Soundoff: Should a Cow Be Slaughtered at Every World Cup 2010 Stadium in South Africa?

I’m for allowing it.

The real issue here is whether it’s done humanely… the meat is eaten like in any burger you’ve ever eaten, only there’s no stunning and “nearly instant” death involved. The ritual sacrifice is long and very painful for the animal (link on my name). I hope some compromise can be found between the animal rights groups and the MRT.

If FIFA doesn’t like the Negro tradition dictating steer be slaughtered, they should’ve have let Africa host a World Cup. Someone needs to silence Blatter, sniper-style!

I agree with Sir Hard Ass.

South Africa spent god knows how many rands (yes, i had to look it up) to build those stadiums. Let them do what they want with the stadiums. If I was the president of the South Africa, I couldnt care less what PETA thinks, and now that almost half a year away from the world cup, i couldnt care less what Sepp Blatter thinks. What is he gonna do? Relocate the World Cup? pfft please, I’d like to see him try.

Animal sacrifice
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sacrifice

Animal sacrifice is the ritual killing of an animal as part of a religion. It is practiced by many religions as a means of appeasing a god or gods or changing the course of nature. Animal sacrifice has turned up in almost all cultures, from the Hebrews to the Greeks and Romans and from the Aztecs to the Hindus.

Remnants of ancient rituals of animal sacrifice are apparent in many cultures, for example the Spanish bullfights, or kapparos in Judaism, or ritual prescriptions for slaughtering procedures like shechita or ḏabīḥah. Slaughtering lambs is a common practice in Islam (the meat being consumed, not burned).

So,if the slaughtered cow will be consumed, would you still call that needless slaughter of an innocent animal?

I honestly don’t know what the correct answer is. Do you?

What about bull-riding? The Hypocrisy of our Democracy?

What does the Makhonya Royal Trust think they are? They are certainly not the official organisators of the World Cup. If there was a German organisation in 2006 that said that there had to be a Lederhosen dance at every stadium, would the FIFA agree with that. I don’t think so.

Every ‘cultural’ organisation can claim they have to do bloody rituals at the World Cup. What will there be in 2014? Ritual human sacrifice.

I also don’t think that the World Cup and its stadiums are part of the South African ritual tradition.
So, in my opinion the FIFA should prohibit this ridiculous things.

Haha. Completely agree with wob. Human sacrifice in the next WC? I wouldnt mind it if its CRon they are planning to sacrifice.

There is a racial slur in comment posted at 2.17p m. I am surprised Daryl hasn’t deleted it.

Yes morons, we’re gonna have human sacrifices next world cup. That’s a logical fallacy/slipper slope if i ever saw one.

It’s not up to fifa what the countries want to do with their stadiums its just that plain and simple.

Leave it up to the host nation. FIFA can state their opinion on it, if they wish, but unless it’s being done as part of the event, FIFA doesn’t own the stadiums. What happens in the run-up to the event is up to the host. That being said, I’m with the first commenter that if it is done, I hope it is done with some thought put to making it as humane as possible.

Their stadium, their country, their business. I hope they do it just to spite peta

and mentioning human sacrifice/genocide/nazis is indeed a slippery slope fallacy.

OhYes, to be fair, anyone who’s been to Sao Paolo or Rio knows that taking part in a hearty mid-week human sacrifice is sine qua non to the Brazilian cultural experience.

I agree with coconut… its their country, not FIFA’s. Who does FIFA think they are to stop the traidtion? Not that i am all for painfully sacraficing a live animal, but that is what they do. If they were holding it in Ireland they couldnt stop the barfights, why should this be different?

Are you kidding me? Stadia are not tribal traditions. Football is English and not a native sport. There is nothing traditional here. There is something barbaric. Foot binding is cultural as well- and practiced. Thus, if there is to be ritual foot binding at every stadium, I suppose that would be fine too? This is not being held in the Transvaal. Newp- it’s a new sport in new stadia. Tradition here is a ruse and allowing this not only is horrid to animals, it makes a mockery of those who actually wish to practice their rituals.
Side note: the Zulu had many ritualistic slaughters (thousands in one incident if memory serves). Slaughter of people is not ‘far fetched’ it is accurate in keeping with culture of the region. It’s 2010 people, let’s start acting like it.

I say we let them do animal sacrifice if they agree to give up the Vuvuzela.

Trivial topic.

Sorry to disagree with you Al, but people who actually think we’re gonna start slaughtering people because these Africans want to kill one measly calf, are completely delusional.

Point is, this isnt your stadium, this has nothing to do with FIFA, World Cup, anything remotely associated with football. These people want to sacrifice an animal, who’s gonna stop them? Not you, not PETA, not ANYONE. If i invite you to my house and i starting smoking a cigar, can you tell me to stop? no, you can suggest to put it out, but that’s all you can do…suggest.

No need to get worked up about this, its like stephen said, it’s trivial and not worth arguing about. It’s gonna happen whether you like it or not, I’m not saying that Sacrificing a cow is right/wrong, but no one here is in any position to judge it.

It’s kinda like Jewish people having their sons circumcized at birth/an early age. Or getting your baby daughter’s ears pierced, it’s not “humane” but we’ve grown to accept these norms. What they (Africans) do might look “not normal” to us, but everyone’s society/culture does something that other cultures/ethnicities dont, that doesnt make “rituals” or “customs” anymore right or wrong from anyone else’s norms.

IF DENMARK CAN KILL HARMLESS DOLPHINS AND GET THEIR KIDS TO JAB IT WITH A KNIFE THEN WHATS THE FUSS ABOUT?? ALSO ANYONE GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA..BETTER HAVE LIFE INSURANCE..HAHAHA!

South Africa is a country with lots of traditions and culture. There are many people who respect the age old culture. So it is up to the authorities to decide what is allowed and what is not.

I am all for it as long as the beef is consumed. I aint for sport hunting, sport fishing or anything involving hurting or killing an animal needlessly. But if the cow is eaten, no big woop.

I say what positives come from killing an animal at every stadium? None I can think of, why not try and put that effort and time into something more positive for all to enjoy!

Im in Africa, and believe me you don’t want to sit and watch 40 minutes of an animal struggling. And when has it been tradition to ritualistically kill an animal before a sports event? Or when a rapist leaves jail? This is just fools trying to be relevant. Go kill your cow in the village like its tradition too

Thank you my admin.

Don’t think they should get slaughtered, they could perhaps just get a little tipsy. Indeed.

haha, what positives come from dipping an infant water “blessed” by a man in a white bedsheet?

What positives come from having your foreskin mutilated at birth?

What positives come from starving from sunrise to sunset?

NONE whatsoever, this has to do with religion guys, since when do religions make sense? Anyways, whenever you people build one (or several) million dollar stadiums, you can have all the petting zoos that you want in your stadiums. But until then, dont get offended when you cant see past your own values/norms/beliefs.

FIFA should be ashamed staying quiet on this, maybe we will in future have a quick bullfight before the next world cup if Spain win, or how about tying a bear up and pouring petrol on it what happens in Tutrkey if they win, or we could have a badger fight if England win, Allowing the slaughter of bulls at these stadiums only shows what South Africa has become since it was given back to the Africans, bloodthirsty,ritualistic, superstitious and backward.
There isnt much hope left for the country, animal cruelty is disgusting I hope South Africa loose at the beginnning, maybe they will realise blood offerings dont work…