Ok the game's up I confess I am a child abuser

[houndsplease]

do they really believe the rubbish that comes out of the tiny minds? it really is laughable

 

[hunting mad]

All 3 of my boys go hunting,shooting etc.....live on a farm and eat meat.Its a healthy way of live for them.
One of the boys health visitors (many years ago) told me farm life was a boring way of life for children!!
Also, again many years ago,i was reported to,and investigated by social services for taking my boys hunting and shooting!!!
This world that we live in has gone crazy!!!:

 

[EAST KENT]

Me ,I`m almost a veggie..except I WILL eat meat wild caught,just not anything that`s been through the factory farming route or salaughterhouses.

 

[Simsar]

i dont hunt, or fish or shoot Maybe you should give it a go.

ok so i eat meet but thats it that's enough people kill things so YOU can eat.
however i think that article is competely fowl and i dont no how the writer justifies themselves. Its called life and we don't care for boring **** that you do.

it is pure opinion based on the social factors that they have been exposed to and its horendous that people are allowed to write propaganda like this on an offical website

So my son should ride a cow and jump 2 ft I don't think so!

 

[VOM]

By that definition I'd say anyone whose child is not a vegan is involved, somehow, in the abuse of children and the encouragement of animal slaughter, no?

http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/cant-you-have-pork-without-killing-the-pigs/

Did anyone else hear the awful story on the news about the baby in France that died from malnutrition, the mother was breast feeding him but because she was vegan the baby was'nt getting enough from her and died. The mother is now up on manslaughter charges. So so sad, very upsetting.

(I heard from a friend the other day so didnt see the news story myself)

 

[rosie fronfelen]

Our boys when young, both had ferrets,used to go with their dad round therabbit holes with their nets and spent many a sunday afternoon doing that,then they took up hunting
soits a wonder social services werent called out, lol-

 

[EAST KENT]

Oh **** so getting Max my poor poor son to cut a throat on a deer and hang it was wrong never mind! He was 7!

Was it alive at the time??

 

[tallyho!]

Sooooo what if you lived in a poor country and was forced to kill a mongoose for dinner??? Is THAT child abuse?

 

[madeleine1]

So my son should ride a cow and jump 2 ft I don't think so!

i dont understand your point, i was saying i dont hunt not that i dont agree with it, infact i am planing on gettin my horse ready for it just hvnt done it yet.

my point was althought i dont hunt and do the other stuff so im not one of the people the article is having a go at i still think the article is wrong

 

[Dizzyblonde99]

Looks like I've been abused then!

 

[ThePinkPony]

my best friend was a deputy manager of a very high end private nursery and she was actually given a written warning for talking innappropriately to children. when she asked what it was that she had said her manager told her that another staff member had overheard her replying to a childs question 'whats mcdonalds made from' with 'beef which comes from cows'...and the only reason it was written warning was because she had also been overhead telling a child that eggs come from chickens not from tescos!!

she left and is now manager of a much better establishment, but seriously!!!

i love taking my son out with his dad lamping and shooting. hes been going to hunt meets since he was 8 weeks old! when he is old enough he will learn gun safety and then hopefully have an interest in our lifestyle!

i knew so much more about the countryside and my environment because of what i learned growing up the way i did. i was more aware of what i was putting into my body and understood from a very early age how to catch/kill/prepare and eat my food. kids should know where their food comes from.

 

[SusannaF]

Sooooo what if you lived in a poor country and was forced to kill a mongoose for dinner??? Is THAT child abuse?

Ditto Amazonian tribes, Inuits, all Fourth World folk...

 

[riding_high]

i get told on a regular basis that i'm cruel for expecting my kids to go out in all weather to 'help' me with the horses.
the people that tell me this are the ones that let their kids sit in front of the tv or computer all day and night, their kids are either slightly overweight or obese, have no manners, rarely see their parents and the parents don't know much about their kids.

so who's the one that 'abuses' their kids?

my kids know where meat comes from, knows what goes on in the countryside and are fit and healthy. oh and i know them very well!

