Beekissed
Mountain Sage
Okay....don't know how appropriate this is to the SS forum but this has happened time and again and I was wondering if it has happened to you.
Inevitably and quite often, when discussing raising chickens and....ahem....killing chickens, I get these exact words tossed my way....from many different people:
"But..but...they are your friends!!! How could you kill your friends????" This is said with an agonized and outraged look on their face as if I had just tortured and killed a small child.![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I've always tried to assert that I view chickens as food and I don't feel attached to my food source. This never seems to get through, though I know these people eat chicken on a regular basis.
Today, I might have gotten through.....
It happened again today and I placed a deadpan, serious look on my mug and replied:
"You know? I used to think they were my friends but time and again I would visit them in their coop, tell them my troubles, share my struggles and try to have a conversation with them. They always ignore me, they never listen when I talk, and they expect me to get all excited every time THEY lay an egg??? Well, I'm tired of friends like that, so I decided to kill them whenever I need food for my family."
Absolute, stunned silence followed as the woman digested this......
I'm going to use this approach from now on!!!!![Thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
Inevitably and quite often, when discussing raising chickens and....ahem....killing chickens, I get these exact words tossed my way....from many different people:
"But..but...they are your friends!!! How could you kill your friends????" This is said with an agonized and outraged look on their face as if I had just tortured and killed a small child.
I've always tried to assert that I view chickens as food and I don't feel attached to my food source. This never seems to get through, though I know these people eat chicken on a regular basis.
Today, I might have gotten through.....
"You know? I used to think they were my friends but time and again I would visit them in their coop, tell them my troubles, share my struggles and try to have a conversation with them. They always ignore me, they never listen when I talk, and they expect me to get all excited every time THEY lay an egg??? Well, I'm tired of friends like that, so I decided to kill them whenever I need food for my family."
Absolute, stunned silence followed as the woman digested this......
![lol :lol: :lol:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/lau.gif)
![Gig :gig :gig](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/gig.gif)
I'm going to use this approach from now on!!!!
![Thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/thumbsup.gif)