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Warning, don't miss this line from the story: "If it doesn’t upset you to see animals being hunted, the video at the end of the story gives you a good idea of
by Pezmc 14y ago
Warning, don't miss this line from the story:
"If it doesn’t upset you to see animals being hunted, the video at the end of the story gives you a good idea of how a PGF works in practice."
The video shows animals being shot!
- theorique 14y agoIf you're not a vegetarian, it's important to know where your food comes from :)
- jwoah12 14y agoI trust that my steak comes from a cow without actually having seen the cow get killed.
- nodata 14y agoIt's a fair point though: if you're going to end a life to eat, perhaps it's fair that you see how it dies. Should slaughterhouses have clear walls? Probably yes.
- sageikosa 14y agoI think of those poor little bacteria that my immune system is hunting down, or the carrot so mercilously ripped from its home.
- binaryorganic 14y agoShouldn't you visit a factory then? Food hardly comes from something so graceful as the forest.
- rthomas6 14y agoI hunt. 90% of the red meat I consume comes from deer. I like to think that suddenly killing a wild deer with one bullet is more humane than factory farm conditions.
- swalsh 14y agoWhere I grew up in WI, I had a neighbor whom his entire family were vegetarians unless he killed the animal himself.
- rthomas6 14y agoThat sounds like a wonderfully natural way to live. We eat a lot of chicken, and I'm trying to convince my wife to let me raise our own chickens when we have a house. So far she's not too keen on the idea.
- binaryorganic 14y agoI completely agree with you, and think it's awesome that you're able to. It's just important to remember that traditional hunting is not where most food comes from, nor could it be.
- hnb32 14y agoIf you're an omnivore your meat probably comes from intensively farmed animals kept inside their entire life, before being beheaded on a conveyer belt or shot with a bolt gun. Not by a hunter sporting the latest rifle on the open plains.
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- jpitz 14y agoBe a pedant all you wish, but please don't call this bolt-action rifle an assault rifle, and please don't assume that the majority of hunters use assault rifles.
- maxerickson 14y agoThe conditions in feeding operations are often fairly grim, but cattle operations are often open (i.e., the animals are confined outdoors) and they buy in lots of animals from breeders that feed from pasture for a year or so. Basically, it would be more expensive to keep them inside for their entire life, so that doesn't happen.
- theorique 14y agoWell, yeah. The point I am aiming at is, meat comes from the bodies of living beings and it's important for those of us who eat it (including me) to understand that fully.