It has taken me some time to reply to the last post. I had to wait until I could be civil.
Its taken sometime to see that you replied to my post.
I think you totally misunderstand what I posted way back on page 1.
First you should know that I am not speaking just from a lay persons point
on animals. Although it my brother, wife, father-inlaw that have more knowledge in the farming area. My area is more the wildlife, and resource use. I could address more to hunting, fishing, and trapping, etc.
I could go on and on about what is happening. I dont need peta to tell me all I need is a brain and willingness to find out.
My point was that groups like Peta should not be believed. Use your own brain and find the truth yourself. Peta and groups like them can and do use pictures that are bloody to arose response. Yet even a picture doesn't tell the whole story. Even the books you read could be or may not be telling the whole and/or true story.
Oh yea buy the way the pigs cows and chickens are not dog food. They are living breathing feeling beings who have more of a purpose then to be our dinner.
Okay Victoria Brady, this was your reply to what I said. Now this is actually what I said
"PS Meat from local small farmers taste so much better than that mass produced "dog food" meat on the big operations."
I was talking about the taste of the meat from what you call factory farms.
I buy my meat by "the side" or whole cow or pig. The meat I eat comes from the smaller operations and let me tell you other meat -eaters that the taste and quality is superior.
Lets see what else I said
"Eating organic is great. Buying from small local farms and farmers markets is great. "
Look I don't really support these huge factory farms. If a person has the choice where and what to buy I am saying go the organic and/or farmers market route. Its better for you and the quality is better.
Now something else I said
"With eating veggies ask yourself something. How good for the environment is all the chemicals used to grow these food? "
Its not really direct at you , because I don't know enough about you.
However, some people who support the idea of vegetarism, don't know the whole picture. Every choice , everything we use or eat has an impact on the environment. To think in "black and white" that refusing meat and eating veggies is better, would be ignorant. My point is Have you looked into the impacts of the non-meat foods we eat.
Now because man wants large amounts of food as cheap as possible its led to these large factory farms. One way you can not support the "suffering"
is to chose where you buy your food. However, you going to pay a lot more to eat.
One point to think on is that "quality" treatment of animals is better for business of even these factory farms. There is quality of taste for one.
If poor treatment leads to sickness how is that good for business? Even these big farms don't want that. Most farmers wish they could farm the way they wanted, but they wouldn't survive. So it gets to be a balancing act of production and quality.
Now your living in New York. I would guess your in the lower part of the state? If you feel so strongly on this topic I would suggest to take a trip to
maybe the top of New York state. See for yourself what farming is about.
Do we need to improve treatment of animals ? YES! Does suffering exist? Yes! Should we stop eating meat? No
Is everything we read on the internet and in books about animal suffering true? No.
I love animals, I love our environment. I hate to see suffering.
However, I have to look at the bigger picture.
Michael
Thomas
