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The article was written by James Mcwilliams for the Atlantic. he is addressing the recently lifted ban on horse slaughter and how as a country our logic on the matter is disturbing. He states that as a culture that's becoming increasingly serious about the ethics of eating, why are we more concerned with discussing where an animal should be slaughtered than whether it should be slaughtered at all?  Mcwilliams states that we can empathize with having a tube shoved into our throats (speaking of ducks having their livers swollen for foie gras), but we cannot even remotely empathize with being shunted off to a slaughterhouse (the poor ponies). HE believes anyone who thinks that it's possible to eschew liver but eat horse -- or any animal product, for that matter -- is simply choking on self-deception.

1. What was happening to horses in America destined for slaughter anyway?

Horses in America destined for slaughter were being sent to Mexico.
2. What do you personally think about people who boycott foods because they think they are unethical?
I think that it is silly to boycott foods because they think they are unethical in the end its gonna die why not let it die to help someone survive.
3. What do you think Rakestraw thinks about people who protest foods because they think they are unethical? 
I think that Rakestraw thinks that those people are hippie trash! 
4. Why do people get so upset about foie gras?
People get so upset about foie gras because the ducks have to have tubes shoved down their throats to swell their livers.
5. What is different about people's relationship with ducks and horses?
The difference in peoples relationships with ducks and horses is that we've never worked or lived closely with ducks, nor do we care for them as companion animals, and with horses they  an animal with whom we've plowed fields, colonized continents, waged war, rode to victory, and (with thankful rarity) buggered
6. Explain why this is silly.
This is silly because people don't care about horse meat not because of lack of empathy its because they simple don't care and the animal is getting treated better on its way to slaughter now.