Minimalist Wrote:I agree with most of what you said, M/B, except it doesn't really apply in the real world. These caged chickens are agricultural products. The only reason they were born was to be turned into fried chicken. It is not as if someone went out to the "range" and kidnapped them ( Kunte Kinte-style) and threw them into cages.
When the "quality of life" of fucking chickens gets into the discussion things have gone too far!
I'm arguing beyond my personal position here, but oh well.
I don't buy "chickens born as a product" as a valid argument that they don't deserve to be treated better. You could have made that argument about people born into the slave trade too. The only reason little Jenkins here was born was to pick cotton. It's not like they were stolen from a village in Africa!
I know that comparison is a stretch, but despite it's mental capacity, a chicken is a living, thinking creature, not a sunflower or an eggplant.
- Meatball
