Mayhaps a hypocrite

[chatastic]

I've been known to enjoy a rare steak.  I'm no vegetarian, even though I've been though as such, because I'm an elliptical carnivore. Given my druthers, I would not choose protein as part of my eatery, not as a conscious choice, but as a preference.  I love vegetables and starches.  If I can, I'm going to load up my plate with side dishes, not the

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[dracschick]

yeah, I agree with you.

[vampire_cookies]

Vile.

[punjabhappy]

I've never ever been able to stomach the site of a dead animal. Any dead animal. My dad and my grandpa both worked for the forest service so I basically grew up loving Bambi. It infuriates me to no end to see crap like snake hunting and shooting animals just for the heck of it.

Now don't get me wrong- I have a definate weakness for prime rib. I DO NOT however support killing animals for "fun". It just sickens me.

[oldphan]

You know believe it or not, there actually was a movie made about this very topic. I saw it once in a class. For the life of me I cant remember the title, but I can find out on Wednesday. Its really horrible.

I don't know if they still do this, but way back in like the 70's when they did this mass snake killing insanity, they would also crown one 'lucky' girl as like... Miss snake killer or something? Its like the miss America competition, but for snake killing. And like these girls would go and on about how they've dreamed about being the miss snake lady all their lives. It was just so depressing.

I love meat, but this is really just to awful.

-Oldphan

[my_daroga]

Kitty is pissed!

I agree with you. I am a vegetarian, but that's based on lots of stuff that does *not* preclude farming and eating meat. Or even hunting, though I do have certain problems with it on another level. I don't want to eat factory-raised food, and I don't like meat much anyway, but I don't by any means think it's ethically wrong to put meat of any kind in human mouths.

Er... dirty.

Anyway, double entendres aside, lots of this shit is violence-bonding, like hunting is, like the more violent sports or deliberately sadistic splatter films. It ain't about the snakes. It's about a mob, and a feeling of control. I have no problem, actually, with eating snakes. Or gator. Or whatever. These animals are likely raised under conditions a lot better than cows and chickens are these days. But as a display? It's just gross.