To eat a horse.

[Athol]

I've heard people get all upset here (Canada), whenever somebody mentions eating horses. Frankly I dont see wha the big deal is, meat is meat. Yes some is better than others, but thats neither here nor there.

So I ask, what are you thoughts on eating horse, and other non-predominant meats (ie not chicken, pork or beef)

 

[SovietSecrets]

Go for it I guess? I mean how is it different from eating a pig? I bet the pig is more fun to ride as well.

 

[Baneat]

Do you mean animal X over animal Y or the ethics of meat-eating as a whole (Please be the former, the latter is tired and overdone(pun intended))

 

[Dags90]

Horse is traditionally a famine food in Western society. It's a natural social inclination to look down on it, many cultures have taboos on eating beasts of burden.

I wouldn't do it.

 

[SovietSecrets]

Go for it I guess? I mean how is it different from eating a pig? I bet the pig is more fun to ride as well.

Pig =/= hog

Has 4 legs and a back. Good to go.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

It all depends on how the meat is cooked and prepared. Because i have eaten deer, duck, lamb, frog legs and even rabbit. If it's cooked right i'll eat just about anything.

 

[Falconsgyre]

Horses are probably about as smart as pigs. So it's ethically more or less the same as eating a pig, though I would personally not eat a horse because society has instilled a revulsion for horse meat in me.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Nope, I think anyone who would eat a horse has never loved one as a pet. Also, depends on the meat. But for the most part, yes, id eat just about anything.

I'd probably eat dog, and I love my dog!

Trying new things is fun, and I'm curious as to how much of the animal kingdom one can eat one's way through in a lifetime.
So I'd try horse, happily!

 

[thiosk]

This sort of thing happens whenever people feel a kinship or attachment to particular animals. Many folks will vehemently espouse support for eating agricultural meat, but will react violently to eating pets. I mean, people LOVE horses. Its eaten in a few, small communities, generally, and is supposedly a component of dog foods.

I would support any of the following statements, for example: Cat eaters should be crucified along the highway. Dogs are ok to eat in asia. Someone who eats a sea otter should be drowned in agricultural runoff. Guinea pig is actually delicious.

See?

 

[Camaranth]

Kind of the same as saying its wrong to eat dog or cat. Meat is Meat. We just have an emotional attachment to such animals.

I've tasted horse, wasn't horrible, I did have a bit of a mental block with what I was eating, like the first time I ate haggis.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

"Silly Nick, horses aint for eatin'"
I love aligator meat, but that is the only one my mentality can stomach...

I wouldn't be mad at someone if they tried horse meat, but I would be a little wierded out if it were a major part of there diet...

 

[thiosk]

pig =/= hog. Pork is hog.

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What?

The domestic pig (also swine, in some areas hog) is a domesticated livestock animal, farmed for its meat, known as pork (bacon, ham, sausages, etc.).

 

[Dogstile]

EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ANIMALS!

Hilariously enough, PETA wants exactly this.

Which would make it illegal to own pets :3

 

[Radoh]

I don't particularly approve of eating horse, though mostly because I didn't like the taste. Same thing with bear and elk, these meats aren't anything in comparison to Venison or Beef.
<------ Also this, I don't approve because of this.

 

[Athol]

Do you mean animal X over animal Y or the ethics of meat-eating as a whole (Please be the former, the latter is tired and overdone(pun intended))

I meam X over Y, as for the ethics of it...

That about sums up what I think