You've met Shambo the bull...
Now meet Shambo the evening meal for two...
I ate him with fava beans and a nice chianti.
I'm really pleased that he's dead. Not that I wished Shambo any ill will, I'm sure he was a very nice bull as far as bulls go. No why I'm pleased is that all the folks being white wannabe Hindus up a hill in Wales were going for the "We want an exception on religious grounds. You must respect our religion. If you come and take him away you'll be interrupting a religious act of worship. Waaaah! We're SPECIAL".
Nope, you're not special because you believe some chap sat in a cloud said a bunch of stuff that you have to follow. Here's the law, bit of a stupid one based on what I know about TB but the law nonetheless and you cannot, must not, be exempt from it just because you believe in a bunch of fairy stories. If the secular world had backed down here then it would have opened the floodgates to every nutjob with a holy book to do whatever the hell they wanted. It starts with allowing diseased animals to live and goes through muslim "leaders" insisting we have to allow Sharia law in their communities and you must not interrupt them stoning some poor fucker to death as it's "our religion which must be respected".
I could have fixed the problem a while back though; quick phone call to one of my red , fire breathing Welsh cousins and there would have been a flapping of wings, a short roar, a very short surprised "moo!" and lots of lovely roast beef.
There's lovely.
4 comments:
In this instance, I agree with you - a public health issue is a public health issue, and the law must be followed - though one can question whether the law is right in the way it deals with the problem of bovine TB.
Have you seen this - http://www.jewcy.com/tags/gallows_humor?
Here's a little flavour:
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy T-bone,
Silence the tambourines and with muffled drums
Bring out the burger buns, let the ketchup come.
Love the link :-)
Actually I think the law is utter pants when it comes to bovine TB and other notifiable illnesses and that with vaccination, proper stock handling practices and a return to local abbatoirs and on-farm slaughter we could eliminate or mitigate a lot of the problems we have. I'm afraid the farmers aren't innocent here either as their union remains vehemently opposed to vaccination and addicted to the quick fix... "aaarrg! it's a badger! kill it, kill it now!
Mind you my real point was that people's religious scruples can't ever be used as an excuse to get out of a law.
I agree about vaccination - it was an absolute scandal that so many healthy animals were slaughtered during the foot and mouth crisis a few years ago.
Religious scruples and the law... I'm tired tonight, Drac - I might respond to that bit tomorrow. Sleep well.
WGB
WGB - No response necessary. Bene Dormis.
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