Comments on: Who Will Eat the Goat?

By: Abby

Abby — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:12:38 +0000

i second that, uri!

By: Uriel

Uriel — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:11:01 +0000

I like the picture.

By: Julie Steinberg

Julie Steinberg — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:47:45 +0000

Thanks for this well balanced and thoughtful piece.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:11:11 +0000

Thought provoking. Thanks. I have similar views as Neelz.

By: Neelz

Neelz — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:30:38 +0000

The beautiful thing about belonging to a species of omnivore is that we are able to make choices about what we eat…and know that someone else can choose what we reject. I often say that I would gladly eat meat if it were sustainably and humanely raised and slaughtered but that I’m too cheap and lazy to buy and prepare the meat (not to mention go through the cost and hassle of converting my simply milchig kitchen to something that can handle the odd goat or chicken). I know that eating eggs and dairy necessitates slaughtering livestock, and I also know that slaughter is part of the natural life cycle of species that exist because of their relationship to human consumption. (Domestic chickens and cattle certainly aren’t going to cut it in the wild; their circle of life is inextricably bound to ours.) All the same, I’d probably pass on the goat, safe in the knowledge that – with all the card carrying carnivores – he’s not going to waste.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:27:29 +0000

Thanks, enjoyed this very much.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:18:10 +0000

Very well written and exactly on point! Thank you for sharing this essay.