Look at me! I know science!
Last night the husband and I were lounging about watching a CSI rerun and then were too lazy to get up when the next show came on, so we were treated to an episode of Eleventh Hour.
From what I can tell, the show is about an FBI agent and a scientist who investigate fring science stuff- cloning, super-soldier drugs, stuff like that. It’s trying to be The X-Files except the agent and the scientist have zero chemistry. But it does star that guy from Dark City.
Anyway, last night was about primate experimentation. Some stupid PETA-type guy (my thoughts on PETA, as well as animal medica testing, are well-known, so I won’t get into them) was whining about how scientists ‘torture’ animals in lab. Bullshit, but I digress. Mr. Dark City pointed out that the guy had diabetes, and his treatment was developed only after extensive animal testing, so they’re off the hook for that comment. Anyway, later he told the FBI lady that other cultures treat their animals with more respect. Like…Japan. He specifically mentioned Wagyu cattle, a breed famed for its excellent, marbled beef. Wagyu cattle are treated quite well, fed sake and beer and massaged.
Right. Wagyu cattle end up just as dead as other cattle. And their farmers don’t treat them well because they respect the cattle. They do it for money. Wagyu steaks can cost upwards of $300 a pop. The Japanese don’t respect animals any more than Americans do. Wagyu beef is lucrative, that’s all.
So, methinks the writers of Eleventh Hour need to do their homework before spouting off (According to the husband, who is a real scientist, their ‘science’ was ridiculous and often made no sense whatsoever. He actually got so pissed he left halfway through).
For more on Wagyu beef:
Those poor animals are people too!
Delicious, delicious people.
As a wise man once said: ‘If God didn’t want us to eat animals, he wouldn’t have made them out of meat…’