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Mike Rowe learns that the humane method of castrating lambs isn't what he expects. Farming is the [second] oldest profession and they do things that might seem
by parfe 14y ago
Mike Rowe learns that the humane method of castrating lambs isn't what he expects. Farming is the [second] oldest profession and they do things that might seem weird or cruel, but are based on generations of experience.
http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.htm...
- cllns 14y agoJust because it's based on generations of experience, that does not mean it is not cruel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition
- parfe 14y agoAbsolutely correct, except for confusing expert knowledge with tradition. Science has been and can be cruel. But a layman watching a youtube clip about farm practices is hardly the person I trust to make a judgement on preferred practices, anymore than a I trust a layman to comment on engineering or medicine.
- cllns 14y agoAn expert in farming has a conflict of interest in determining whether using animals for humans is ethical. Sure, I'd trust a farmer on the most "effective" way to artificially inseminate a cow, but I don't need to study farming to say the instrument known as the "rape rack" is immoral. I argue they're standing too close to see the big picture.