tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213352484826083171.post60991346589875351..comments2023-10-31T03:08:04.922-07:00Comments on The Mina Show: Cows Are a Lighter NoteAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213352484826083171.post-46544801255260854392010-07-26T18:34:47.967-07:002010-07-26T18:34:47.967-07:00Oh I wish I could have been there just for moral s...Oh I wish I could have been there just for moral support. I probably wouldn't have added much to the discussion - if folks cannot see the truth right in front of them, it's doubtful they're going to listen to any of us.<br /><br />It might have surprised the woman to learn that the head dairyman at UC Davis (when I was a student) firmly believed cows had feelings and formed friendships. He believed they preferred different employees and made sure those employees worked hands on with the cows instead of the ones the cows were afraid of. And yet he could still send the cows to slaughter...it makes me very sad, in hindsight.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213352484826083171.post-46492131996842505162010-07-25T21:50:31.398-07:002010-07-25T21:50:31.398-07:00I wish I would have had you with me the other nigh...I wish I would have had you with me the other night. You would have been able to counter so much better than I one of the women who pushed into my conversation with someone else. She grew up around cows, and her (recent) degree was in animal science, and she kept talking down to and over me and making claims that I knew were false but that I couldn't articulately, authoritatively refute without the formal sources and background myself. And this -- this idea that cows have friendships, feelings, personalities, desires, preferences, etc. -- was something she mocked as the most anthropomorphic thing she'd ever heard. I <i>may</i> have gotten somewhere there eventually, but there was another woman, unhinged and shrieking and combative, there too, and she was making it really difficult to engage calmly or follow the thread of conversation. Anyway, I spent a large part of this conversation thinking, "I wish Marji were here."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213352484826083171.post-1701265768611234642010-07-23T13:32:21.104-07:002010-07-23T13:32:21.104-07:00OMG! I remember Freedom's pic from when he wa...OMG! I remember Freedom's pic from when he was a small bedraggled calfboy! He certainly has grown up handsome.slave2tehtinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027931138535528843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213352484826083171.post-88806971506701774422010-07-23T13:01:33.415-07:002010-07-23T13:01:33.415-07:00I also use "cow" in the colloquial way. ...I also use "cow" in the colloquial way. It's not like cow, steer, bull, heifer, etc are actual scientific terms, anyway. It's like the "is the tomato a vegetable or a fruit!?!" debate - 'vegetable' has no scientific meaning, so who cares? It's both!<br /><br />I also like cows, though I've never really gotten to know one well. I've been enjoying Shreve Stockton's blog posts about her pet cows. They're endearing: <br />http://honeyrockdawn.com/category/daisy/adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04605428127471399424noreply@blogger.com