we eat. Thats a whole new ballgame and you know it, I HOPE!!!.
    Naive I wish I was wouldnt life be so simple then, maybe you can tell me about it?
    Would you pull the trigger on a helpless deer or duck just to eat it? I know I could not but maybe in your Loony Tunes world you could!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    pinkenergy wrote: »
    Would you pull the trigger on a helpless deer or duck just to eat it? I know I could not but maybe in your Loony Tunes world you could!!!

    Yeah I would. I'm not going to run out tomorrow and shoot a duck by the lake in work or a deer at the phoenix park but given the chance to go on a hunt I would probably go for it. I have to say if i had to do it I'd want to take down something substantial like a deer or bigger to get a fair amount of food out of it and justify the effort/killing

    Deer - feed the family
    Grouse - too much work for a snack box


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    tk123 wrote: »
    Yeah I would. I'm not going to run out tomorrow and shoot a duck by the lake in work or a deer at the phoenix park but given the chance to go on a hunt I would probably go for it. I have to say if i had to do it I'd want to take down something substantial like a deer or bigger to get a fair amount of food out of it and justify the effort/killing

    Deer - feed the family
    Grouse - too much work for a snack box
    Dont know what to say to you. Im stunned and amused at the same time. Your not taking this seriously at all, otherwise you would have no morals or ethics or have left them at the office. The thing is you dont have to kill them and thats my point no body does, there is enough grain and other food to feed us all, even your snack box.
    But on your point why dont you, when your up near the Phoenix park drop into the Zoo and bag something SUBSTANTIAL for yourself like a Rhino and feed your family for a year, that sounds like something that would keep you happy:) Hope I never meet you on a dark night or up in the mountains, particularily if I was wearing headgear, you might mistake me for deer or something like it and I would be dinner, for at least 2 days.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    pinkenergy wrote: »
    You really are a child.
    thank you, I consider that a great compliment. I try my best. :D
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    The point I have been making time and time again is that the BBC is making hunting acceptable, which it is not.
    TO YOU it is not acceptable, but for hundreds of thousands of people it IS acceptable and for a good portion of people it's not only acceptable but a nessesity for survival. not everyone lives next to a centra. :rolleyes:.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    If and I mean if we HAD to go out and kill for food then there is a point to this programme.
    I rest my case, plenty of people DO have to go hunting to survive. if you had even the remotest clue about the world you'd know that.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    But as we dont why have people do something, and I do wonder about some of the people in the programme as they clearly have mixed motives, buts thats their choice,that is senseless killing. Its also breeding a mentality for hunting and a a few were going back to do it again because they liked the chase!! thats nothing to do with eating and killing what we eat.
    someone wandering through a school with an uzi picking people off randomly is senseless killing. someone hunting to eat is pretty much the complete opposite. there is a huge amount of satisfaction and a great sense of accomplishment to be had in hunting your food, it's been done for hundreds of thousands of years by man and animal alike.

    do you like cats? domestic cats hunt and kill birds and mice on a daily basis for no other reason than they enjoy the hunt, very rarely is it for food. my two cats are as well fed and cared for as any cat i've ever seen but they regularly hunt for sport.

    like I said it's 'reality', you should consider trying it some day. :rolleyes:
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    Thats a whole new ballgame and you know it, I HOPE!!!.
    no, that's the whole point I've been trying to make, that is exactly the same ballgame and i wish you'd cop on. just because you can't, or don't want to understand it does not make it a different game.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    Naive I wish I was wouldnt life be so simple then, maybe you can tell me about it?
    yes, i will. every post you make convinces me more and more that you really have no idea.

    next time you are in a supermarket check out the meat isle. everything there is carved from the corpse of a dead animal. no really it is. i know this seems obvious, but people really don't think about it when they pick up a pound of mince and have no interest in where their meat comes from any more than they know where their carrots or spuds come from. or your shoes? do you wear leather shoes? where do you think the leather comes from? it's torn from the flesh of cows that have just been slaughtered. how many people actually consider what they are walking round in?

    personally, I know exactly where my meat comes from and how it is slaughtered and consider it to be the meat eater's moral high ground to accept this and be a willing participant in every part of the process.

    to not want any part of this process or even know how it is done but rather just have your meat and not want to know how it got from a field somewhere on to your plate is more than a little hypocritical imho.

