It occurs to me

Undertoad · 12-09-2001, 12:42 AM

I lived for a few years in cow country and even helped out on a few farms, one a mini-farm for the raising of a Mennonite family with 15 kids. I helped feed the pigs, I didn't help with the cows. And I would have eaten any one of them.

I guess what I'm saying is that the argument that we're so far removed from our food is silly. I think, for better or worse, veggie-ism is way on the rise. I think it's fine for most people. I also think it's partly because of the movie "Babe", because that's what people think their meat is, all chatty and with tons of personality, etc. I wouldn't eat "Babe" but I'd eat any of those pigs I helped feed.

12-09-2001, 12:42 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I lived for a few years in cow country and even helped out on a few farms, one a mini-farm for the raising of a Mennonite family with 15 kids. I helped feed the pigs, I didn't help with the cows. And I would have eaten any one of them. I guess what I'm saying is that the argument that we're so far removed from our food is silly. I think, for better or worse, veggie-ism is way on the rise. I think it's fine for most people. I also think it's partly because of the movie "Babe", because that's what people think their meat is, all chatty and with tons of personality, etc. I wouldn't eat "Babe" but I'd eat any of those pigs I helped feed.

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