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Harsh lesson having kids aged 6-11 years voting on killing something. I wasn't aware that a 7 year old child had so much wisdom and understanding of what was about to really happen.

I am sure it taught the kids that voted no that even life itself is a matter of majority rule.

I prefer to teach life lessons like that at home. I guess some prefer to send the kids to school to be raised.



I guess growing up in farm country gives me a somewhat different perspective than those who did not. Goats, sheep, hogs, cattle, etc. are there to be used for economic benefit. Outside of that role they are not very useful unless you make pets of them, in which case a whole different dynamic occurs.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.