    (i know you don't eat red meat, but I'm trying to make a point, I hope you can understand).
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    Would you pull the trigger on a helpless deer or duck just to eat it? I know I could not but maybe in your Loony Tunes world you could!!!
    YES very much so, as I have already done many times in the past growing up in the country and I have no doubt I will again. this is nothing to do with 'looney tunes', this IS reality, not some homogenised bubble wrapped version that you may have been brought up in.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    Dont know what to say to you. Im stunned and amused at the same time. Your not taking this seriously at all, otherwise you would have no morals or ethics or have left them at the office.
    no, we just have different morals than you do. meat is food, it comes from animals and the only realistic way of getting meat is to kill the animal, end of story.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    The thing is you dont have to kill them and thats my point no body does, there is enough grain and other food to feed us all, even your snack box.
    but you eat fish. what about all the poor innocent fish that have suffocated to death in agony or been clubbed over the head to feed you? don't try and get on your high horse when you don't even have one. :rolleyes:
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    But on your point why dont you, when your up near the Phoenix park drop into the Zoo and bag something SUBSTANTIAL for yourself like a Rhino and feed your family for a year, that sounds like something that would keep you happy:)
    because that would be illegal, not to mention very difficult to transport home, and i'm pretty sure rhino's are on the endangered species list too, unlike deer which is plentiful, tasty and a great animal to hunt. just not in phoenix park because those ARE illegal to hunt, but there's plenty of places you can hunt them, although these would be on private land where they are bred for food but left to roam wild within the confines of the land where they are kept.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    Hope I never meet you on a dark night or up in the mountains, particularily if I was wearing headgear, you might mistake me for deer or something like it and I would be dinner, for at least 2 days.
    so anyone who hunts animals is automatically a cannibal? yeah, you really do make a good argument. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Back on topic (lets hope it stays that way). Did anybody watch the show on C4 that Amalgam mentioned. I got bored studying so watched it instead. I thought it was a bit of double standard that they tried dog but not elephant? LOL but I thought it was funny - they thought they were cool - 'we use all parts of the animal etc etc ' they soon learned they weren't as outrages as they thought they were! :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    tk123 wrote: »
    Back on topic (lets hope it stays that way). Did anybody watch the show on C4 that Amalgam mentioned. I got bored studying so watched it instead. I thought it was a bit of double standard that they tried dog but not elephant? LOL but I thought it was funny - they thought they were cool - 'we use all parts of the animal etc etc ' they soon learned they weren't as outrages as they thought they were! :)
    :confused:Dont you


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    I care about the animals Dave and plenty of others do also.
    But to Tk and Vibe, who I sent a long message to that has dissapeared.
    The programme was on again on Sunday (a follow up to the 2 series). It was called Kill it, Cook it and eat it changed my life.
    The programme was very good and a lot had changed their mind and some hadnt. There was a farmer who bred pigs to for meat but felt bad and said she was going to keep them as pets. But after a while, like a few months they went to check on her and he had gone back to farming and was now keeping a distance from her pigs(as she was getting emotionally attached to them), well she had to earn a living. But at least for a few hours she thought better of it. Thats just one example of many. There are others who thought it fine and were going to continue to but meat but buy better cuts etc.
    The programme was meant as an ethical, moral and educational tool but a lot of you didnt pick up on this. I did see some posts as the beginning of this thread which lead me to beleive there was more of you with a caring sensitive side for animals. But alas your no different to the masses.
    I will never get you to see my point on hunting and in this forum I will just say.
    Think Karma and have a good nights sleep!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    pinkenergy wrote: »
    I care about the animals Dave and plenty of others do also.
    I love animals and have kept animals as pets my whole life, everything from cats and dogs to growing up with chickens, ducks and even pheasants and peacocks and had even planned on going to university to study marine biology until i spoke to people who'd done the same and found out that only 2 out of the 22 people who had done the same degree as I was planning on doing had ended up with jobs in the field, so i went another direction.

    I've never killed and eaten an animal that i had kept as a pet because I didn't need to, but i'll happily eat the meat from the same species and if required would raise animals for food and eat them no bother.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    But to Tk and Vibe, who I sent a long message to that has dissapeared.
    yes, it looks like a mod has been deleting OT posts not concerned with the programs in question.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    The programme was on again on Sunday (a follow up to the 2 series). It was called Kill it, Cook it and eat it changed my life.
    The programme was very good and a lot had changed their mind and some hadnt. There was a farmer who bred pigs to for meat but felt bad and said she was going to keep them as pets. But after a while, like a few months they went to check on her and he had gone back to farming and was now keeping a distance from her pigs(as she was getting emotionally attached to them), well she had to earn a living. But at least for a few hours she thought better of it. Thats just one example of many.
    There are others who thought it fine and were going to continue to but meat but buy better cuts etc.
    people eat meat and meat is tasty. animals are made of meat and to eat tasty meat animals need to be raised for their meat and slaughtered. you aren't going to stop it so you might as well just deal with it.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    The programme was meant as an ethical, moral and educational tool but a lot of you didnt pick up on this. I did see some posts as the beginning of this thread which lead me to beleive there was more of you with a caring sensitive side for animals. But alas your no different to the masses.
    as I and many other have said already, you can care about animals and still eat them, the two are not mutually exclusive.
    pinkenergy wrote: »
    I will never get you to see my point on hunting and in this forum I will just say.
    Think Karma and have a good nights sleep!!!!
    that's because you don't have a valid point.

    oh, and I sleep like a baby thanks very much. :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    pinkenergy wrote: »
    I care about the animals Dave and plenty of others do also.
    But to Tk and Vibe, who I sent a long message to that has dissapeared.
    I haven't dissapeared I just dont think there's any point in replying any more. I will keep an eye out for the follow up show thou - no doubt bbc3 will be repeating it every other day like everything else they show!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    tk123 wrote: »
    I haven't dissapeared I just dont think there's any point in replying any more. I will keep an eye out for the follow up show thou - no doubt bbc3 will be repeating it every other day like everything else they show!

