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Originally posted by chris49:
gordon is trying to show his children where the xmas dinner comes from and that it doesnt drop from the sky onto the plate

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Originally posted by Space Hamster:
I thought it is pretty wierd how horrified so many people are by what he is doing...
If you eat Turkey at Xmas, i do not understand what is so wrong about what Gordon is doing?

The only way most of us see a chicken/ Turkey is after it's been plucked and cleaned then shrink wrapped or in little pieces all wrapped in the supermarket. He is merely giving his kids an understanding of what actually happens.

When you concider that a lot of children now have zero idea about how food comes from - i think its ace...
and not to mension quite amusing too!

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Originally posted by Space Hamster:
I thought it is pretty wierd how horrified so many people are by what he is doing...
If you eat Turkey at Xmas, i do not understand what is so wrong about what Gordon is doing?

When you concider that a lot of children now have zero idea about how food comes from - i think its ace...
and not to mension quite amusing too!

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er didn't actually notice anybody being "horrified" but maybe you think you are on the Jamie Forum and on the slaughter of lamb thread....

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Originally posted by Liz H:
Giving the turkeys names was definately a bad idea, it does make them seem like pets rather than farm animals. I think Gordon's kids may be a little too young to really understand what's going to happen.

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Originally posted by Liz H:
That was the first thing DH said when the turkeys were introduced - how many's he bl**dy feeding on Christmas day then?! We had a 10lb turkey last year and that fed 6 easily. Maybe Gordon's planning a New Year special on 'Turkey Leftovers'.

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Originally posted by jlhorsnell:
My son, who is 11 and a half years old, is most perturbed that Gordon plans to kill the turkeys. He says "If you are doing this for publicity please find a better idea". Of course your children are going to be upset when the time comes as its clear to see that they have become attached to the birds (as demonstrated by one of your daughters kissing "Gary") and they are almost like pets because they've been given names. Whether the birds were named or not is really irrelevant - I believe most children would find this very distressing. I hope you and your wife will be able to give all the children the comfort, time and attention they'll undoubltedly need after the dreadful deed.