> wrote
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 20:00:01 -0800, "Dutch" > wrote:
>
>>
> wrote
>>> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:48:44 -0800, "Dutch" > wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> Pig
>>>>>>is filthily
>>>>>>> housed and fed, and at the end barbarously butchered.""
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Well done! Thanks for posting that again, it does such a beautiful job
>>>>>>of
>>>>>>illustrating the sophistry of "The Logic of the Larder".
>>>>>
>>>>> Later on the pig sings "Swing Low", is thankful that it got to
>>>>> live,
>>>>> and hopes to have some life beyond this one.
>>>>
>>>>You just used the same literary device to express three ideas. That
>>>>wasn't
>>>>so hard was it?
>>>
>>> Nope. And now we know pigs are thankful that humans raise
>>> them for food too. Well, I'm glad we got that straightened out.
>>
>>Your sentence, in extending the literary device used by Salt, got across
>>your ideas that pigs enjoy and "benefit from" life,
>
> That one did. Some do and some don't.
>
>>and that they may even
>>go to piggy heaven.
>
> Maybe:
>
> Genesis 9:5 - "I will demand an accounting from every animal."
>
>>You're a poet and don't even know it!
>
> Actually Dutch, before I learned what a bunch of assholes I'm
> dealing with here I did make use of the supposed literary device,
> and posted my own fantasy about a typing cow as a sort of joke
> but still to convey a message. If the talking pig had any influence
> on you, then maybe the typing cow can help you out a bit too.
> Here's a repost:
>
> From: (David)
> Subject: mmm.....mmmmmo........mmmmoooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
> Date: 1999/02/25
> Message-ID: >#1/1
> Newsgroups: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian
>
>
> OK all you veggie heads, a good friend of mine would like to say a few
> things to you folks, so here she is:
>
>
> hi my names gladys an im a 6 years old holstein. the first thing i want to
> say is my farmer is a nice man who feeds me good but he could do better
> cause im 6 and still have never got to eat enough to get foundered..oh
> well.
> he feeds me good though and only kicks me in the ass when its draggin so i
> cant complain about that. an the way he cleans my nipples..oooh....it
> makes
> me feel so.....never mind.
>
> a other thing i want to tell you is ive had 3 children 2 sons and a
> daughter
> and i loved the boys but they got took away too soon and i cried for a
> while
> but i loved them while they were with me. i dont know where the boys went
> but my little girl is workin with me an had a son of her own and we eat
> lunch
> together and that is nice. i wouldnt trade the kids for anything ya know
> what
> i mean.
>
> so now i want say my job is cool an i don want no office job cause this
> typin
> is gettin me wore out, so give us cows a break an let us keep workin. hav
> a
> glassa milk or a icecream or somethin....eat some cottage cheese wouldya!!
> an if no one eats dairy food we will all die an then there wont be no more
> milk
> cows is that what you want?? and dont listen to then tv cows sayin eat
> more
> chicken cause they sold out for the money! cows are loyal to their own an
> its a low cow sure that tries to help chickens! besides chicken is wuss
> food
> so eat a steak or burger instead. beef cows wanta live too so help em
> out..
> their retirement plan sux but the job itsef is awesom! furget chicken!!
>
> thats about it cept i eat plants too an theres nothin rong with it but
> dont
> try to put us outa work or make cows extinct cause were nice people too an
> aint done nothin to hurt non of yoy guys! jus you eat yor plants an let
> the
> other peoples eat ther beef an ther dairy an then so we can get ta have
> our
> lifes too...please!!!
>
>
> Thank you Gladys--you did a great job (we'll discuss the carpet later).
> Hopefully they'll listen to you; they sure don't listen to me... You are a
> nice lady for doing this--and you've got a cute daughter too ;-)
>
> So there you have it, straight from the cows mouth! You won't listen to
> me, but we're hoping you'll listen to the cows. At least you could *think*
> about what she said. Cows don't lie!
> Of course some of you will want to bring in your own cows with an
> opposing view point, but be warned that it isn't easy...the farmers don't
> like it, cows have no respect for your living room, and they are murder on
> the keyboard.
>
> All the best to ALL of us (cows too :-)!!!

Were you intending to convey that cows can actually talk and think those
things?

So what is all this crap about Salt's essay being a fantasy about a talking
pig? You knew all along that the voice of the pig was intended to echo the
conscience of the meat consumer, never the pig itself.

What a lying asshole.