American Kids Get Traumatised

[Animal]

This had me in stitches...

 

http://newsweak.com/exclusive/school-field-trip-tour-of-slaughterhouse-traumatizes-children

 

The whole "well they went to a chocolate factory, what's the difference..." line of reasoning is brilliant.

[tbourner]

"They didn't even finish the tour."

[China Man]

I don't blame the school organizing the trip, I blame the parents of the kids.

The kids reaction is due to not knowing where the meat the eat everyday come from and how it was obtained. Secondly, Parents should know what their kids are learning everyday, doesn't any parent ask their kids whats their plan at school the next day or the week anymore? If my kid tells me she is going to visit the slaughter house tomorrow I would make sure she knows what she is getting into and may stop her going in the first place if I know she is not prepared for what she will see.

[dr_jekyll]

lol , pmsl. id love to take a class of 10 year olds to a slaughter house

[Chris Wilson]

Strange lot, the Yanks. Get all streaky faced over where their McDonalds come from, and the sight of cattle being slaughtered, yet a few years on can't wait to get a gun and start waving it about I wonder if any go vegetarian after this, and for how long? The peer pressure to ram a double cheeseburger down their chops must be immense, they'll probably succumb quite quickly Where's the next fun field trip to, the crematorium?

[neilp9876]

Thats brilliant, Ive just cracked up at work. Dont know if i have a sick sense of humour but thats the funniest thing ive read for ages.

[mwilkinson]

Some people just don't see a link between the meat on their plate and the cute little lamb in the field or the cow they pass chewing some grass. While I don't necessarily agree with visiting a slaughter house on a school trip they should be made aware of where their food comes from. This applies to the Uk as much as the US. We are equally distant from the reality of the production and processing of much of our meat.

[Nic]

Post Mortem field trip next.

[China Man]

lol @ Nic, I can imagine myself lay on the table and jump up when the kids get close lol

[mwilkinson]

Post Mortem field trip next.

 

Years ago they use to take all Police officers to the Morgue for a visit as part of the training. This was expected as being in the police you will see a dead body at one point or another and sometimes in some very poor states. Better to se your first one in a controlled environment behind closed doors than vomiting in front of a family when you go to a sudden death etc..

 

When I joined they stopped this saying it was unfair to force officers to see a dead body and that they had been sued in the past by officers who were traumatised by the visit!! I could not believe this, people should really think twice about the jobs hey apply for. Suffice to say within a few week I was dealing with an elderly gentleman who had not been seen for two weeks. I found him on the living room floor in a very advanced state of decomposition!!

[Brett 1]

This cracked me up

 

“I didn’t see anything wrong with it.” Barnes stated. “Earlier this year we had a field trip to a chocolate factory."

[Digsy]

 

we told them it was all a natural part of how beef is made and ends up in yummy hamburgers, but that didn’t seem to help much

 

pmsl

[Hammer]

Absoutely hilarious. Just read it out to the wife and we were both in stitches. Good find.

[robin]

Its a good point well made but I fear the article maybe a fake.

[RedM]

I hope there is some video of this. Kid running around and vomiting set to the latest tune from a Macdonalds advert.

[RedM]

Its a good point well made but I fear the article maybe a fake.

 

You're not wrong.

[adnanshah247]

LMAO, maybe americans will begin loosing weight!

[RedM]

LMAO, maybe americans will begin loosing weight!

 

Fat chance.

[neo2810]

You're all as gullible as the Americans. It took me about 2 seconds to spot that was a fake site. About as long as it took me to read "Newsweak, where facts come to die"...

 

Sigh....

 

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[RedM]

You're all as gullible as the Americans.

 

Speak for yourself. I knew about through the vegan grapevine about a week ago. I made the same comment then.

[a98pmalcolm]

lol a bit different to a chocolate factory

 

have to admit i wouldnt want to go to a slaughter house.

 

but surely the parents signed there children to go?

[Supra Gaz]

Years ago they use to take all Police officers to the Morgue for a visit as part of the training. This was expected as being in the police you will see a dead body at one point or another and sometimes in some very poor states. Better to se your first one in a controlled environment behind closed doors than vomiting in front of a family when you go to a sudden death etc..

 

When I joined they stopped this saying it was unfair to force officers to see a dead body and that they had been sued in the past by officers who were traumatised by the visit!! I could not believe this, people should really think twice about the jobs hey apply for. Suffice to say within a few week I was dealing with an elderly gentleman who had not been seen for two weeks. I found him on the living room floor in a very advanced state of decomposition!!

 

I remember my trip to the morgue on my initial training (just). It was a bloody good way of learning what state of decay a body was in so you had an idea when you saw a body, also you got used to the smell and seeing bits of people, it is in fact a vital part of police training as far as I am concerned. I went to a job not long ago where an old chap had died while cleaning out his pond, he was face down in it with the fish taking a snack on his nose, the probationer I was with just froze and told me they hadn't seen a body before, he was then promptly sick on me and the body when I turned him over and saw his face, crime scene = ruined. Seems he had a heart attack. Shame really, no-one had noticed for at least a month. Oh the joys of policing!

[Thorin]

I once went on a school trip to a sewage works, that put me off my food too.

[tbourner]

I remember my trip to the morgue on my initial training (just). It was a bloody good way of learning what state of decay a body was in so you had an idea when you saw a body, also you got used to the smell and seeing bits of people, it is in fact a vital part of police training as far as I am concerned. I went to a job not long ago where an old chap had died while cleaning out his pond, he was face down in it with the fish taking a snack on his nose, the probationer I was with just froze and told me they hadn't seen a body before, he was then promptly sick on me and the body when I turned him over and saw his face, crime scene = ruined. Seems he had a heart attack. Shame really, no-one had noticed for at least a month. Oh the joys of policing!

 

My mate's been in the police about 8 years now, he said he'd been probationer for a few weeks and had to go to a cot death of a baby, had only been dead for several hours but still he had to go outside to vom. Not a nice job you guys do sometimes.

[Nic]

Years ago they use to take all Police officers to the Morgue for a visit as part of the training. This was expected as being in the police you will see a dead body at one point or another and sometimes in some very poor states. Better to se your first one in a controlled environment behind closed doors than vomiting in front of a family when you go to a sudden death etc..

 

When I joined they stopped this saying it was unfair to force officers to see a dead body and that they had been sued in the past by officers who were traumatised by the visit!! I could not believe this, people should really think twice about the jobs hey apply for. Suffice to say within a few week I was dealing with an elderly gentleman who had not been seen for two weeks. I found him on the living room floor in a very advanced state of decomposition!!

 

My sister is a forensic photographer with the Police, she photographs at a lot of PM's and crime scenes as part of her job, not something I could ever do.