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Now, Ban, you oughtta know very well that I do not think of my fellow humans--and especially my fellow Freepers--as "lesser beings". Maybe I'm sitting on a high horse of some kind--I don't know (it doesn't feel very high here)--but the truth is I think what I said. (And, frankly, as a doctor, animal tissues look like human tissue--liver, for example--and it gives me the creeps.) But I'm not trying to convert anybody to my way of thinking or admonish anybody, f'cryin' out loud; I'm just trying to be myself, which, as Nik points out (vide infra), may not be a wise move.

Now, Nik. Nobody needs an invitation to stick his nose into any conversation here on FR. And if you post something, you're inviting disagreement and even castigation.

Anyway, I appreciate your giving me all the respect that is due an ass (that's what I meant, Bannie). (As a matter of fact, I've been called that before (especially by my wife)).

I was not asking a question, but I was wondering aloud; perhaps I was making an accusation, but, if so, I didn't realize it.

You win the bet. I did know that hunting is not about inflicting pain and terror, and that's not why people hunt. But, on the other hand, it is a part of hunting, and, unless I've missed something, it's an inescapable part of it.

I don't want to beat a dead horse--so to speak--but it's probably also an inescapable part of the entire meat industry.

I'm not trying to win converts or interfere with anybody's fun, but I can't help thinking what I think. And what's the point of posting, in anonymity, if you're not honest and candid?

Anyway, I don't mind being called an ass on a high horse.

I've been called worse.

I've BEEN worse.

And worse yet, I'm not even doing my best.