I do agree with Kohak on the point that the conditions animals live in among slaughter houses are horrendous. The animals are constantly on top of each other, competing for little food, that is loaded with steroids. It reminds me of Nazi Germany where people didn't care for one another as another being, but only as a lower class. Animals in the great chain are lower than us, by perspective. The question I ask is why do animals have to be lower than us? Why can't we give them some type of rights, at least not to be locked in cages all day, only to be killed the next day.
Singer has a good point when he says "just say NO". People say all the time i can't make a difference in this population, but just by being here you can. You not eating this beef makes an impact on your neighbor, family and friends. YOU can show your neighborhood that a little change as to where you buy your meat from can change how a company treats their animals, due to their profits. I guess what i am trying to say is you are not going to be able to change the world, but you can surely change bits and pieces of it.
I think there's a difference between a "consumer society" as it is largely defined and being a species that consumes:
ReplyDeleteThe former implies a wanton degree of consumption of goods, planned obselescence, unsustainable growth and irresponsible waste.
The latter indicates that we can't photosynthesize.
Any animal is going to cause asome degree of destruction in its daily functioning to survive. There's this whole cycle of creation and destruction that is understood in nature. However, some animals -ahem, humans- tend to cause an unwarrented, unneccessary amount of destruction by living opulent lifestyles, if not simply as a result of our numbers and concentrations in areas.