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Old 07-06-2010, 06:06 PM   #704
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I think maybe Ea's got a point there in the sense that if you have bred an animal solely to slaughter it then maybe whether you give it a bit of grass to run about on or keep it in a shed is morally marginal compared with the broader issue of breeding something just to kill it.
My point was - I think - who's to decide what 'treated humanely' means. Many people tend to anthropophormise* animals that are close to humans and tend to think that what humans like, animals would like.

* I hope this is a word in english...
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