[Buddha-l] Re: "Nature" and eating meat

Jim Peavler jpeavler at mindspring.com
Tue Oct 25 12:47:28 MDT 2005


>

Jim Peavler said:
> It was later claimed that Alfred, a Democrat,
> : had eaten the only Republicans in the county. Alfred lived to be a
> : rather unhealthy old man.
> : cause.
>

On Oct 25, 2005, at 11:34 AM, Peter D. Junger wrote:

> Legend has it that when sentencing Alfred Packer for murder the
> judge said:
>
>   "...There was siven Dimmycrats in Hinsdale County! But you, yah
>   voracious, main-eatin son of a bitch, yah et five of them,
>   therefor I sentence ye T' be hanged by the neck until y're dead,
>   dead, dead!"

Just wishful thinking on my part to remember Alfred eating Republicans. 
But, now that you point it out it is much more likely that a cannibal 
would be a Republican and eating poor ragged Democrats.

And the son of a bitch wasn't even hung, but died of more or less 
natural causes and is, I believe, buried up in Denver.



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