In South Korea, the creatures are sometimes eaten alive
What the hell. Have we become so cruel to eat animals alive? This just ruined my day.
What the hell. Have we become so cruel to eat animals alive? This just ruined my day.
These are things that are done millions and millions of times a year around the entire world.
Let’s not pretend only the people that chew animals while they’re alive are reprehensible.
I'd react exactly the same about anyone who eats animals alive, whatever their skin color. There is nothing racist about my comment. Please don't imagine or project.
It would have seemed less racist if you had specified that your day was ruined by the discovery of people eating animals alive - exactly as you have in your follow up. Without it, the sentence is ambiguous as to whether your day was ruined by the particular country’s people, their practice, or any eating of animals. The English language isn’t as precise as I would like it to be so again I apologize.
Follow up question: How do you feel about your distant ancestral blood relatives eating animals alive?
The comment was clear about what they found upsetting. The only racism is whatever you have imagined.
I don’t feel anything about my ancestors. It just feels icky that there are people today, who enjoy chewing animals that are alive. This is not Stone Age and we are not Komodo dragons or pythons. I am against eating meat in general, but that is a topic on its own.
There was another discussion here recently about boiling lobsters. That sounded horrific too. What is the point of inflicting this level of cruelty?
I am thoroughly enjoying this conversation though.
One point of rationalization I have been able to articulate is that I find it just as icky to chew plants that are alive (or boiled) as I find it to chew animals/insects that are alive (or boiled). So all else equal I will eat what is tastier to me.
Besides ethics, a good reason to inflict a quick death is because a slow death may change the taste of the meat.
The point of inflicting that level of cruelty is to cook the meat and make it fit for human consumption. Stabbing it with a knife properly prior to boiling is just as cruel to the lobster because it ends its life. The cruelty is the loss of life, arguing about the cruelty of the method of taking the life is really splitting hairs.
Those that don’t condone this level of cruelty and don’t partake are commendable.
Those that acknowledge the cruelty and thank the dead animal for its contribution and take steps to not waste any part of the dead animal are also commendable.
If you were to be killed, would you rather take cyanide for a quick death or be boiled alive? One can be humane even when taking a life.
The fact that we humans value our taste buds more than the suffering of the animals we kill for food, shows how cruel we are. There is absolutely no reason for us to be this cruel, in my opinion.
Is there a different term for a lion that takes the time to make sure it’s prey is dead before eating it? Or does it not exist.
The word to describe both a human enacting that “cruelty” and a lion enacting that cruelty are the same. Primal, natural, etc.
Humans are the only predators that are apologetic about it. One could argue that because we have the ability to know the difference, we should do something about it.
That is a little too much thinking for the typical home chef though so you have lobsters boiled instead of stabbed and boiled. That extra second wasn’t worth the lessened net cruelty. That is how most humans are, you are an exception. This is how all animals are.
Humanity is a whole different beast. Except when it isn’t.
The cruelty that happens in meat factories is well hidden from the general public, unless they are specifically looking into the issue (google ag-gag laws), my guess is many people don't even realize how bad it is. They might have second thoughts about supporting meat industry if they are made aware.
It is obvious we look at this topic from completely different angles. I respect your opinion, but I strongly disagree. Maybe we can just leave it at that :)