Guest guest Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Al, Cutting the tails of cows has nothing to do with CRON. Mutilations have been practiced from time immemorial for aesthetics, health, and punishment. The tails of poodles and doberman pinchers are routinely cut off. In addition, the pointy ears of the dobermans are achieved by cutting off the floppy part of the ear. Cats are frequently declawed so that they will not damage the furniture. Some countries today cut off the hands of thieves. The most frequent type of routine mutilation for humans is circumcision for both males and females. People are frequently outraged by how animals are treated, but don't react with the same compassion for their fellow human beings. Tony >>> From: " old542000 " <apater@m...> Date: Mon Mar 7, 2005 1:09 pm Subject: Pig tail tale Hi All, To see another reason why we might consider not eating land animals, see the below from the New York Times. NYTimes.com > Opinion The Unkindest Cut By NICOLETTE HAHN NIMAN As I walked through the place with the farmer's wife, I noticed that the cows' tails had been cut off and I asked her why. " Well, it's just easier to milk them without their tails, " she explained, adding, " My husband didn't like the idea, so I did it while he was away fishing for the weekend. " I felt a warm rush of affection for her husband. >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Hi All, More CRONers are vegetarians than ad libbers, is this not so? Humane feelings may be part of the reason, might it not? Cheers, Al. > > Al, > > Cutting the tails of cows has nothing to do with CRON. > > Mutilations have been practiced from time immemorial for aesthetics, > health, and punishment. The tails of poodles and doberman pinchers > are routinely cut off. In addition, the pointy ears of the dobermans > are achieved by cutting off the floppy part of the ear. Cats are > frequently declawed so that they will not damage the furniture. > > Some countries today cut off the hands of thieves. The most frequent > type of routine mutilation for humans is circumcision for both males > and females. > > People are frequently outraged by how animals are treated, but don't > react with the same compassion for their fellow human beings. > > Tony > > >>> > From: " old542000 " <apater@m...> > Date: Mon Mar 7, 2005 1:09 pm > Subject: Pig tail tale > > Hi All, > > To see another reason why we might consider not eating land animals, > see the below from the New York Times. > > NYTimes.com > Opinion > > The Unkindest Cut > By NICOLETTE HAHN NIMAN > As I walked through > the place with the farmer's wife, I noticed that the cows' tails had > been cut off and I asked her why. " Well, it's just easier to milk > them without their tails, " she explained, adding, " My husband didn't > like the idea, so I did it while he was away fishing for the > weekend. " I felt a warm rush of affection for her husband. > >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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