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Re: Why is chicken so cheap? [video]

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Post by ymolodtsov »

senorjazz wrote: post #92
RandallBrown wrote: post #2

Wow, 39 is much shorter than I expected. I guess it makes sense, because how else could you keep up with demand, but my view of animal lifecycles only has stuff like bugs fully maturing so quickly. Interesting stuff. Now my question is why are bananas so cheap? They come all the way from like Brazil, but they're still cheaper than the apple that is grown just a couple hours from me.

Terrible pay and work conditions for the people who work the fields and huge economies of scale. Recommended documentary: bananaland: blood, bullets and poison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoRmtQht8-E

That can be said about a lot of products, but bananas are still cheaper..

Re: Why is chicken so cheap? [video]

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Post by UnFleshedOne »

781 wrote: post #15
hombre_fatal wrote: post #7

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> eating it every day and hardly noticing it Our distant relationship with where meat comes from is one of the most bizarre things about humans. Especially next to our psychopathic relationship with our own pets. I've seen people freak out with disgust because there's a tiny feather or some dirt in their carton of eggs. Or disgusted by the hanging, swinging corpses behind the butcher when they go to order something t…

There are quite a few (relatively) famous pigs on Instagram. Try suggesting to someone that maybe they should be turned into bacon this Christmas. I'm not talking about vegans, but regular meat-eating people. Study reaction.

If you (the general You) are one of the people who would have an adverse reaction to the idea of eating a beloved pig from Instagram, but you eat meat otherwise, examine and consider carefully your preferences and opinions. Same thing if you feel outraged at the fate of Cecil the Lion or at the thought of other people eating dogs for example.

There is a contradiction there. Look at it carefully. Try to generalize that to other living things, for example humans.

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Re: Why is chicken so cheap? [video]

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Post by toasterlovin »

perfmode wrote: post #135
toasterlovin wrote: post #125

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Yes, but we came to see blacks as equal because they are, in fact, humans, just like whites. Animals will never be humans, no matter what. They will always remain a separate moral category. Here's a simple thought experiment that should illustrate this: Imagine a scenario in which you can save one of two lives: a human or a dog. You can't pick both. Just one. The question is not, "Which would you save?", but instead,…

that's post-hoc rationalization. we came to see blacks as humans because lots of people shed blood and fought for their rights. nothing was handed to anyone for free.

So you'd find no moral fault in a person who chose to save a dog instead of a human?

Re: Why is chicken so cheap? [video]

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Post by perfmode »

toasterlovin wrote: post #143
perfmode wrote: post #135

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that's post-hoc rationalization. we came to see blacks as humans because lots of people shed blood and fought for their rights. nothing was handed to anyone for free.

So you'd find no moral fault in a person who chose to save a dog instead of a human?

It is disappointing to observe you argue so strongly from a position of deep and profound ignorance on this topic. have you no doubt?

Recommended reading: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-animal/

Re: Why is chicken so cheap? [video]

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Post by toasterlovin »

perfmode wrote: post #144
toasterlovin wrote: post #143

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So you'd find no moral fault in a person who chose to save a dog instead of a human?

It is disappointing to observe you argue so strongly from a position of deep and profound ignorance on this topic. have you no doubt? Recommended reading: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-animal/

Why would I be persuaded to change my mind when you A) won't answer a simple question, and B) think it's reasonable to take the position that I am wrong because I won't spend several hours digesting some link you've provided, which you can't be bothered to spend three sentences summarizing?

My premise is simple: almost every single person would find a person who chose to save the life of an animal over a human morally culpable for the death of the human. Whereas they would not find a person morally culpable for the death of the animal if they chose to save the person instead. That asymmetry directly speaks to the different moral stations that animals and humans occupy.

You have yet to level a single actual argument against that premise.

Re: Why is chicken so cheap? [video]

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Post by edgartaor »

RandallBrown wrote: post #2

Wow, 39 is much shorter than I expected. I guess it makes sense, because how else could you keep up with demand, but my view of animal lifecycles only has stuff like bugs fully maturing so quickly. Interesting stuff. Now my question is why are bananas so cheap? They come all the way from like Brazil, but they're still cheaper than the apple that is grown just a couple hours from me.

Here is an excelent video explaning why bananas are so cheap. Mainly because Container Ships https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9VE3i-KcM

Re: Why is chicken so cheap? [video]

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Post by perfmode »

toasterlovin wrote: post #145
perfmode wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is disappointing to observe you argue so strongly from a position of deep and profound ignorance on this topic. have you no doubt? Recommended reading: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-animal/

Why would I be persuaded to change my mind when you A) won't answer a simple question, and B) think it's reasonable to take the position that I am wrong because I won't spend several hours digesting some link you've provided, which you can't be bothered to spend three sentences summarizing? My premise is simple: almost every single person would find a person who chose to save the life of an animal over a human morall…

I am not responsible for your education. Take responsibility for yourself and have a nice life.
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