<<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?>>

  It makes a difference in energy. Although, for some, this is not an
awareness.  Everything is interconnected.  Why should any living thing be
less respected than another?

  The attitude in which anything is done has impact on others.  Have you
ever walked into a room where there are people, and something feels wrong in
that room yet there's nothing overt telling you that?  That's
energy...created by all thoughts and actions.

Siobhan