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[Samarta]

Originally Posted by pgardn

I think it comes down to intentions. People who use their own farm animals as food do so to eat. They dont torture the animals. Wringing the neck is a fairly quick, fairly painless way to kill food in the form of a bird. The people want to efficiently and quickly kill the animals so they can get down to butchering. I had to wring the neck of a goose that had been shot by a friend. The goose was flailing around in a rice paddy (he cussed at himself for a bad shot that did not lead to a clean kill). It was not pleasant and I actually completely tore the head and neck off and sent the body of the goose catapulting 50 yards. My friend got mad and said I should not hammer throw the bird (geese are quite large). I had never done it before and just wanted to make sure the bird was not suffering.
I think this is very different than putting animals together knowing they will tear each other apart and suffer... very different. Killing animals for food is not a new invention by humans. Neither is torturing animals for some thrill. But I would argue the torture for thrill is done on a much smaller scale and is clearly not done for survival (eating). Its done for entertainment. Torture for entertainment. Very different.

Oh I agree 100%, I was just saying that it takes a different kind of person to be able to do that....now survival is a whole different ingredient.