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Having been a non-meat eater since I was 14, I've always found it quite interesting that the majority of meat eaters could not slaughter an animal themselves, and yet salivate at the thought of a juicy steak or a succulent piece of roast lamb on their plate. Meat eaters don't mind someone else slaughtering these creatures for their Sunday feast, as long as they don't have to perform the gruesome act themselves. I find it quite funny that people who eat meat don't seem to associate the creatures in the field with what is served to them on their plate in the restaurant. Even the milk you drink comes to you at a bigger price than the 35p you have paid for it in the SuperMarket. Yes! The calves are cruelly taken away from their mothers to be slaughtered for veal, so that the cow can then carry on producing milk for your consumption.
What about all the chemicals used to treat cows and sheep? Antibiotics and steriods to fatten them and to eliminate any unwanted bacteria. Do you really know what you are eating? Do you care what you are eating? Whoops! Sorry! So, you only eat organic meat? That's ok then, they are slaughtered in a different, more hygienic way!
What did you say? You don't eat meat, you only eat white chicken? That's ok! Chcken is not meat, is it?
How can you eat anything with a face? 'It doesn't smile anyway!' responded the meat eater.
That's alright then!
The Buddhists teach that we can be re-born into the body of an animal, and that all animals are our ancestors, our friends. Be careful next time you tuck into that beef burger, you just might be eating the remnants of a friend!
MORAL: HOW CAN YOU STROKE AN ANIMAL WITH ONE HAND, AND THEN PICK ITS BONES WITH THE OTHER?
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