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I don't understand the obsession with the 'pain-free' death. Surely the animal feels something in all slaughter methods, and either way it's getting killed and

by blix 5y ago

I don't understand the obsession with the 'pain-free' death. Surely the animal feels something in all slaughter methods, and either way it's getting killed and eaten. Frankly unless you have even been slaughtered by a Jewish butcher, how can you truly judge how much pain the animal feels? Besides, most people have experienced a cut by a sharp edge where they don't feel pain or even realize they are bleeding for some time. This is actually a goal of Jewish and Halal butchering methods. And frankly, I'm not sure attempting to perform some 'pain-free' slaughter via impersonal machine is more humane than having another sentient being in close proximity to the animal perform the act. Modern factory slaughter is humane in the same sense a drone strike is humane.

FDSGSG 5y ago
>Surely the animal feels something in all slaughter methods So you really believe that every level of "feeling something" is the same?
- blix 5y ago
  Of course not, but I kinda feel like this discussion is splitting hairs. If you accept that killing and eating another being is fine, as long as you aren't going out of your way to cause excessive pain I don't think it's a problem. And I kinda feel like the difference between factory farming and pasture farming probably has a larger suffering delta than industial slauighterhouses vs Jewish butchers. But for whatever reason people don't care all that much.