the_real_cassie

Do you know of any good books on Native American culture/religion/history? One's that are clear about which region/tribe they are refrencing? What is the best way for non Native Americans to learn about Native American culture first hand? Are there any sort of homestay programs? I think a lot of people travel outside of northern america interested in other countries cultures without understanding the cultures that are already here. What language do you speak at home? Did you learn a Native language in school? Are the people on the reservation from the same nation/tribe/culture? What would the correct term be? If they are from different ones does it show or has the reservation homogenized the cultures?

Go ahead and downvote the devil's advocate, but I've always thought that caring about how much my beef suffered before it was cut into bite size pieces is like caring about the color of the paint in one of those houses used to test the destructive power of nuclear weapons.

Sure, the animal suffered, but that was its inherent purpose, wasn't it? The scale of cruelty these animals experience is a simple cost benefit analysis, and I don't see how you can just tell these farmers who have been slaughtering the cows and pigs that are feeding america's children to simply "start doing something else."

My question is: Why do you feel the need to defend something that everybody else eats? Do you have something other than a moral imperative driving you to do this?