I recently had someone use a tired old refrain on me: "meat is murder"
RANT ON:
Mur. Der. Murder. hmmm.
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
According to dictionary.com:
Murder [mur-der]
(NOUN)
1.) Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
2.)Slang. something extremely difficult or perilous:
That final exam was murder!
3.)a group or flock of crows.
(VERB,
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"To kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously."
"Inhumane" means "1.)not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc." The raising of animals for meat cannot be terribly inhumane, or lacking in kindness or compassion, as it is a well know fact by farmers that stressed animals produce inferior product. (http://www.grass-fed-solutions.com/cattle-stress.html)
So, it is in a farmers best interest to keep his animals well fed, healthy, calm, and happy right up and through the slaughterhouse. This include the slaughter. If the slaughter is anything but quick and painless, the animal will produce adrenaline which will taint the meat.
Butchers and farmers are anything but "uncivilized; wild; savage; crude." and inhumane? not a chance.
The farmers are some of the most humane people. You will not find a more tender man crying because he had to watch as a calf died because of complications during birth. You will not find a more compassionate and sympathetic man who either nurses a sick animal back to health; or puts it out of its misery if it can't be saved, saving it many hours of pain and suffering.
Farmers get into farming because they love
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