Speciesism: How We Privilege Certain Animals Over Others
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I think the problem first lies with most people not even contemplating the question.
They can just buy a nicely packaged piece of meat that will taste good and have no clue how that meat got to the table.
Add to that most people do not have contact or observe behavior in animals that are not at least their pets. So they do not know how an animal that is not their pet feels. You can look into the eyes of any animal and you can know how it feels.
This ignorance of the masses allows the factory food industry to serve you tortured animal meat with no retribution. You are not even allowed to film whats going on in those factories. So most people do not know what is really going on. IT is actually more humane to hunt for meat then it is to eat any meat you buy over the counter.
What we are doing to the animals in our factory farms is so inhumane that it is actually insane evil.
I grew up eating meat, and I love the taste of meat. But this knowledge helps me to not eat meat. I know how hard it is to become a vegan when you grew up eating meat. But the very least we can do is reduce our meat consumption and raise our kids to be vegans, if not for better health but for the right thing to do.
This video link I am posting should make any moral person think twice about eating pork. It is not an animal abuse video just a video about a couple who got a pig for a pet, then found out it was a factory pig not a small pigmy pig. They raised it any way while eating bacon then found out what really went on. You will learn how a pig is smarter then a dog and has feelings just like humans.
ITS NOT ABOUT EATING MEAT. ITS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
TO BE HUMAN WE SHOULD DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND NOT CAUSE UNNECESSARY SUFFERING. WE HAVE A WHOLE GROCERY STORE TO CHOSE FROM OF ALTERNATIVE FOODS. IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE WE DO NOT HAVE TO EAT MEAT.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAaRVYrtf3o&index=4&list=LLN_1oqURzpuJMbnvnegObwQ&t=1s[/yout*be]
They can just buy a nicely packaged piece of meat that will taste good and have no clue how that meat got to the table.
Add to that most people do not have contact or observe behavior in animals that are not at least their pets. So they do not know how an animal that is not their pet feels. You can look into the eyes of any animal and you can know how it feels.
This ignorance of the masses allows the factory food industry to serve you tortured animal meat with no retribution. You are not even allowed to film whats going on in those factories. So most people do not know what is really going on. IT is actually more humane to hunt for meat then it is to eat any meat you buy over the counter.
What we are doing to the animals in our factory farms is so inhumane that it is actually insane evil.
I grew up eating meat, and I love the taste of meat. But this knowledge helps me to not eat meat. I know how hard it is to become a vegan when you grew up eating meat. But the very least we can do is reduce our meat consumption and raise our kids to be vegans, if not for better health but for the right thing to do.
This video link I am posting should make any moral person think twice about eating pork. It is not an animal abuse video just a video about a couple who got a pig for a pet, then found out it was a factory pig not a small pigmy pig. They raised it any way while eating bacon then found out what really went on. You will learn how a pig is smarter then a dog and has feelings just like humans.
ITS NOT ABOUT EATING MEAT. ITS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
TO BE HUMAN WE SHOULD DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND NOT CAUSE UNNECESSARY SUFFERING. WE HAVE A WHOLE GROCERY STORE TO CHOSE FROM OF ALTERNATIVE FOODS. IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE WE DO NOT HAVE TO EAT MEAT.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAaRVYrtf3o&index=4&list=LLN_1oqURzpuJMbnvnegObwQ&t=1s[/yout*be]
Yes, but let's accept reality here.
People (myself included) are not going to become vegans or eat bugs or some shit.
You can create incentives to change through sin taxes but a much better way (on this problem at least) is through technological development in the private sector. It will be a long, arduous process, but we'll eventually have healthy, synthetic meat that tastes amazing without butchering an animal and comes with a lower carbon footprint.
People (myself included) are not going to become vegans or eat bugs or some shit.
You can create incentives to change through sin taxes but a much better way (on this problem at least) is through technological development in the private sector. It will be a long, arduous process, but we'll eventually have healthy, synthetic meat that tastes amazing without butchering an animal and comes with a lower carbon footprint.
The nice thing about the carbon tax is when it gets even colder this will be the end of the liberal party for good.
Even mulroney will have a higher historical standing.
Shortening the fakenews parts of your posts would be a good start.
Even mulroney will have a higher historical standing.
Shortening the fakenews parts of your posts would be a good start.
No I'm happy here at the big boy's table, you will have to play alone.
The fight against 'fake meat' has officially begun
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/23/the-fight-against-fake-meat-has-officially-begun.html
Looks like you offended somebody by calling the fake crap "meat", and so now you must,
by YOUR own RULES, commit hari kari
Just hang there a second, and I'll go get a nice safe dull sword.
The fight against 'fake meat' has officially begun
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/23/the-fight-against-fake-meat-has-officially-begun.html
Looks like you offended somebody by calling the fake crap "meat", and so now you must,
by YOUR own RULES, commit hari kari
Just hang there a second, and I'll go get a nice safe dull sword.
Your are right most will not become vegans. A sin tax is a good start. They are growing beef in the lab from stem cells. It is the same as beef except they can not get the flavor of the beef cause cows eat grain and stuff makes the meat taste the way it does. They are just working on mass producing it. We should see it within a few years.
But I think with global warming, meat will be hard to produce and will become really expensive, forcing people to quit.
All this doen't mean we have to stop preaching Animal rights.
Gawd, I hope not - it most certainly will not be a 'big step forward'. In addition, there is no problem.......except maybe in your own mind.
BTW, mf - I did find the article quite interesting.
Sin taxes and carbon taxes don't work. They are simply government revenue streams and sold to the stupid as encouragement to reduce. If everybody actually quit smoking, or using gas, the governments would go broke.
The technological development is a good approach for most problems. For this particular one, I think we are years away from a synthetic meat that actually tastes like meat. Once achieved, I think you will have a similar kerfuffle as you have with GMO products now. People won't want them.
In the short term, I think we should be encouraging more humane ways to transport and kill animals as will as keep them. I think most farms already follow acceptable practices. There are some that do not and they should be penalized.
I think the lunitic fringe that seems to be gaining populous power now won't accept anything less than radical veganism. They seem incensed that somebody will make a different choice than them. You see it on subway ads now. There is really no reason to advertise for veganism. It should be personal choice. Why does it matter if somebody else is or is not a vegan?
The greenie was for your comment about eating bugs or some shit, mf. That was funny. I highly doubt most Canadians would take kindly to yet another tax especially one that would support the development of some fake gloop that poses as meat. I think you've been watching too many old space movies.