Comment Not really a slashdot story, but... (Score 1) 544
This seems like an odd forum for this story, but leaving aside the sensationalist aspect of Zuckerberg, this is actually a really good thing. I have often thought that those who eat meat should have a hand in its procurement, if not doing the actual killing, at least assisting in the butchering. It is ill-advised disassociation when people eating animals have no idea where they came from and give no thought to the animal's life or treatment. I have hunted deer and elk and subsequently cleaned and butchered them myself. I have also eaten my share of plastic-wrapped grocery store meat. I feel that only the former prepared me to ethically appreciate the latter.
If people were forced to have a more active hand in their meat procurement, I imagine meat consumption would drop a fair bit. That would be good for both the carbon footprint inherent to raising meat and for the obesity issues in countries where meat consumption is the highest.