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As for the people complaining about prizes --- why don't you donate something more enticing than cow, chicken, and rooster?
Really unhappy to see animals being given away as "prizes".
Why? There is a long history of animals as gifts/prizes such as for dowrys in marriages.
A better argument would be that the animal doesn't care (because it is an animal).
Who's up for a road trip from the Bay Area? Bonus points if you have a livestock trailer or something to tow it with. Somehow I don't think my Prius will cut it...
This is a terrible idea and perpetuates outdated stereotypes of Iowans for a cheap laugh. Our specialty is pigs, not cows.
Is it a live cow or meat?
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Why? There is a long history of animals as gifts/prizes such as for dowrys in marriages.
There is also a long history of parents arranging those marriages - doesn't make any of it a good idea.
I can see maybe it marginalizes the value of an animal's life and thus the prize is in bad taste (but then again this is Iowa and these are farmers).
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Why? There is a long history of animals as gifts/prizes such as for dowrys in marriages.
The antiquity argument has its problems. There has been a long history of many things that we don't do anymore. A better argument would be that the animal doesn't care (because it is an animal).
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The antiquity argument has its problems. There has been a long history of many things that we don't do anymore. A better argument would be that the animal doesn't care (because it is an animal).
I'm sure the animal doesn't care about specifically being a prize. I'm sure he/she cares about the care that follows being treated as an object.
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Why? There is a long history of animals as gifts/prizes such as for dowrys in marriages.
There is also a long history of parents arranging those marriages - doesn't make any of it a good idea.
1. You don't support domesticated animals and/or the farming of animals
2. You dislike the idea of living things being transferrable goods
3. You fear for the welfare of the animal after being given away
Is it one of these or is there another reason? I think it's an interesting conversation to have.