“It’s also worth recalling that people can agree on the same objectives for different reasons: A secular philosopher like Peter Singer can oppose factory farming because it’s unethical by his theories of justice. An environmentalist can oppose factory farming because it’s reckless stewardship. A conservative can oppose factory farming because it is destructive to small farmers and to the decent ethic of husbandry those farmers live by. A religious person can oppose factory farming because it is degrading to both man and animal — an offense to God. The point is to end the cruelty. And we shouldn’t let secondary differences interfere with primary obligations.”
“Our family had a dog at the time, too — Lucky. He was a beautiful, noble creature, and taught me to love and respect animals. To my mind it seemed an obvious problem: I would never want Lucky to be treated that way. Why on earth should these other creatures — animals of comparable feeling and intelligence — be treated that way? A dog is not the moral equal of a human being. But a dog is very definitely the moral equal of a pig, and its only human caprice and economic convenience that say otherwise. I thought then and believe now that there is a fundamental inconsistency in granting kindness to one while averting my eyes from the suffering — the man-made miseries — of the other.”
July 25th, 2003
Billdog
Thursday, July 24, 2003
When I visited Norfolk for the first time a few weeks ago, I thought the same thing… “Wait a minute, isn’t PETA based here?! Doesn’t seem to fit”
Then again, Norfolk is home to the world’s first commerical Maglev train.
Billdog
Friday, July 25, 2003
Some quotes from a Matthew Scully interview:
“It’s also worth recalling that people can agree on the same objectives for different reasons: A secular philosopher like Peter Singer can oppose factory farming because it’s unethical by his theories of justice. An environmentalist can oppose factory farming because it’s reckless stewardship. A conservative can oppose factory farming because it is destructive to small farmers and to the decent ethic of husbandry those farmers live by. A religious person can oppose factory farming because it is degrading to both man and animal — an offense to God. The point is to end the cruelty. And we shouldn’t let secondary differences interfere with primary obligations.”
“Our family had a dog at the time, too — Lucky. He was a beautiful, noble creature, and taught me to love and respect animals. To my mind it seemed an obvious problem: I would never want Lucky to be treated that way. Why on earth should these other creatures — animals of comparable feeling and intelligence — be treated that way? A dog is not the moral equal of a human being. But a dog is very definitely the moral equal of a pig, and its only human caprice and economic convenience that say otherwise. I thought then and believe now that there is a fundamental inconsistency in granting kindness to one while averting my eyes from the suffering — the man-made miseries — of the other.”
snail
Friday, July 25, 2003
http://www.nationalchickencouncil.com/
Darin
Monday, July 28, 2003
You know what they say, “Penguins is practically Chickens!”
/Bugs Bunny cartoon reference