Did this get posted on the right thread??

See that's the problem she does realize how incredibly terrible butcher houses are and how poorly treated the animals are that she eats, but then doesn't see the correlation between that and animal abuse that she's so worked up about.

Maybe my OP was unclear? She eats meat. She knows it's tortured. She has no problem with that and is not fighting for that cause, yet she thinks somebody who abuses an animal should be charged with a felony and thrown in jail. I guess to her it only counts as an animal if it's not one of the ones that we eat in this country.

She is not ignorant regarding the inhumane treatment of her food.

Haven't seen the rest, but I've heard from many people (and I agreed) that after seeing Super-Size Me, all I wanted to do was eat a Big Mac.

I am too, but I've gotten flack from vegan for eating honey. I'm doing the best I can.

Who said I don't eat meat?

@pfreddie62 I totally agree. That's not my issue. I have a problem with someone who contributes to the lifelong suffering and horribly inhumane slaughter of animals telling someone else they should be charged with a felony and possibly thrown in jail because they left their dog in the car or left their cat outside when it was below freezing.

If you were to research it, it would be revealed that there IS no humane killing in the meat industry. Animals are treated as merely money making raw materials - from birth to murder..

I took vegetarian tag off. Since you’re not a vegetarian. @JeffMurray

@evergreen You must not harvest your own meat. Or have humane butchers near you.

@Annaleda The post is related to a vegetarian issue that's why there was a hashtag vegetarian. I was not aware that you had to be the thing that the post was about. I've seen several post that had hashtag god yet I'm pretty sure none of the people that were writing those posts were gods.

You are not a vegetarian. You said your post was not abuse. @JeffMurray

@Annaleda Again, what does that have to do with anything? Hashtags are used to denote topics included in a post, not describe personal details about the author. Like I said before, someone using #god is not trying to tell everyone they are a god...

I’m not using any other example for this.

You are not a vegetarian, she is not a vegetarian, and it’s not about vegetarianism.

We want tags to help take us to posts relevant of the hashtag we look for. Not be used for more views for your agenda.

If you find posts hashtagging god, and the post isn’t about a god, then say something to have the hashtag voted down.

Don’t use other bad behaviors to justify something else. Please.
@JeffMurray

@Annaleda So you can only use a hashtag if the post is related to that thing and you take a pro stance, got it.

Sorry, I just believe that if you contribute the the torture and death of animals, you have no right to tell someone else how or why they abuse animals is wrong, regardless of why you think your reasons are special.

Also, most animal abuse laws do not cover poultry and sometimes all livestock, which is precisely my issue. Why does someone who contributes to chickens getting dipped in boiling water while alive to help get their feathers off get a pass, yet someone who LETS put bulls fight goes to federal prison for year and a half?!?

@JeffMurray It's domesticated animal abuse that is a felony. Though people who treat the animals that are supposed to be food like this are charged and whether or not it turns into a felony or not depends on the court. If you're actively trying to change the condition those animals are treated I do think you get a say. You care and you're trying to do something about it, even if one small voice doesn't make much of a difference. If more people would be exposed to what actually happens and gave a shit, and got into an uproar about it then there probably wouldn't be as much of abuse going on. I know plenty of people including myself who would gladly kick down doors and beat the shit out of people who mistreat any animal. Despite it being put to death for our needs or wants, they should not have to suffer because of it. Like I said, quick death.

@AccursedHalo Yes, but that designation is arbitrary. In fact, the entire taxonomic system is arbitrary. Some of the animals we eat are far more advanced than some of the animals that we don't, and there's no legitimate reason why one class should be protected and the other shouldn't.

@JeffMurray And I agree, but unfortunately I don't make the law nor am I judge. That is why us animal activists try and push for all abuse of all animals to be a felony.

@AccursedHalo And I completely understand that and have zero objections to that position. It's the arbitrary and hypocritical shit that drives me fuckin' nuts.

That's commendable. Again, though, not my issue. My problem is with the hypocritical behavior.

@JeffMurray with so many hypocritical behaviors out there - how does one choose !?

@evergreen I hate all hypocritical behavior, this is just the rant of the day.