Why the big hoo-hah?

Every day, thousands of animals are slaughtered in an 'inhumane' manner so that members of certain religions can eat them without.

But religion is such a hot potato we have to shut up for fear we may spark a holy war.

So let's pick on one single act of corporate idiocy instead. That will make us all feel so much better.

Worley

Not religious because there are no gods. There is no truth. There is no right way. There is no freedom.

"Why the big hoo-hah?"

Oh please... you can't see the problem here????

Does this sort of thing happen all over? Sure it does.... but the last thing we need is to see it proudly displayed in a magazine layout. What absolutely stuns me is that someone actually thought that this was a good idea!!!???

This sick, twisted stupidity is exactly why I screen these games before my kid ever does.

No, seriously, why the big hoo-hah?

What is it that is so, so terrible about seeing a slaughtered animal? Are we really so sheltered that to see a dead animal makes us hysterical?

Life is so sanitised that we faint like Victorian ladies at the mere hint of death.

I see two problems - Sony's stupidity and the waste of perfectly good goat's meat.

Worley (vegetarian)

Worley and Blink:
This post went over your heads. It's not about the goat! Think about the title.

"No, seriously, why the big hoo-hah?
What is it that is so, so terrible about seeing a slaughtered animal? Are we really so sheltered that to see a dead animal makes us hysterical?"




Maybe you don't have kids.... I DO. If my younger ones saw that, they'd have nightmares for a week.

You're an adult, so am I... but you can't be so pig headed as to see it through your eyes only.... there are other s in this world that don't deserve that kind of crap thrown at them.

"Worley and Blink:
This post went over your heads. It's not about the goat! Think about the title."



Thanks... i understand what you are saying.... just doesn't make this absolute stupidity any easier.

Worley and Blink:

I could of sworn it was about the goat that (apparently) had it through slit, let to bleed to death on the table & the have it's gut cut open for people to feast on.

There is a popular religion or two whom prefer to slit the throat to let it bleed, but I haven't heard of a popular one that says to leave it's guts on the table. At least not now a days (normally it's then butchered. the big deal is how it's killed, not what pieces of meat are left afterward).

You're an adult, so am I... but you can't be so pig headed as to see it through your eyes only.... there are other s in this world that don't deserve that kind of crap thrown at them.

I do have children, and I would not have any problem allowing them to see an animal being slaughtered. None at all - it's important that they know where their food comes from, and the reality of the process. Not the sanitised version that is fed to them by educators.

Nor would I have a problem with them seeing the realities of war.

I would much rather they witness the truth rather than be fooled by what they read and see in the news. The closest I can show them is through wildlife programs (which they love) where creatures being mauled, hunted, slaughtered is clear, yet annoyingly still sanitised.

Personally, I would be very upset at witnessing at first hand the slaughter of any animal, but I am not so pigheaded that I believe everybody should react and behave in the same way as me.

Sure, some people will kick up a great fuss about it. But think about it. What is so disgusting about reality? I recall a few months ago, the queen caused outrage by breaking the neck of an injured pheasant, so as to kill it. What was she supposed to do - leave it on the ground to suffer and die in agony? Just another example of how sheltered we are from the realities of life.

Anyway, Sony - or rather Sony's marketing agency - has achieved it's goal. Now all they have to think about is how to promote Vegas...

Worley

"I do have children, and I would not have any problem allowing them to see an animal being slaughtered."


I was 4 years old when I went on my first fishing trip with my grandfather. It was pretty exciting and I was having a great time... right up until I caught my first fish. My grandfather was the type to believe that you don't permit an animal to suffer. He put the fish on the bench of the boat, took out a wooden mallet and smashed it over the head, effectively killing it

I'm 46 now and I can still remember the sound of the mallet coming down on that fish's head, needless to say, I don't eat fish.

If the mind isn't old enough for it, or ready enough for it, then bad things happen. I suppose if it gets bad enough, the mind is NEVER ready for it. Just ask the soldiers retuning from Iraq.

You want to be stupid with your children, well... sad to say, that's your business. My children will see the REAL world when their minds are developed enough to handle it.

What is so disgusting about reality?

Worley, this had nothing to do with "reality". This wasn't a photo from an actual slaughter house. It was a sales gimmick.

We're all grown-ups here. We know the realities of where meat and hides come from. I know I never see how a cow becomes my cheesebuger, but I know how it's accomplished. The issue isn't about the practices of slaughter houses, but simply that Sony shouldn't callously slit an animal's throat to generate a little publicity (which they did).

Was the goat bought live to the party and slaughtered there?
From what I've read that wasn't the case at all.

Bob.