Piss in someone’s vegetable garden day. Some people have the uninformed impression that human urine is unsanitary. Not true, it is actually a sterile medium.
Healthy urine is sterile. Unhealthy urine may not be. (To say nothing of the desirability of adulterating others’ food with even the most harmless additives—I don’t want mint oil on my vegetables, even though I’m certain it won’t do me physical harm. I don’t like the taste of mint.)
Cat overpopulation is an actual problem, gobs of cats are put down by the Humane Society every day. I don’t know what they do with their dead cats, but I find wasting perfectly usable meat and tissue more offensive than the proposed barbecue.
That’s a good point. However, the danger with a cat BBQ is that people develop a taste for them and, rather than eating the leftovers from the Humane Society, breed their own for good flavour. In fact, I pretty much guarantee that, should Barbecue-a-Cat-Day ever catch on (and be celebrated in earnest), then this will indeed happen.
Healthy urine is sterile. Unhealthy urine may not be. (To say nothing of the desirability of adulterating others’ food with even the most harmless additives—I don’t want mint oil on my vegetables, even though I’m certain it won’t do me physical harm. I don’t like the taste of mint.)
Also, large quantities of nitrogen in one spot (overfertilisation) can mess up a garden.
But it’s barbecue a cat day that really offends me, since (unlike vegetables) cats have feelings too.
Cat overpopulation is an actual problem, gobs of cats are put down by the Humane Society every day. I don’t know what they do with their dead cats, but I find wasting perfectly usable meat and tissue more offensive than the proposed barbecue.
FWIW, I am both a cat owner and a vegetarian.
I wonder if more or fewer people would adopt cats if the cats would otherwise be barbecued.
That’s a good point. However, the danger with a cat BBQ is that people develop a taste for them and, rather than eating the leftovers from the Humane Society, breed their own for good flavour. In fact, I pretty much guarantee that, should Barbecue-a-Cat-Day ever catch on (and be celebrated in earnest), then this will indeed happen.
I was not under the impression that cats tasted good.
That is a ridiculously sensible proposal, and I feel silly for not having thought of it myself.
Are you a vegetarian?
Mostly. I could go into detail if you care.