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Old 08-24-2007, 05:26 PM   #16
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How sad?

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Why is a two faced cow dying any more sad than all the one faced ones ...
It is sadder, but it's not clear whether the event should be exactly twice as sad, or maybe just 10% sadder.

It was never able to stand up and survived less than a day.
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Old 08-24-2007, 05:34 PM   #17
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Why is a two faced cow dying any more sad than all the one faced ones ...
Actually, that's a good question. Why is it that we are drawn to relate to, sympathise with this calf? I think part of it is knowing we are looking at a newly born creature that isn't going to survive. The cows we kill for food have lived at least some of their lives. There is something deeply saddening about something trying to live and never standing a chance.

And that's the other thing that draws us, I think. That calf represents the full force of a desire for life and for survival. It shouldn't have survived to be born, yet it did. Despite everything against it, it made it into the air. And we know, looking at that picture, we are looking at that drive to live...and we are equally looking at the hopelessness of that drive in this instance. It barely tasted the air, but taste it it did.

Another disturbing aspect of pictures like that and also the cyclops kitten, comes when you read the article and become aware of the health problems that go with such deformity. We read the article and know that the new born creature we are looking at is suffering, and will never know anything but that suffering.

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Old 08-24-2007, 08:53 PM   #18
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Why is a two faced cow dying any more sad than all the one faced ones resting comfortably on the sesame seed bun?
Because they aren't here.
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Old 08-24-2007, 09:04 PM   #19
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The calf will be graded as veal, which cost more IMHO.
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Old 08-25-2007, 12:20 AM   #20
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When I saw the header "Two Faced Cow", I thought it was a Hillary Clinton thread.
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Old 08-25-2007, 12:31 AM   #21
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Old 08-25-2007, 01:01 AM   #22
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Old 08-25-2007, 07:56 AM   #23
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That must be where double-cream comes from...
I was thinking more like half & half...

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I'm not sure how to break the news, but....The cow died a couple days ago. It was suffering lung problems.
Probably just as well. One day, both heads would've tried to lick its ass, and it would have split down the middle.
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Old 08-25-2007, 08:09 AM   #24
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and the cow cracked over the moon?
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Old 08-25-2007, 09:45 AM   #25
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"Would I be flagging down the Hellbound bus if I asked whether the momma had fed on Chinese grain?"

that could be the reason. or equally likely is that she was fed on genetically modified grain that american companies like monsanto are trying to force on the rest of the world. also possible is that the feed additives and hormones that animals are now pumped full of had this unexpected effect.
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Old 08-25-2007, 09:49 AM   #26
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"Would I be flagging down the Hellbound bus if I asked whether the momma had fed on Chinese grain?"
Just don't let FC hear you, you racist.

Kidding, I kid!
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Old 08-25-2007, 11:08 AM   #27
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"Would I be flagging down the Hellbound bus if I asked whether the momma had fed on Chinese grain?"

that could be the reason. or equally likely is that she was fed on genetically modified grain that american companies like monsanto are trying to force on the rest of the world. also possible is that the feed additives and hormones that animals are now pumped full of had this unexpected effect.
I think these kind of birth defects have happened for ever. That's how we've evolved from goo. Well, most of us have evolved.

There would be advantages to having an extra pair of eyes and a few other spare parts.
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Old 08-25-2007, 03:05 PM   #28
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Chu loooking a' me? Ahr JU lookin at **ME**?!!
Or as the gansta cow said after being chopped up and cooked.

"Au Jus looking at me!?"


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Old 08-25-2007, 04:33 PM   #29
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Did it live long enough for us to find out whether it mooed in harmony?
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Old 08-25-2007, 07:46 PM   #30
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When I saw the header "Two Faced Cow", I thought it was a Hillary Clinton thread.
bears repeating
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