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(Some Guy) Asinine The same week he pardoned a bird from death, Obama legalized the slaughter of horses in the US. What a turkey   (technorati.com) divider line 147
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tallguywithglasseson [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 04:37:44 PM
The House version of the bill retained the de-funding language and the Senate version did not.
The conference committee charged with reconciling the two opted to not include it.

Not enough neighs.
 
vudukungfu
2011-11-29 04:45:23 PM
People who eat horse should choke on a horsecawk.
And the french, even if they don't.
Pigs.
 
timujin [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 04:50:33 PM
1. This is farked up. Why?
2. FTFA: On November 18th, as the country was celebrating Thanksgiving" ... Not me, I waited until the 24th, but maybe I'm in the minority.
 
JanusofZeal [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 04:57:09 PM
timujin: 1. This is farked up. Why?
2. FTFA: On November 18th, as the country was celebrating Thanksgiving" ... Not me, I waited until the 24th, but maybe I'm in the minority.

That is one ridiculously biased article. Should make for some good reading in here.
 
tallguywithglasseson [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:01:31 PM
President Obama made a campaign promise to permanently ban horse slaughter and exports of horses for human consumption (horses can be sent to Mexico and Canada),

Whitey let them pass this law? Whinny going to keep his promises?
 
tallguywithglasseson [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:04:10 PM
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APPROVES
 
Peter von Nostrand [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:08:42 PM
I hunt horses. They're overpopulated on the island. They're decimating the grub worm population. Got a problem with that?!
 
Aarontology [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:09:48 PM
Slaughtering and eating a horse isn't any different than slaughtering and eating a cow. Or a pig. Or any of the other species we kill and eat without a second thought.
 
what_now [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:22:04 PM
I am a horse lover.

This is an excellent bill. When horse slaughter was illegal, horses were allowed to starve to death, or die in terrible, cruel ways.
 
timujin [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:22:27 PM
Peter von Nostrand: I hunt horses. They're overpopulated on the island. They're decimating the grub worm population. Got a problem with that?!

Do you eat them? If so, I have a problem with that and the problem is "ewwww."
 
misterfweem
2011-11-29 05:27:57 PM
Horse meat is . . . tasty.

//Leaves before he is beaten to death
 
leevis
2011-11-29 05:28:12 PM
Aarontology: Slaughtering and eating a horse isn't any different than slaughtering and eating a cow. Or a pig. Or any of the other species we kill and eat without a second thought.

Exactly. Humans have been eating horses for thousands of years. We still slaughter them today for glue and dog food.
 
CruJones
2011-11-29 05:28:39 PM
Why is it ok to eat pigs and not horses? Aren't pigs actually smarter? Or is that just an old wives tale?

I have no plans to eat a horse, but I don't see the ethical difference.
 
cman [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:29:27 PM
I see no problem with this.

/Really, I don't
//And I hate Obama
 
Lone Stranger
2011-11-29 05:29:52 PM
So how do I go about applying for the job of "horse slaughterer"?
 
TimonC346
2011-11-29 05:30:04 PM
Obama didn't farking legalize it, it was a bipartisan effort. Besides, there isn't anything really wrong with eating a horse, except it's an animal humans bond with. The more compelling part was:

Notwithstanding that 70% of Americans oppose horse slaughter, that President Obama made a campaign promise to permanently ban horse slaughter and exports of horses for human consumption

I'm an Obama supporter--and this is the part that makes me angry.
 
timujin [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:30:14 PM
I've taken a quick look at the bill and I'm not sure how it does what the article says... but IANAL, nor did I spend a great deal of time on it. If anyone else wants to do the work, though...
 
Sin_City_Superhero [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:31:19 PM
Wait...are you saying that until recently it was ILLEGAL to kill whores? Oh. HORSES not whores. My bad.
 
BrotherKalashnikov
2011-11-29 05:32:01 PM
Horse is good eating,lean and not too gamey so fark you,and just because i can,i will find myself a nice piece of paardebiefstuk,and eat it while watchin a steeplechase...
 
Lighting
2011-11-29 05:32:45 PM
what_now: I am a horse lover.

This is an excellent bill. When horse slaughter was illegal, horses were allowed to starve to death, or die in terrible, cruel ways.

Or be trucked halfway across the country in miserable conditions only to be killed when the finally got to Mexico.

The best choice is not to have horses, but not torturing them and allowing their deaths to be quicker is at least a bit more humane.
 
