Slog - Comments on Burning Beast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast Last weekend up at Smoke Farm—a 360-acre jewel on the Stillaguamish River— Seattle's more intrepid chefs gathered to cook whole animals over open fires. PETA didn't show. But about 250 other people did, including Bethany Jean Clement, who wrote about Burning Beast in this week's paper: These were people profoundly comfortable with their relationship with meat. These were people who joke about vegans, people who wear T-shirts reading "MEAT IS MURDER/tasty, tasty murder," people who respond to a whole pig slowly spinning on a spit (its skin bulging and browning and glistening, its ears wrapped in protective tinfoil) by wondering... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:56:19 -0800 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:01:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos Murderers.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076497 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076497 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:58:09 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Note to self: remember to foil Mr. Poe's ears before roasting.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076502 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076502 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:00:43 -0800 Comment by povertyrich I beg to differ. This summer's best barbecue was held in my backyard on Memorial Day weekend.

True story!

]]> povertyrich http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076549 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:21:34 -0800 Comment by yakdan It is sad the way we treat our fellow earthlings.

]]> yakdan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076552 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076552 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:22:42 -0800 Comment by x all life survives at the expense of other life, and plants are conscious, so fuck it, bring it on!

if god hadn't intended us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?

]]> x http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076558 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076558 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:24:56 -0800 Comment by Westside forever You know those four teeth we all have, the pointy ones near the front of your mouth? They're not there for the vegetables.

Meat eating is our evolutionary legacy. Embrace your destiny!!!

With barbecue sauce.

]]> Westside forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076585 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076585 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:33:55 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Dustin Ronspies' shirt rocks the occasion!

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076692 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:58 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi You know those four teeth we all have, the pointy ones near the front of your mouth? They're not there for the vegetables.

Canines are no guarantee of a carnivorous past. Some animals use them to strip leaves off of branches. Others use them for defense. You'd be better off pointing out that, without meat eating, there would be no human civilization.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076707 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076707 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:08:58 -0800 Comment by Hernandez @1 and 4 - I know, huh? I mean, every single human being on this planet consumes plants and animals that were once ALIVE! Sustaining ourselves inevitably means killing innocent plants and animals! We're a race of evil mass-murderers, I tell you!

That why I switched to photosynthesis for sustenance. So nothing has to die.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076717 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076717 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:12:55 -0800 Comment by kid icarus I just died of jealousy.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076727 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:16:20 -0800 Comment by Fnarf If their map and directions are correct, they're actually on the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, not the Stillaguamish River. A trivial point, perhaps, unless you're familiar with the area.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076753 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076753 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:30:10 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew

Anytime I see a post/story about the violent death of animal, I don't even have to look to know that Brendan Kiley's name is attached to it.


That's truly sad.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1076880 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:21:02 -0800 Comment by MR. Language Person Vitamin B12. That is all.

]]> MR. Language Person http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1077026 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/burning_beast#c1077026 Chow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:01:42 -0800