 

[Simsar]

Was it alive at the time??

No had just been shot, but if it had been road kill then yes.

 

[Simsar]

Sooooo what if you lived in a poor country and was forced to kill a mongoose for dinner??? Is THAT child abuse?

Only if it tasted like ****.

 

[Alec Swan]

It's my understanding that, currently, it is still the responsibility of the parents to decide just how they offer any influences, towards their child's upbringing.

I have, on two separate and unconnected occasions, had small children arrive unexpectedly, when I was killing a lamb, for our own use. It was very strange!!

On both occasions there was a complete and opposing reaction from the children, and their parents. The parents were initially horrified at what was before them. The children were fascinated, and to the point where an unclean hand had to direct their heads out of the way, whilst I was working!! It was that, or loose an ear.

For me, the real satisfaction, was the eventual, and they grasped the point, point, that children will learn from the most unlikely sources, which the parents accepted. As I grew up, witnessing all farm stock arriving into this world, and also leaving it, so I would hope that all children, could have such opportunities.

Alec.

 

[Simsar]

Spot on as usual Mr Swan. x

 

[rosie fronfelen]

I wonder who the 2 in the poll were???

 

[ClobellsandBaubles]

i get told on a regular basis that i'm cruel for expecting my kids to go out in all weather to 'help' me with the horses.
the people that tell me this are the ones that let their kids sit in front of the tv or computer all day and night, their kids are either slightly overweight or obese, have no manners, rarely see their parents and the parents don't know much about their kids.

so who's the one that 'abuses' their kids?

my kids know where meat comes from, knows what goes on in the countryside and are fit and healthy. oh and i know them very well!

and allow there kids to watch violent films/ youtube videos and have no idea about what they are looking at.
i wonder if those playstation games where you shoot down loads of people steal cars and is a general blood bath is also child abuse?
as for kids not knowing where their food comes from i used to help at a trekking yard leading out rides etc. took out a ride of kids from city somewhere. they got incredibly worried that i was going to die from eating the berrys (blackberries or raspberries can't rememeber) from the hedgerow how do i know they are not poisonous when they don't come in a carton, then tried to convince me that a field full of sheep (quite dirty and recently sheared) where actually pigs because they weren't fluffy and snowy white. the mind boggles

 

[juventino]

By that definition I'd say anyone whose child is not a vegan is involved, somehow, in the abuse of children and the encouragement of animal slaughter, no?

http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/cant-you-have-pork-without-killing-the-pigs/

This highlights a very real problem in the UK that people don't know where their food comes from. It's packaged in plastic boxes in the supermarket or in polystyrene boxes in fast food outlets containing non-descript 'stuff', shaped or cut meat that has no bearing on the source of the food.

People who might complain about shooting pheasant happily eat factory farmed pork in complete ignorance of the animal suffering involved in intensive farming.

I'll happily eat the usual organic meat and also shot game of various types (I'm a lousy shot so won't attempt it myself!). This is why I like farmers' markets - you know the source of the food.

 

[Hobbitpony]

my best friend was a deputy manager of a very high end private nursery and she was actually given a written warning for talking innappropriately to children. when she asked what it was that she had said her manager told her that another staff member had overheard her replying to a childs question 'whats mcdonalds made from' with 'beef which comes from cows'...and the only reason it was written warning was because she had also been overhead telling a child that eggs come from chickens not from tescos!!.

Oh good grief!!! It is a very sterile world we live in these days. I grew up in rural Africa, only meat available was directly from the abatoir (complete with vultures!!) or chickens butchered at home. When there was a military coup and food got very tight the locals got by eating dogs and rats! We don't appreciate how lucky we are in this country. These people should try living somewhere where there is the very real prospect of not having enough to eat and then see which way their moral compass points.