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|11.8.06 @ 12:58PM|#
Do we need to send invitations to the freaky horse-lovers who showed up the last time this came up? They were so much more fun than the run-of-the-mill PETA folks.
|11.8.06 @ 1:00PM|#
horses...are used primarily for recreation, pleasure, and sport
I doubt this refers to the horses recreation and pleasure. Apparently the writers of the bill are just fine with the treatment of horses in rodeo and racing but think that a line is crossed when one is slaughtered. So what if people enjoy eating horses, they are supposed to be used primarily for pleasure.
|11.8.06 @ 1:06PM|#
Oh gawd! Not this thread again.
I am hearby invoking the "Trigger Law" - which I just invented - that the first use of the phrase "part of the family" or equivalent ends the thread.
|11.8.06 @ 1:27PM|#
If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak.
|11.8.06 @ 1:31PM|#
horse hater. This was the only good thing the Congress did last session.
|11.8.06 @ 1:55PM|#
[O]ne of the expiring Republican Congress's greatest hits: The ban on horse meat.
You may scoff, but it got the horse vote out, didn't it?
|11.8.06 @ 1:59PM|#
PL
"You may scoff, but it got the horse vote out, didn't it?"
I'm not sure about that. Although I'm willing to concede about the "horse's ass" vote.
|11.8.06 @ 2:02PM|#
Hey, aren't you beating a dead horse here?
|11.8.06 @ 2:09PM|#
Shouldn't that be "eating a dead horse"?
|11.8.06 @ 2:18PM|#
Shouldn't that be "eating a dead horse"?
I think you've out-bad-joked-me on that one.
Hey, I feel like all of our jokes would be funnier if the horse people came around. I miss the horse people. I wish I had some sort of a horse whistle...
|11.8.06 @ 2:22PM|#
We're here, Yahoo. In our infinite wisdom.
|11.8.06 @ 2:34PM|#
We're here, Yahoo. In our infinite wisdom.
Very clever. I expected the standard centaur line, which would have been pretty dull.
|11.8.06 @ 2:36PM|#
Y'all can shout yourselves horse here, but the libertarians are still on the far fringe.
|11.8.06 @ 2:40PM|#
Jeanete was the psycho horse-loving ball-buster who we all miss. Her powers of rationalization are unparalelled in this or any other universe.
|11.8.06 @ 2:42PM|#
Chris S.,
Say, that's funny that you have a Yahoo e-mail address. Truly, the Houyhnhnms are wise.
|11.8.06 @ 2:46PM|#
Say, that's funny that you have a Yahoo e-mail address. Truly, the Houyhnhnms are wise.
Indeed. Now where be those pretty stones?
|11.8.06 @ 3:49PM|#
Chris S.,
In the mud. Dig deep.
|11.8.06 @ 6:42PM|#
aresen,
Not only was Trigger part of the family, he was a nutritious part of breakfast.
(No need to thank me. It was my pleasure to put this thread down, and it was the humane thing to do.)
|11.8.06 @ 7:11PM|#
What an idiotic idea. I will continue to eat my basashi with epicurean delight.
Amy Alkon, steak lover|11.9.06 @ 10:53PM|#
Lucky for my dog, she's too small to be a real meal.
If these nitwits really cared about humane treatment of animals, they'd go after the barbaric Kosher and Halal practices of letting animals bleed out.
I'm fine with killing animals for food -- I just think we should try to do it in the way that causes a minimum of suffering in the animal.
P.S. What's next, baby vegetables too adorable to eat?
Robert Goodman|11.9.06 @ 11:46PM|#
I thought slitting their throats with a sharp knife was supposed to be humane. What's better, gassing 'em? Barbiturate?