Why are there corpses on our Christmas tables?
Animals: Tradition - Philosophy - Religion
FROM
Jenny Moxham
December 22, 2018
Isn’t it time we started celebrating Christmas in the loving manner it is meant to be celebrated?
Letter as published December 22, 2018 in The Nation newspaper (Bangkok, Thailand)
Christmas is known as a time of peace and goodwill. But what about turkeys and piglets?
For them Christmas has to be the cruellest time of the year. Increasingly, our celebration of the birth of the “Prince of Peace” is becoming a torturous time for crustaceans too, who are mercilessly boiled alive for taste.
Does this make sense?
If Christmas is a time of peace, why are we inflicting so much violence on our fellow creatures? Doesn’t this turn Christmas into a sham?
Isn’t it time we started celebrating Christmas in the loving manner it is meant to be celebrated — with no tortured corpses on our dinner table?
The version published was shortened from the original letter as submitted:
Christmas is known as a time of peace and goodwill. But what about the animals? It’s hardly a time of peace and goodwill for them. For turkeys and piglets Christmas has to be the cruelest and most violent time of the year because we slaughter more of them at Christmas than at any other time of the year. Increasingly, our celebration of the birth of the “Prince of Peace” is becoming a torturous time for crustaceans too, who are mercilessly boiled to death to provide the added taste of “seafood” to our Christmas table. Does this make the slightest sense? If Christmas is a time of peace and goodwill why are we inflicting so much violence on our inoffensive fellow creatures? Doesn’t this turn Christmas into a sham? Isn’t it time we started celebrating Christmas in the peaceful and loving manner in which it is meant to be celebrated — with no tortured corpses on our dinner table?
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