LarryDan43
2011-11-29 05:33:20 PM
Look out Sarah Jessica Parker.
 
Lumpmoose [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:33:26 PM
The article is indistinguishable from some vegan polemic and assumes eating horses is inherently wrong for some reason. So what's so wrong with eating horses besides it being unusual in this particular culture?
 
you are a puppet
2011-11-29 05:34:19 PM
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse AND NOW I WILL
 
RoosterCogburn [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:36:07 PM
binside.typepad.com

RUN FOR IT, SEABISCUIT!
 
DarnoKonrad
2011-11-29 05:36:34 PM
That was a stupid prohibition to begin with. It created a glut of horses in a market that was otherwise slaughtered, packaged, and sold overseas.
 
Ringshadow
2011-11-29 05:36:38 PM
Lighting: what_now: I am a horse lover.

This is an excellent bill. When horse slaughter was illegal, horses were allowed to starve to death, or die in terrible, cruel ways.

Or be trucked halfway across the country in miserable conditions only to be killed when the finally got to Mexico.

The best choice is not to have horses, but not torturing them and allowing their deaths to be quicker is at least a bit more humane.

^ These

There are now thousands of horses just turned out in the "wild". My mom has friends who train horses, and they've gained horses mysteriously overnight because people will "dump" them into other people's pastures hoping someone else can afford them.
 
digitalrain
2011-11-29 05:36:53 PM
The heart and the mind war with one another on this one.

On the one hand, technically its no different than killing a cow, pig, deer, etc... for food.

On the other hand, I love horses like I love cats. I could no more eat a horse steak than
I could throw a cat in a stew pot.

Passing that bill in the dark, dank recesses of the Capitol while pardoning a turkey in
front of the glaring lights of the media was pretty crass, though. As for breaking his
campaign promise -- who here is really surprised?
 
Man On Pink Corner [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:36:56 PM
In other news, 500,000,000 Hindus think eating cows is pretty farked up, too.

Don't want to eat horse meat? Stay out of Taco Bell. It's not an appropriate matter for Federal legislation.
 
MaliFinn
2011-11-29 05:37:30 PM
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Obviously, Obama doesn't love animals the way Bush does.
 
SDRR
2011-11-29 05:38:30 PM
RoosterCogburn: [binside.typepad.com image 400x322]

RUN FOR IT, SEABISCUIT!

LMFAO

1 internet for you
 
Onkel Buck
2011-11-29 05:38:33 PM
Cute animals, much like cute people are treated differently. Unless the person looks like an animal, then it is then a case by case basis
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swangoatman
2011-11-29 05:38:38 PM
what_now: I am a horse lover.

This is an excellent bill. When horse slaughter was illegal, horses were allowed to starve to death, or die in terrible, cruel ways.

No,
that is not true.
They were ALLOWED to die in such a way by so called animal lovers. The bill actually sucks because it allows for "human consumption " of the horses . All along it has been LEGAL to slaughter horses for pet food. So those so called starving horses DID suffer because some asshat human was to shiaty to send them to the slaughter house.
 
DarnoKonrad
2011-11-29 05:41:42 PM
swangoatman: what_now: I am a horse lover.

This is an excellent bill. When horse slaughter was illegal, horses were allowed to starve to death, or die in terrible, cruel ways.

No,
that is not true.
They were ALLOWED to die in such a way by so called animal lovers. The bill actually sucks because it allows for "human consumption " of the horses . All along it has been LEGAL to slaughter horses for pet food. So those so called starving horses DID suffer because some asshat human was to shiaty to send them to the slaughter house.


Pet food don't pay.
 
cryinoutloud
2011-11-29 05:42:22 PM
Ringshadow: ^ These
There are now thousands of horses just turned out in the "wild". My mom has friends who train horses, and they've gained horses mysteriously overnight because people will "dump" them into other people's pastures hoping someone else can afford them.

Next year the BLM will probably be slaughtering them. Certain groups have been pushing for it for years.

I'd rather see them slaughtered than starving to death, but the pressure is to thin them out to make room for the farking cows. I guess it wouldn't occur to anyone to cut back on cows in the desert--also an invasive species.
 
Ow! That was my feelings!
2011-11-29 05:42:22 PM
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BigRightRear
2011-11-29 05:42:58 PM
When, oh when will he open up season on those fecking manatees??
 
swangoatman
2011-11-29 05:43:02 PM
oh and THISLink (new window)horse lovers...
 
