Could you kill an animal that you got close to

[psychedelicsoul]

I recently saw an anime called "Silver Spoon"... in it a city boy learns to adapt to farm life after joining an agricultural school
He becomes close to this pig which he names "Pork Bowl"

We know that the pig is livestock, and the character knows it too... however, he decides to name and bond with his pig despite knowing ahead of time he'll have to send it to the slaughter. He eventually does send his beloved pig to the slaughter with all the other pigs, even after getting so close to it...
luckily, I'm super macho and cool... otherwise that would have made me feel emotional.

But not only that, even after it's over, he decides to name the new batch of piglets that the school obtains as well.... think about it. Despite going through the emotional hurt of getting close to an animal and naming it only for it to die, he decides to do the exact same thing again... knowing full well he'll have to send those pigs to the slaughter too.

Could you do that? Kill an animal you've formed a bond with? Or form a bond with an animal you know you're going to have to kill or send to be killed?

 

[psychoslice]

No I couldn't, my brother once caught a wild pig, he feed it to fatten it up, I use to feed him and pat him. One day I came home and he was gone, he had been killed and was part of supper that night, I just couldn't eat him, later on I became a vegetarian.

 

[psychedelicsoul]

No I couldn't, my brother once caught a wild pig, he feed it to fatten it up, I use to feed him and pat him. One day I came home and he was gone, he had been killed and was part of supper that night, I just couldn't eat him, later on I became a vegetarian.

I think nature gives all of us varying levels of empathy

 

[psychoslice]

I think nature gives all of us varying levels of empathy

Yes so true, I think we just need to respect everyone else's way of seeing things, and never think we are right and they are wrong.

 

[BSM1]

I recently saw an anime called "Silver Spoon"... in it a city boy learns to adapt to farm life after joining an agricultural school
He becomes close to this pig which he names "Pork Bowl"

We know that the pig is livestock, and the character knows it too... however, he decides to name and bond with his pig despite knowing ahead of time he'll have to send it to the slaughter. He eventually does send his beloved pig to the slaughter with all the other pigs, even after getting so close to it...
luckily, I'm super macho and cool... otherwise that would have made me feel emotional.

But not only that, even after it's over, he decides to name the new batch of piglets that the school obtains as well.... think about it. Despite going through the emotional hurt of getting close to an animal and naming it only for it to die, he decides to do the exact same thing again... knowing full well he'll have to send those pigs to the slaughter too.

Could you do that? Kill an animal you've formed a bond with? Or form a bond with an animal you know you're going to have to kill or send to be killed?

It's a freakin' pig. It's only purpose in life is to recycle garbage and provide the main dish at many Christmas dinners.

 

[columbus]

luckily, I'm super macho and cool...

Tom

 

[Unveiled Artist]

I recently saw an anime called "Silver Spoon"... in it a city boy learns to adapt to farm life after joining an agricultural school
He becomes close to this pig which he names "Pork Bowl"

We know that the pig is livestock, and the character knows it too... however, he decides to name and bond with his pig despite knowing ahead of time he'll have to send it to the slaughter. He eventually does send his beloved pig to the slaughter with all the other pigs, even after getting so close to it...
luckily, I'm super macho and cool... otherwise that would have made me feel emotional.

But not only that, even after it's over, he decides to name the new batch of piglets that the school obtains as well.... think about it. Despite going through the emotional hurt of getting close to an animal and naming it only for it to die, he decides to do the exact same thing again... knowing full well he'll have to send those pigs to the slaughter too.

Could you do that? Kill an animal you've formed a bond with? Or form a bond with an animal you know you're going to have to kill or send to be killed?

No.

 

[psychedelicsoul]

It's a freakin' pig. It's only purpose in life is to recycle garbage and provide the main dish at many Christmas dinners.

Well yea... it is.. and the character could have easily avoided all of this by not getting attached to it in the first place and treated it as just a pig... however, he chose to get close to it with no regrets and even dedcided to get close to other lifestock, knowing he'll let them die.
in the end he saves up enough money to buy all of Pork Bowls flesh and makes bacon out of him... However, when he ate said bacon he felt a deeper sense of appreciation from it.
Almost as if getting close to that pig gave him a new perpective on meat consumption and taught him to respect his food.

also... are you telling me that pig wasn't ****ing adorable?

 

[Twilight Hue]

It would be difficult for sure. We're like that on our end to emotionally attach to an object of affection, yet to an animal like a pig, it's not likely to hold any similar attachment in that regard.

Still, I'd likely not kill an animal that I'd consider a pet under normal conditions.

 

[psychoslice]

It's a freakin' pig. It's only purpose in life is to recycle garbage and provide the main dish at many Christmas dinners.

Who made that purpose for the pig, not the poor pig.

 

[Deathbydefault]

I recently saw an anime called "Silver Spoon"... in it a city boy learns to adapt to farm life after joining an agricultural school
He becomes close to this pig which he names "Pork Bowl"

We know that the pig is livestock, and the character knows it too... however, he decides to name and bond with his pig despite knowing ahead of time he'll have to send it to the slaughter. He eventually does send his beloved pig to the slaughter with all the other pigs, even after getting so close to it...
luckily, I'm super macho and cool... otherwise that would have made me feel emotional.

