RE: Childhood indoctrination
June 4, 2013 at 7:17 am
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2013 at 7:19 am by Aractus.)
(June 4, 2013 at 7:07 am)littleendian Wrote:Oh my goodness! "This kind of cruelty"? IT'S DONE FOR THE WELFARE OF THE ANIMAL! What part of that do you not understand? Of course the sheep don't like it, of course it's painful, of course there's blood - but "cruelty" Cruelty would be to NOT do it and allow them to face the possibility of a far worse fate that results in death.(June 4, 2013 at 7:00 am)Aractus Wrote: yes it causes the sheep some short-term temporary pain.Long-term, long-term is the word you're looking for, look at the blood gushing for crying out loud.
(June 4, 2013 at 7:00 am)Aractus Wrote: Get over it.No, I won't. If you want to be a person who just gets over this kind of cruelty being commited billion fold, go ahead, but don't tell me to join your club. Never.
Quote:It's only a choice between this and flystrike because we have overbred these poor creatures and now they're not fit for a decent life anymore. Is it really too much to ask of you to acknowledge that there might be something going wrong here?There are other options that farmers use as well as mulesing. Including selective-breeding. We don't live in a perfect world you know...
@Kichi - Those photos are truly awful!
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
