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Put these people to death themselves. No redeeming value for net of them.
I'm against cruel and unusual punishments... but in this case, subjecting them to their own torture devices seems appropriate.
...In public
Definitely disagree. It's disgusting, but something being disgusting to me doesn't make it wrong. And honestly, I eat pork, so I don't think I really have a leg to stand on with criticizing the torture of intelligent animals
Out of curiosity, have you personally looked into how pigs (especially factory farmed) are raised and slaughtered?
Yeah, its not very humane.
Sadly not. If you're interested in cutting back support for these industries, I'd be happy to throw you some recommendations for alternatives. Just let me know what country you're in and what you like to eat!
I'd be more interested in resources about the ethics/intelligence of pigs. Because, tbh my whole belief(that might be cope) is just that I've not really been convinced these animals are something who's life I value. And I can't complain about whether an animals being mistreated if I am fine with thousands of the same animal being slaughtered for people's pleasure, whether or not the time leading up to slaughter is humane.
Why do you value the lives of other humans? If it's intelligence that's the metric, then why value babies or mentally handicapped people? If it's their ability to feel sadness, pain and fear, then all land animals we eat have shown those same characteristics.
It's not about the ability to feel an emotion but maybe it's a lot of things. I know for a fact just the capacity to complexly communicate (with humans) would be a primary one. And so, I would say I value babies lives less to some extent.
Here's a good reference on the sentience of animals: https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/our-campaigns/sentience/#:~:text=Animal%20sentience%20means%20that%20animals,always%20know%20what%20they%20are.
Thanks but tbh it seems like they're not really presenting evidence- just making a claim. But maybe I looked in the wrong article. Also, they compared to dogs but I'm not really convinced to care about dog lives either.