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Originally Posted by Acajack
At least in most western countries, most animals used to produce meat aren't "tortured". And they certainly don't have to be.
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Are you sure about this? What about foie gras, then? Both France and Québec are well known for producing it en masse, and it involves some unbearable torture to ducks and geese.
"Oh, they like being stuffed like that", they claim, lying to their own consciousnesses.
No, they don't like it. They may only be ducks and geese, they're still provided with some kind of little brains, like a set of neurons, then when they see the machine designed to stuff and torture them, they freak out. And they can't even get away from it, because they are locked up in tiny cages in which they cannot move. Cages are designed as narrow coffins. Claustrophobic people, don't watch any video about foie gras production or you might go traumatized.
Some US states prohibit foie gras production, and they've been right. It is a barbaric practice.
But even an ox is actually aware when they're about to slaughter it for its meat. It can sense death coming to it, as it is stuck in a grim slaughterhouse. You can see by their attitude at the very moment they're taken to slaughter.
Animals just know when we're about to slaughter them, no matter what we do. Death is something that every living thing can sense coming.
I think vegans are some kind of crazy extremists in that they wouldn't even allow us to breed cows or goats for milk, but vegetarians are more moderate and certainly right.