    There was a follow-up on a few nights ago, Kill it... Changed my Life. It was good, a few people turned vegan, one girl went back to eating meat.

    I found it hard enough to watch the lambs being killed, mainly due to the relative size of the bolt "ear muff" things to the little lambs head. However, it's a guilt I'll have to get used to, lamb is very tasty.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    i went to a local meat wholesaler near me and got a box full of various types of very good quality meat for €100 (saved a good 50% at least by buying it that way over going to the supermarket) so there's no chance of me turning veggie any time soon.

    like BroomBurner says, lambs may be very cute (and of course they are) but they're also very tasty. and tasty wins every time. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    vibe666 wrote: »
    I love animals and have kept animals as pets my whole life, everything from cats and dogs to growing up with chickens, ducks and even pheasants and peacocks and had even planned on going to university to study marine biology until i spoke to people who'd done the same and found out that only 2 out of the 22 people who had done the same degree as I was planning on doing had ended up with jobs in the field, so i went another direction.



    You reeally sound like a kind decent person, who is thoughtful and caring to animals. I understand your point of view and the fact that you care about animals is terrific. Its hard to reconcile your thoughts that "you can care about animals and eat them also", it doesnt make sense. it would have made more sense if you had said I care how they are raised and can eat them just the same.
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    I've never killed and eaten an animal that i had kept as a pet because I didn't need to, but i'll happily eat the meat from the same species and if required would raise animals for food and eat them no bother.
    yes, it looks like a mod has been deleting OT posts not concerned with the programs in question.
    people eat meat and meat is tasty. animals are made of meat and to eat tasty meat animals need to be raised for their meat and slaughtered. you aren't going to stop it so you might as well just deal with



    Animals are made of flesh, bone muscle etc not meat. Otherwise we are all meat. Its how you perceive them, thats the thing. I dont want to eat animals as I like them a great deal but you have your right to eat meat, it doesnt mean you have your priorities wrong. The thing I was really anoyed with all the time, was th hunting aspect of the BBC show and thats what a lot of people seemed to have missed.
    as I and many other have said already, you can care about animals and still eat them, the two are not mutually exclusive.
    No As I said you dont really care about certain animals, they are meat to you and you care if they have a good life and are killed humanely, thats the difference. Your pets and other animals in your life, Im sure you love very much. Your a bit of an inigma , could be worse:rolleyes:
    that's because you don't have a valid point.
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    I do have a valid point though, your qute wrong here, my point here and every time I have posted , is that the programme glorified hunting, it didnt just go into the shooting of the animals etc. It dealt a lot with Wild Game as you know and the hunting aspect and the way it affected the people on the hunt was surprising. Even down to a former vegan shooting a beautiful majestic Stag. Very sad and more important it was more about the blood lust of the chase then just killing the meat to be eaten later. Thats my point and always has been.:cool::confused:
    oh, and I sleep like a baby thanks very much. :)

    Oh Im sure you do, children sleep well.

    Listen I dont want to keep having a debate on this, as far as Im concerned I have said enough and Im sure you feel the same way.

    You should catch the BBC follow up programme as it was interesting on all aspects and was a good follow up to both series.

    I love animals , have done so all my life, same as you. I happen to not eat them but did once and I do admit to eating fish , which are living things. I would not go fishing for them, would live off grain quicker. Thats a personal choice, not something Im trying to convert people to, you cant anyway and choice is choice and so is freedom of speech and luckily we have it.:p;)

    Im trying to get through to the BBC re their programme and will let you know if anything comes of it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 pinkenergy


    vibe666 wrote: »
    thank you, I consider that a great compliment. I try my best. :D
    TO YOU it is not acceptable, but for hundreds of thousands of people it IS acceptable and for a good portion of people it's not only acceptable but a nessesity for survival. not everyone lives next to a centra. :rolleyes:.

    Meant to say Hunting is never acceptable accept where necessary. Anybody with a good mind and conscience knows that. The only exception is the fact that you might have to go hunting in the wild or some country or area where this is your only choice of food. I know plenty as I have friends living in the Artic Circle and they know the inuit who hunt for food to survive, thats not a choice thats a way of life. No sport in this.
    I also have a few friends there who do go hunting as a sport and regularily kill Caraboo and seals and always say " there is no waste " when talking about eating the Caraboo. I have seen their photos after the killing and the dead animal is left on the snow and cut up into joints of meat and arranged back in the shape of the animal. This is normal procedure for this and to my mind is quite barbaric. Im still friends with these people and we dont speak about hunting. The thing is they have no reason to do it, they have a supermarket near by and transport. They also bring peolple hunting and sometimes the animals dont die quickly. Sad and hard to understand the mind of someone like this. When they go hunting I mean.
    I[/S][/[HTML]Pity you dont get my irony about shooting rhinos etc :rolleyes:[/HTML]though Im sure you did :eek:keep the faith


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