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Archive for April 5th, 2008

This is getting a little weird

6 comments April 5th, 2008

State rep. Jim Sacia cannot accept the action of the state legislature to ban horse slaughter in the state of Illinois.  So…in response he attempting to re-introduce a bill to permit the horse slaughter plant in Dekalb to reopen…and…he’s written a letter to Oprah hoping to get her on board!  Never mind that there are some extremely significant issues he had ought to be addressing as our state representative (i.e. school funding & quality of education in Illinois).  He is overly focused (no, not just overly focused - he’s gone off the deep end) on the horse slaughter issue.  In American culture we DON’T EAT HORSES.  Our sensibility is that horses are animals with which our relationship is on a higher plane and other than as a food source (as is our relationship with cats, dogs and other pets).    If Mr. Sacia is concerned about the export of horses to Mexico for inhumane slaughter, he should contact our U.S congressmen and senators and encourage them to ban export.   Then he can return to focus his energy and efforts toward our needs in northern Illinois.

Jon Murray

Jon Murray