JWideman
2011-11-29 05:43:32 PM
The only reason horse meat didn't become a popular staple in American diet is because they were an important part of the early growth of this country. People in other countries eat horse meat all the time and see nothing wrong with it. It's ironic, since the total time this nation was dependent on horses was less than 200 years.
 
myok
2011-11-29 05:46:16 PM
The point of that article was not stupid, but it was made in a profoundly stupid way.
 
Peter von Nostrand [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:46:19 PM
timujin: Peter von Nostrand: I hunt horses. They're overpopulated on the island. They're decimating the grub worm population. Got a problem with that?!

Do you eat them? If so, I have a problem with that and the problem is "ewwww."

It was lame attempt to connect to this scene:

www.hotflick.net
 
MycroftHolmes
2011-11-29 05:46:34 PM
timujin: Peter von Nostrand: I hunt horses. They're overpopulated on the island. They're decimating the grub worm population. Got a problem with that?!

Do you eat them? If so, I have a problem with that and the problem is "ewwww."

The clash between your name and this post is amusing
 
mosten
2011-11-29 05:47:49 PM
Good! Now you can buy a decent horsehide motorcycle jacket without having to pay 3x the amount of steerhide.
 
Lone Stranger
2011-11-29 05:48:42 PM
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Lighting
2011-11-29 05:50:44 PM
swangoatman: what_now: I am a horse lover.

This is an excellent bill. When horse slaughter was illegal, horses were allowed to starve to death, or die in terrible, cruel ways.

No,
that is not true.
They were ALLOWED to die in such a way by so called animal lovers. The bill actually sucks because it allows for "human consumption " of the horses . All along it has been LEGAL to slaughter horses for pet food. So those so called starving horses DID suffer because some asshat human was to shiaty to send them to the slaughter house.

Horse meat has been outlawed in US pet food since the 70s
The last horse slaughterhouse (abattoir) in the US closed in 2007
 
El Brujo
2011-11-29 05:52:58 PM
digitalrain: The heart and the mind war with one another on this one.

On the one hand, technically its no different than killing a cow, pig, deer, etc... for food.


Exactly. Anyone who opposes horse slaughter but supports slaughter of other animals for human use is being hypocritical...ergo it is an irrational opposition (because it is ultimately a romantic notion...which is also irrational).

I've eaten horse overseas It was perfectly fine and I'd eat it again.

Like you, I also love cats. I'd eat one if "when in Rome" kind of thing. But cats are probably bad eating because they are not herbivores and eat all kinds of nasty creatures.
 
devildog123 [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:53:40 PM
I see no problem with this. None at all. If you want to eat horse meat, eat horse meat. If I can find some, I'd probably try it, just to see what it was like. If you don't want to eat it, don't.

I've heard it's pretty good actually.
 
hailin [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 05:55:47 PM
This is awesome! The ranchers around here have really been suffering do to stupid laws like this. They were fine before the recession, then that pretty much killed the ranchers, so they were shipping horses to Canada for slaughter. Then they made a law you could no longer ship horses meant for slaughter and the fine for doing so was astronomical. A few people got caught in a sting operating and lost tens of thousands of dollars. Pretty much the only option was to abandon the horses and let them starve to death over the winter since they couldn't feed them, sell them, or slaughter them.

It seems weird, but this will save horse from a very sad death by starvation.
 
osafer
2011-11-29 05:56:14 PM
Aarontology: Slaughtering and eating a horse isn't any different than slaughtering and eating a cow. Or a pig. Or any of the other species we kill and eat without a second thought.

This, without the hate for eating tasty animals...
 
rohar
2011-11-29 05:56:54 PM
El Brujo: digitalrain: The heart and the mind war with one another on this one.

On the one hand, technically its no different than killing a cow, pig, deer, etc... for food.


Exactly. Anyone who opposes horse slaughter but supports slaughter of other animals for human use is being hypocritical...ergo it is an irrational opposition (because it is ultimately a romantic notion...which is also irrational).

I've eaten horse overseas It was perfectly fine and I'd eat it again.

Like you, I also love cats. I'd eat one if "when in Rome" kind of thing. But cats are probably bad eating because they are not herbivores and eat all kinds of nasty creatures.

That word, I don't think it means what you think it means.
 
Baz the Spaz
2011-11-29 05:56:59 PM
I hate all politicians.
 
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