Re: [DL] Frontier House

[balance@tubas.net]

On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 05:39  PM, Alex and Heidi Johnson wrote:
>> I couldn't believe how that mother said she wanted her son to know that
> that's what is done on farms, that they don't raise these animals as 
> pets.
> Rule #1 for that: don't let your kid NAME the animal! That kid's gonna 
> have
> some scars from this experience. As it was, when they talked to him at 
> the
> end, he said with an eerily calm voice that 'that's what Life's about,
> raising animals so you can kill and eat them.' Future serial killer...
> Huh, we named most of the animals on our farm.  They still tasted just 
> as
> good. : )


When I was growing uo, my father always used to provide a name for the 
cow our family's yearly side of beef came from... never stopped me, 
either. Of course, he was making this up, but I didn't know that.
--
Brett

LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER 
MAN? (Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett)