Sunday, 11 November 2012
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PETA: Why Eat Turkey If You Would Not Eat Your Dog?
PETA is about to place a billboard asking "KIDS: If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey?" Here is the link: Link
Do you think it is inconsistent to eat turkey when you wouldn't eat your dog?
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I feel like PETA should have a problem with Big Bird. They shouldn't let that horrendous objectification of animals stand.
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Because my dog is actually useful and is fun to play with. A turkey is essentially useless.
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because the turkey tastes better.
They're both delicious.
Everyone should stop eating animals and eat me.
I would like to see these people picket at the meat Packing Plant where the kill and butcher 1,600 head of cattle everyday. Dogs by the way are quite bony and do not supply enough meat per animal to justify the work it takes to skin him. Plucking a turkey is not all that laborious.
Here is the thing: dogs are human companions that are often anthropomorphised and treated just like humans. Turkeys are not. If you were to make a turkey into a companion animal that lived in the exact same manner as your faithful dog does, then no, you should not eat that turkey. We, as Americans, also have certain foods which are acceptable to eat (turkey, chicken, pork) and unacceptable (cats, dogs, guinea pigs), so comparing dogs to turkeys isn't useful.
ZOMG! TURKEY PUPPY! WOOK AT DA TURKEY PUPPY!
@MedicMark - Actually, a turkey is definitely not useless. It is actually very nutritious.
Obama ate his dog. So do the Chinese. I would eat my dog before I'd let my children starve. (Luckily there's lots of deer and rabbits and squirrels though, and I'm sure they taste better.) But, quite frankly, the turkey we raised for Thanksgiving did not evoke any kind of endearing qualities for me. He just squalled and gobbled. He was raised on corn and he had a huge Baywatch breast that bobbed a LOT when he walked. LOTS of meat there. He's going to be delicious.
My six year old would have absolutely NO dilemma if she read that sign. She can't wait until she is old enough to go hunting with Daddy. PETA can blow it. Apparently they think it is ethical to kill domestic animals, because those nutcases would do that if they had their way. They want to kill ALL pitbulls and are on a crusade to do so. And they kill thousands of cats and dogs every year.
Yes I think it's inconsistent.
Except turkeys don't lovingly run up to you and lick your face.
I love animals..... But... I do eat meat and the very little meat that I do eat is usually turkey/chicken .... Sooooo PETA can suck my fat toe on that one... and I would never eat an animal that would be my loyal companion...
No, it's not. The difference between the turkey and your dog is that you have no prior emotional connection to the turkey; hence why it's easier to eat the turkey. I'm sure it would be the same if I was served cooked dog that I had no prior relationship with.
I'm just sick of PETA trying to shove their veganism down other people's throats.
I've had both. Dog tastes awful which is why I would not eat a dog again. A cold turkey sandwich the day after Thanksgiving though...I live for the holidays for turkey leftovers.
@saintvi - I'm really glad we never had a dog named Fido when I was a kid.
Because a turkey isn't a dog. Duh.
Actually, turkeys are pretty mistreated. They pretty much hold the female butterball turkey down and artificially inseminate her with a baster because turkeys' breasts are too big to allow them to mate naturally. And this is deliberate because the people demand bigger turkey breasts at Thanksgiving dinner. However, I am still going to eat turkey at Thanksgiving. And I am also not going to eat my dog. But, to point out, some people DO eat dogs. So...
My family kept a pet turkey. He survived and thrived many a Thanksgiving.
People don't generally eat their pets be they dog, cat, turkey or parrot.But any animal may be raised as a food source, dog included.
So once again we see that PETA is a source of nuts.
In some countries, I understand that they eat dogs.
Quite obviously. Why love one animal and eat another? It's discrimination. And hypocritical.
I am recing this for the picture alone!
@Baseballchik138 - Lock a turkey and a dog up in the trunk of your car for an hour.
Eat the one that doesn't kiss you when you let them out.