Re: Time to Start Shooting "animal rights" Psychopaths

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:43:41 -0700, Zapanaz
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wrote:

>Dutch hunched over a computer, typing feverishly;
>Thunder crashed, Dutch laughed madly, then wrote:
>
>>Rupert wrote:
>
>>> Veganism is a perfectly reasonable strategy
>>> for reducing suffering,
>>
>>It may be a fairly effective strategy but "perfectly reasonable" would 
>>be an overstatement.
>
>Existence is suffering.  There is no "fairly effective strategy" to
>reduce suffering.

    Sure there is, and one of the best places for that to happen
is in the raising of livestock. Laying hens are an easy example.
Since they don't need to be with the cocks, they can be kept
in small little cages. The cages are so small they can't even
flap their wings. They can't scratch. They can't take dust baths.
They have no freedom at all to move around. Worst of all imo,
hens will often be horribly abused by other overly aggressive
hens they are stuck in the cage with, and there's no escape 
for them. They bury their head in a corner afraid to come out
because they will be beaten. I'm convinced that's one common
reason for hens to be found dead with their feet clutching the
wire and all that. Raising them cage free eliminates it. Of
course it produces its own problems, but in general it reduces 
suffering tremendously.