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@Jake

I think you’re posting in the wrong thread. This one’s about two cuisines.

@Jake

“tumbless toppers”? I think you meant “topless tumblers.” Sexist!

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We revere our pets because we have a relationship with them. I may name my cat or dog on the way home from the shelter where I adopted them. Even so, the name is incidental. You can certainly have and love a cat or dog or any other pet without bothering to even give them a name.

I call my cat “Squeaky” and I talk to her frequently but…[Read more]

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Naming pets is not the cause of our love of them, it’s an effect. I would think that to be obvious. Apparently not, because one hears the “If we named (species), we wouldn’t eat it.”

It’s the role we let our pets assume in our lives that has us loving them and wanting to protect other’s pets and pet species as well through an unconscious…[Read more]

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Isn’t it strange how the U.S. doesn’t have a “Muslim problem” but Europe does?

In France, young Muslim men have a hard time finding work and earning a living. Acceptance is low. Combine this with the lack of resources applied to help assimilate Muslims by teaching them the local language and giving them the kind of rights American Muslims…[Read more]

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Interesting.

There seems to be some connection between bird navigation during migration and using quantum entanglement to “read” the magnetosphere. Of course, HOW they use this sense is a matter for more research.

@Jake

I agree, malicious (and nonsensical) prosecution which any reasonable judge, I would think, would toss out of court even before it goes to trial as a perfect example of abusing the justice system.

@Jake

Okay, but what is the motive for prosecution? What damage needs to be addressed?

After that, perhaps we could discuss the original topic.

@Jake

People sometimes have a sense of foreboding that, say, something bad is happening to a loved one.

That aside, I’m not sure how anyone short of the lady depicted in the original post would know what the pigs are thinking. They could easily be reacting negatively to the circumstances of their transport. Being in a crowded pen that vibrates…[Read more]

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Let’s bring this to an end. To my mind, gambling is the only reason there’s a horse racing industry and the presence of a profit motive is the main driver behind the race horse deaths. Take the money out of it, and the motivation to overdrive the animals will be greatly reduced.

However, like eating meat, horse racing is one of those…[Read more]

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An idiosyncrasy is a “peculiarity or oddity of behavior or attitude.” What makes liking meat or treating some creatures differently from others “idiosyncratic” when it is so universal? As for the horrific conditions, our own lives involve horror, especially here in America where I very likely may die a horrible death because I simply can’t…[Read more]