><<However, I've heard that
>people who live close to the land tend generally to be less sentimental
>about animals. Did all Native Americans have similar attitudes toward food
>animals? Did the Eastern nations have reverence for the deer, rabbit, and
>squirrel? How about fish? (Honest questions- I'm not sneering). >>
>
>   Absoloutely.  They thanked the animal for giving its life so they could
>live.  This is exactly the  kind of reverence of which I speak.
>
>  Siobhan

But what difference does that make???

Whether I kill a duck telling some quack quack jokes or after some artsy
fartsy ceremony to the duck gods--the duck is dead and we eat it. Enjoying
the meal is reverence enough, no? What possible difference does it make?

Cheers,
Kirt


Secola  /\  Nieft
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