Mmm, I've sat and watched this one for a while before adding my comments. but here goes
Personally I am happy for the Muslim community to eat whatever they like, killed in as humane way as they will accept. If they could eat 'non muslim' meat with a prayer then in this and other christian countries they should do this. Does anyone have any idea what happens in other christian countries worldwide? Are they allowed to perfom ritual slaughter in America/Germany/Spain etc.
However on the other side, animals are breed to be killed. They would not have a life except to be fattened up for us to eat. I too would be of the minority that would be prepared to kill my own if that is what was needed. I am not some blood thirsty soul but I feel I do have a reasonable grasp of the order of things in nature. One day your the predator, the next your the victim. We as humans have very few predators hence the population problems, that is just the natural order of things.
So whilst he find it unacceptable for the scenario that was presented it is up to us to put pressue on the powers that be to do something about it.(i.e. we become the predator of this method of killing). Does our estimeed MP read this site? I think I'll drop him an email to see what his comments are and also to point him at a massive resource of public opinion in his constituency.
I'll be careful not to get any splinters in my bum now as I get off the fence
