Re: RIP Shambo - O/T

On 27 Jul, 19:31, amacmil...@xxxxxxx wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:09:47 +0100, "BAC"





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So, the sacred temple bull has been slaughtered.

Sympathies to the worshippers affronted by this act of sacrilege.

But see:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6917226.stm

That's slightly reminiscent of the Government/BBC trotting out prominent
Muslims after Islamist outrages to argue that the fundamentalists have
misinterpreted the Koran. What matters isn't what some experts assert
people
should believe, but what the people concerned actually do believe.

The gentleman is of course entitled to his opinion, whatever his motive
for
expressing it, but that is no comfort to those worshippers who clearly
disagree with his interpretation of 'the greater good' in this case, and
feel affronted by the sacrilegous slaughter of their sacred bull, whatever
his views.

Even if he were right, one would still feel sympathy for the owners of any
animal put down against their wishes.

Provided you are expressing equal sympathy for every farmer who has had
cattle put down because of TB. Perhaps you ought to do so every time it
happens!

I do feel sympathy for farmers who lose livestock, for whatever reason. I
wouldn't be surprised if many livestock farmers were to feel sympathy for
the Hindus, either, since they know what it is like to lose animals. This
particular case has additional cause for sympathy, however, because it also
includes an act of sacrilege and the desecration of a place of worship.

There is a difference. Farmers are putting animals into the food
chain. The Hindus were not. It is unlikely that Shambo would ever have
been eaten by humans.

Angus Macmillanwww.roots-of-blood.org.ukwww.killhunting.orgwww.con-servation.org.uk

All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
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Are you suggesting that the only way cattle with TB can be a risk to
man or beast is if they are eaten?

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