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It's the whole abortion vs infanticide debate. People almost universally feel that infanticide is wrong. Abortion for whatever reason is easier for people to
by war1025 6y ago
It's the whole abortion vs infanticide debate.
People almost universally feel that infanticide is wrong.
Abortion for whatever reason is easier for people to stomach.
Basically it's easier for people to feel good about preventing an embryo from turning into a cute little baby than it is for them to immediately kill that cute little baby once it's born.
- grawprog 6y agoIt's not though, we're talking about chickens that are for the most part destined to live in a cage and end up on someone's plate.
- war1025 6y agoIt's the same instinct at play, in my opinion.
- 0-_-0 6y agoI'm not sure I understand your point. What's more acceptable and why: 1. Killing an 8 day old chicken embryo 2. Killing a 2 month old human embryo
- grawprog 6y agoAbout the same really. The whole process of factory farming is brutal. Trying to sugarcoat it by calling them no-death eggs is semantics at best. It changes nothing about the factory farming system, the number of culled chickens, or the conditions the unculled chickens are kept it. The only difference it makes is now people don't have to see cute fluffy birds tossed into meat grinders. It makes people feel better while changing nothing about the fundamental problems of the system. Kind of like recycling.
- CameronNemo 6y agoOne part that is different is that a human / mammal embryo is literally inside of another human, putting a strain on the parent's resources and health. A bird embryo is much more independent, pretty much only needing some heat.
- CrazyStat 6y agoSpeaking from personal experience, while an infant may not be inside of you it's definitely still putting a strain on the parents' resources and health.