But not only that, even after it's over, he decides to name the new batch of piglets that the school obtains as well.... think about it. Despite going through the emotional hurt of getting close to an animal and naming it only for it to die, he decides to do the exact same thing again... knowing full well he'll have to send those pigs to the slaughter too.

Could you do that? Kill an animal you've formed a bond with? Or form a bond with an animal you know you're going to have to kill or send to be killed?

Done it before, at my grandpa's place.
Stayed there for half a year and rode horseback a lot of the time.
The horse I rode, Sidney, was rather old and weakening, so grandpa decided to put her down.
He told me about it when we came back from dove hunting a day or two after he made the decision.
I offered, he let me, and I followed through.

I say I could do it again.

 

[Nietzsche]

I recently saw an anime called "Silver Spoon"... in it a city boy learns to adapt to farm life after joining an agricultural school
He becomes close to this pig which he names "Pork Bowl"

We know that the pig is livestock, and the character knows it too... however, he decides to name and bond with his pig despite knowing ahead of time he'll have to send it to the slaughter. He eventually does send his beloved pig to the slaughter with all the other pigs, even after getting so close to it...
luckily, I'm super macho and cool... otherwise that would have made me feel emotional.

But not only that, even after it's over, he decides to name the new batch of piglets that the school obtains as well.... think about it. Despite going through the emotional hurt of getting close to an animal and naming it only for it to die, he decides to do the exact same thing again... knowing full well he'll have to send those pigs to the slaughter too.

Could you do that? Kill an animal you've formed a bond with? Or form a bond with an animal you know you're going to have to kill or send to be killed?

I form a bond with the goats I sacrifice. Kind of hard not to. The little ******** have personality. Hasn't stopped me yet, probably won't.

Perhaps if I started ****ing them it'd be harder to let go?

It's a freakin' pig. It's only purpose in life is to recycle garbage and provide the main dish at many Christmas dinners.

And it is for this reason the pig is clearly sacred. It can take an apple(basically garbage) and turn it into bacon. If you believe in a just & loving god, it clearly intended for us to take advantage of that ****er.

 

[psychedelicsoul]

I form a bond with the goats I sacrifice. Kind of hard not to. The little ******** have personality. Hasn't stopped me yet, probably won't.

Perhaps if I started ****ing them it'd be harder to let go?

And it is for this reason the pig is clearly sacred. It can take an apple(basically garbage) and turn it into bacon. If you believe in a just & loving god, it clearly intended for us to take advantage of that ****er.

Ummm... you wouldn't happen to actually be Friedrich Nietzsche do you? That would explain a lot

 

[Politesse]

Well, I have done. But I didn't like it much. Some lessons of childhood serve mostly as a guide for what to avoid as an adult.

 

[Baladas]

I recently saw an anime called "Silver Spoon"... in it a city boy learns to adapt to farm life after joining an agricultural school
He becomes close to this pig which he names "Pork Bowl"

We know that the pig is livestock, and the character knows it too... however, he decides to name and bond with his pig despite knowing ahead of time he'll have to send it to the slaughter. He eventually does send his beloved pig to the slaughter with all the other pigs, even after getting so close to it...
luckily, I'm super macho and cool... otherwise that would have made me feel emotional.

But not only that, even after it's over, he decides to name the new batch of piglets that the school obtains as well.... think about it. Despite going through the emotional hurt of getting close to an animal and naming it only for it to die, he decides to do the exact same thing again... knowing full well he'll have to send those pigs to the slaughter too.

Could you do that? Kill an animal you've formed a bond with? Or form a bond with an animal you know you're going to have to kill or send to be killed?

No, I don't think that I ever could.

 

[Baladas]

Done it before, at my grandpa's place.
Stayed there for half a year and rode horseback a lot of the time.
The horse I rode, Sidney, was rather old and weakening, so grandpa decided to put her down.
He told me about it when we came back from dove hunting a day or two after he made the decision.
I offered, he let me, and I followed through.

I say I could do it again.

This seems a bit different to me, personally.
The horse was old and weak. Sometimes it is better to go quickly, or so it seems.
Depending on the situation, I might do that as well.

 

[Deathbydefault]

This seems a bit different to me, personally.
The horse was old and weak. Sometimes it is better to go quickly, or so it seems.
Depending on the situation, I might do that as well.

I didn't kill it out of mercy, I did so out of responsibility.
I would do the same if it were a cat, dog, pig, mule, zebra, elephant, or toucan.
The animal doesn't matter, and the connection I get with pets is not significant to me.

The hardest part about killing that horse was deciding what gun to use.
I settled for a 12 gauge, a slug shot.

 

[Baladas]

I didn't kill it out of mercy, I did so out of responsibility.
I would do the same if it were a cat, dog, pig, mule, zebra, elephant, or toucan.
The animal doesn't matter, and the connection I get with pets is not significant to me.

The hardest part about killing that horse was deciding what gun to use.
I settled for a 12 gauge, a slug shot.

Well, then we do differ there...what responsibility out of curiosity?

 

[Deathbydefault]

Well, then we do differ there...what responsibility out of curiosity?

I took responsibility for wearing the horse out.
I rode her 3 times a week, multiple times each of those days, for almost 6 months.

 

[Baladas]

I toke responsibility for wearing the horse out.
I rode her 3 times a week, multiple times each of those days, for almost 6 months.

I can understand that.