I read this thread. Lavender you bring up interesting points. Sometimes people are too blinded by emotion to critically think through things. I sometimes manage to separate my emotion briefly to analyze things through all perspectives.
I watched some of the video, got semi-bored and turned it off. Could I do rodeo myself? No I could not. Do I think it's all wrong? Not in the least. As mentioned before, Rodeos hold historical significance it's not just "sport" and "animal cruelty". I don't have a problem with hunting either. I don't hate fishermen. These people actually care more about animals than most people in this world.
I hear constantly remarks about "the cove". The video with the japanese fishermen killing the pod of dolphins. It's brutal, yep, it sucks yep. At the same time- this is tradition. These people are an island nation- they live off the sea, that is what island nations traditionally do. It isn't our right to tell them to stop. We are no better with the way we butcher our commercial meat products than they are with dolphins.
Do yourself a favor, go look up some of the videos of how animals are skinned alive for their coats. Go look up the video of the soldier kicking the puppy. Go look up the video of some foreign guy dropping a dog off a bridge. Go look up the more recent video of 2 teenage kids lighting a puppy on fire. THAT is animal cruelty.
That being said- Lavender, where do you find the view of "animals have no souls"? What leads you to that conclusion. Who is to say that we have souls? Do we even understand the concept of what a soul is or how it works? No, we don't have a damn clue about what a soul is, how it works, where it comes from, who has it who doesn't. It's something far beyond our mental capabilities.
I disagree with abortion sure, but what gives you the right to prioritize someones life over an animals life? What gives you the power to decide what is worth living, what is worth dieing, what has souls, what has no soul. I can sit and list off a ton of people- who I could not say I would choose their life over the life of a cow, puppy, snake, spider... Just sayin, you probably shouldn't make so many assumptions on something you have 0 idea about- something no one has any idea about.
I watched some of the video, got semi-bored and turned it off. Could I do rodeo myself? No I could not. Do I think it's all wrong? Not in the least. As mentioned before, Rodeos hold historical significance it's not just "sport" and "animal cruelty". I don't have a problem with hunting either. I don't hate fishermen. These people actually care more about animals than most people in this world.
I hear constantly remarks about "the cove". The video with the japanese fishermen killing the pod of dolphins. It's brutal, yep, it sucks yep. At the same time- this is tradition. These people are an island nation- they live off the sea, that is what island nations traditionally do. It isn't our right to tell them to stop. We are no better with the way we butcher our commercial meat products than they are with dolphins.
Do yourself a favor, go look up some of the videos of how animals are skinned alive for their coats. Go look up the video of the soldier kicking the puppy. Go look up the video of some foreign guy dropping a dog off a bridge. Go look up the more recent video of 2 teenage kids lighting a puppy on fire. THAT is animal cruelty.
That being said- Lavender, where do you find the view of "animals have no souls"? What leads you to that conclusion. Who is to say that we have souls? Do we even understand the concept of what a soul is or how it works? No, we don't have a damn clue about what a soul is, how it works, where it comes from, who has it who doesn't. It's something far beyond our mental capabilities.
I disagree with abortion sure, but what gives you the right to prioritize someones life over an animals life? What gives you the power to decide what is worth living, what is worth dieing, what has souls, what has no soul. I can sit and list off a ton of people- who I could not say I would choose their life over the life of a cow, puppy, snake, spider... Just sayin, you probably shouldn't make so many assumptions on something you have 0 idea about- something no one has any idea about.
