Mass animal slaughter.
 

Did anyone on here know about this ritual ? Its the first I had heard of it and wish I never had,how barbaric to kill all those animals , not even for meat from what I can see, just for the sake of some hindu goddess, 200,000 ,utter carnage and unnecessary,imo, some people just don't seem to have any empathy, I cant get my head round it.

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I've never understood the whole 'sacrifice for the gods' stuff.. like aren't gods in religion supposed to have created life.. why kill it for them

There is no reason or logic its nasty vile superstition, cruelty and control from poorly educated people.

Nepal next to Tibet
a poor nation
will sadly not change................

They should sacrifice themselves uneducated savages

I spent 6 months trekking round Nepal 30 years ago and they are the loveliest,kindest and most hard working people I've ever come across. Unfortunately being also amongst the poorest nations of the world means they don't always see animal rights quite the way we do but I would say they don't treat animals badly out of cruelty more of necessity!

"See animal rights the way we do" is kind of funny considering the west mass slaughter alot more animals, the moral highground is kind of disingenuous, just because you eat the animals doesn't make it less cruel for them

The method of killing is hardly similar and we don't kill based on a pathetic superstition. It's in no way comparable

Do you think the fact that you eat the animals gives them some comfort? [emoji23]

As I said it's not in anyway comparable. We all die, so why keep old people in care homes, why not shoot them?

Or eat them?

Very little good protein

Why are you comparing animals mass slaughtered for food to elderly people in care homes?

People justifiying the mass murder of animals because they think they need meat to survive isn't a pathetic superstition?

Killing animals to eat isn't the same as killing an animal because 'God told me to' imo.

Obviously it's not nice for the animals, but one is for food at least which in my view I see as understandable.

You can be a meat eater and still care for the welfare of animals and not want to be mistreated.

My rabbit just jumped on the bed licking my arm with his little tongue for head and face rub

There is no valid or good reason to the animal and taking the moral highground as to what constitutes as a good reason to kill them is hypocritical and makes no difference to the animals who are being killed. If you want to eat meat, eat meat, it tastes good but if you then act like a moral judge on other people who kill animals because you think their reason "isn't as good as yours" then you look foolish imo

...perfectly said..:love:..if an animal is slaughtered, it’s slaughtering becomes no lesser because of the reason..and animal meat is not an essential to human life...

No offence but killing them as a sacrifice is way more evil than eating them for Meat. I don't really get the debate on this one tbh.

But then I don't buy that Vigilante's are just as bad as a cold blooded murderer either (off topic I know) but I do think that the reason why you're doing something is massively important imo (especially if it's an act that could be deemed evil) and the reason why this thread was opened in the first place is the far more evil reason imo, there's absolutely no valid reason to kill the animal in this incident, where as at least people will gain benefits from eating an animal.

I understand why people disagree with eating Meat themselves, but to compare us to nutjobs is out of order imo.

Evil to who though? You? But you're not the victim, the animal is so what right do you have to judge it as a culture who also partakes in mass slaughter of animals?

If you were walking home tonight and someone hit you over the back of the head and kidnapped you, you wake up in their basement and they tell you they're going to kill you, would it matter to you if their reason was for a religious sacrifice or because they wanted to eat you? Would you say oh fair enough, if they fancied a bit of mock steak? [emoji23]

...but it’s people individually who are defining what ‘evil’ is though and what defines ‘valid’...a slaughtered animal is a slaughtered animal and their death is no less, regardless of what the reason...a cultural Hindu festival/ritual that dates back centuries, would be seen as a valid reason by some, but not by others...

But I've already said in my original post on this thread that it's not nice for the animals (I especially don't like the methods on how the animals are killed) but as we both know the different reasons as to why the animals are killed, I would rather them be killed for Meat consumption or possible cures for diseases over a 'God' telling them to do it, or to look fashionable in some way, or because it's a fun sport for the individual. But that's how I see it personally, I get however that you see it differently.:)

And for me I wouldn't want either, I'd rather take the brick.:joker:

Thankfully Cannibalism is an illegal activity so they're definitely worse morally. It probably helps that it's counted as murder.:joker:

The human race started out as meat eaters, not cows eating grass in a field.

When you start talking about morals, vegetarians are not better humans based on the fact they don’t eat meat.

Killing an animal for a ritual falls into the same category as killing an animal for sport.

...only to those who don’t hold the culture/ritual, though...a cultural ritual dating back centuries has a specific meaning to all of those who believe in it...whether we or others believe in it or not or what our feelings are about it...a sport is an entirely different thing, it holds no ritual significance in the same way...I don’t agree with the killing of these buffalo...but, like Niamh...I don’t understand the ‘rating of death/killing/slaughter’...when none are necessary and the result of each is identical to the animal...death...

Of course people see things differently, but are you honestly gonna say that every reason for killing an animal is just as evil as each other? Because to me that's just not real life as normally even with criminals (again off topic I know) there is a hierarchy on who is more evil than who between murderers, rapists etc.

To me I see Meat eaters as more innocent than Religious nutjobs who kill animals, however I get that (like you pointed out Ammi) that not everyone will see it the same as I do, I've just got to be honest and say that I do find that opinion a bit strange though.

I understand people being against eating Meat (as I hope that a lot of people could) I just personally from my own perspective don't see it as quite as evil as other reasons to kill animals.