tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post2568053595080324477..comments2024-02-07T21:24:37.121-08:00Comments on Blogtrotter: Colin Spencer's The Heretic's Feast": Book ReviewJohn L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-22846705960402091102010-03-10T14:09:13.793-08:002010-03-10T14:09:13.793-08:00I welcome visits from your students, and am prepar...I welcome visits from your students, and am prepared to moderate an online forum if they wish to explore the subject in greater depth.<br /><br /><br />In her "Animals in Translation", Temple Grandin assures the reader that (in well-designed facilities) the stress experienced by cows on the killing floor is no greater than during a veterinary call. Having been present for both vet treatments and euthanizations, I believe that.<br /><br />Grandin also points out that animals raised for slaughter would not otherwise even have been born. If their brief lives are pleasant, and their demise quick and anguish-free, then we have improved greatly on Nature's handling of such matters.<br /><br />Our local grass-fed beef rancher sometimes runs a herd on my land. I can attest that the cows I hosted, all of whom are now dead, and at least one of whom ended up on my dinner table, lived splendidly.tamerlanehttp://trueliberalnexus.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-47706395613194534242010-03-09T17:18:01.177-08:002010-03-09T17:18:01.177-08:00Teaching a tech & culture Humanities course, a...Teaching a tech & culture Humanities course, and a student commented online about the obesity epidemic right after I read your piece in TLN today. So, I will send the link to my class to share in your thoughts, TL. <br /><br />I agree with your take re: the "sprouting adolescents" in my home-- they were inspired by a post-Thanksgiving school visit by Jonathan Safran Foer on the way to a book signing of his "Eating Animals," and got my wife and I to stop the bird consumption, but the older one's already caved in and the younger is wavering and the wife, the cook for us all, is stuck with again a varied fare to please three stubborn palates.John L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-62021408048665845122010-03-09T14:24:00.596-08:002010-03-09T14:24:00.596-08:00Coincidental that I just today blogged on obesity?...Coincidental that I just today blogged on obesity?<br /><br />http://trueliberalnexus.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/killing-ourselves-softly/<br /><br />On the opposite end of the spectrum, I have taught teenagers raised in a neo-hindu community that were being borderline starved so that their diet would conform to their ayurvedic humours.<br /><br />Excessive consumption of meat is unhealthy, and also costly in terms of burden on the environment and infrastructure. yet, with pure vegetarianism, it is difficult to ingest the necessary quantity of protein, especially for sprouting pubescents.<br /><br />Humane slaughter practices are laudable, but most slaughter takes place ob scura. People would be shocked to learn of the history of their meat, but would also quail at the higher prices necessitated by humane practices.<br /><br /><br />The principles of the original Epicurias would serve us all well.tamerlanenoreply@blogger.com