I bring this issue up since I am a HUGE horse lover. I've been obsessed with horses since I was a child and never outgrew it. These are the most graceful and beautiful creatures on the face of the planet.
When I researched what horse slaughter entails, I was appalled. The torture they are subjected to is horrific and inhumane. To send them to such a painful and senseless end is cruel and unusual punishment. I wouldn't do that to my worst enemy much less an innocent and helpless creature. On top of that, for horses, there aren't any humane ways to slaughter them. Horsemeat isn't even safe for our consumption due to "unregulated administration of numerous toxic substances to horses before slaughter."* Since they are not raised for food, they are not meant to be eaten due to all the chemicals that are injected into them or what they have eaten. These substances are highly toxic to humans.
According to the humane society: "Horses are skittish by nature (owing to their heightened fight-or-flight response), which makes accurate pre-slaughter stunning difficult. As a result, horses often endure repeated blows and sometimes remain conscious during dismemberment—this is rarely a quick, painless death. Before the last domestic plant closed in 2007, the USDA documented in the slaughter pipeline rampant cruelty violations and severe injuries to horses, including broken bones protruding from their bodies, eyeballs hanging by a thread of skin, and gaping wounds."*
The market for horsemeat does nothing to increase revenue for the local economies that host them. It most certainly doesn't bolster the economy because of the stain it leaves behind. These enterprises need to be shut down to stop the murdering/slaughtering of horses. Read the quote above from the humane society. Do a little research of your own even, but STOP THIS INSANITY.
*http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/horse_slaughter/facts/facts_horse_slaughter.html
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Confederate Flag Debacle
So...now another sensitive topic: the confederate flag fiasco. Why is it such an issue when it has been around for so long? First of all, it has NOTHING TO DO WITH RACISM. If I chose to fly it on my property it would be to show pride for my southern heritage not to show hate. There is no point to this debacle. I mean, come on, aren't there more pressing issues to attend than dealing with a flag? It's like our elected officials want to keep racism alive. Can't we just love each other? We can't even watch Dukes of Hazzard re-runs over the confederate flag on the General Lee. Personally I love Dukes of Hazzard. It has nothing to do with being racist. It was only a car.
I am so sick of people trying to turn minor issues into a huge debate. The confederate flag is such a petty thing to worry about when we have our young men and women over seas fighting to keep us safe. They are fighting for our rights. Are we really a democracy or a dictatorship? If we, as Americans, pull together and fight this freedom of speech take away then we can accomplish so much more. We all deserve to have the right to express our opinions whether people like what we have to say or not.
It frightens me that if something like this can happen, what other rights are we going to have taken from us. If someone wants to express their opinions or fly a variety of flags we should be allowed to. We are slowly having our rights of freedom of speech taken away. What about the constitution? Does our freedom of speech mean so little to the people of this country? The definition of freedom of speech according to Wikipedia is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas*. This isn't what our founders wanted for us or else they wouldn't have created the constitution to preserve our rights. There are too many misguided folks who twist the constitution to conform to what they want to achieve. Our leaders are pathetic. They need to focus on the other more serious situations going on within our country like homeless veterans, elderly abuse, being taxed too much, etc. Not on the confederate flag and whether or not people can fly it or not.
Come on, folks. Let us Americans take back our America and stop this nonsense. Let's make America what the founders intended it to be. Let it be our land of the free and home of the brave.
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech
I am so sick of people trying to turn minor issues into a huge debate. The confederate flag is such a petty thing to worry about when we have our young men and women over seas fighting to keep us safe. They are fighting for our rights. Are we really a democracy or a dictatorship? If we, as Americans, pull together and fight this freedom of speech take away then we can accomplish so much more. We all deserve to have the right to express our opinions whether people like what we have to say or not.
It frightens me that if something like this can happen, what other rights are we going to have taken from us. If someone wants to express their opinions or fly a variety of flags we should be allowed to. We are slowly having our rights of freedom of speech taken away. What about the constitution? Does our freedom of speech mean so little to the people of this country? The definition of freedom of speech according to Wikipedia is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas*. This isn't what our founders wanted for us or else they wouldn't have created the constitution to preserve our rights. There are too many misguided folks who twist the constitution to conform to what they want to achieve. Our leaders are pathetic. They need to focus on the other more serious situations going on within our country like homeless veterans, elderly abuse, being taxed too much, etc. Not on the confederate flag and whether or not people can fly it or not.
Come on, folks. Let us Americans take back our America and stop this nonsense. Let's make America what the founders intended it to be. Let it be our land of the free and home of the brave.
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech
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