Quoting Christian Lheureux:

"If Mrs Bardot were speaking up against killing animals, that would most
likely be free speech. For what I read, she was speaking up against killing
animals specifically by Muslims at the occasion of Aid-el-Kebir (sp?)..."

"Why didn't she speak up about killing turkeys for Thanksgiving?"...
"Or slaughtering a lamb for Easter?"

I agree with Craig's "Where did THAT come from?"

Christian:

I agree with Ms. Bardot - I have a problem with slaughtering animals for
religious celebrations. I don't know when people of the Jewish faith stopped
slaughtering animals as a sacrifice for various "celebrations" or other
aspects of their faith, but at some point in history they stopped.
Christians, as far as I know have never sacrificed animals as part of
religious "celebrations" - as Craig pointed out, Christians believe Christ
is the sacrifice for our sins, the one complete and perfect sacrifice and
not animals. As to other religions I don't know - Buddhists, Confusionists,
Hindu, etc.

In the U.S. what Ms. Bardot said (from your citation) would be free speech,
not incitement to racial hatred. I'd be saying the same thing - how can any
religion that claims to be one of peace in this day and age slaughter
animals for sacrifice?

Animals for food - that's a different matter. Some animals are raised
specifically to be food for people - sounds barbaric when you say it that
way, doesn't it? Some people raise chickens for eggs and to eat the chickens
themselves, or for sale on the market. Others raise cattle, goats, sheep,
frogs, snails....

I for one am glad humans are for the most part at the top of the food chain.
There are other animals that will eat people, all be it in what to us are
unusual circumstances. Consider bears, sharks, tigers, lions - a search of
news reports will turn up instances of these animals (or fish) eating
people. So humans are not 100% at the top of the food chain, but we do
occupy the top rung with a few other species.

Happy eating! :)

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