Maverick44
Youngest old man on TGT.
What are your thoughts on this?
Personally, I find this highly disturbing, for many reasons. The abuse that these animals are having to endure is absolutely unacceptable and should be criminal, and the idea that the government can prevent people from videoing and exposing these issues is disgusting. Now before anyone calls me a tree hugger or a vegan (thems fightin' words!), that is not the case at all. I eat meat, a lot of meat. I hunt and I fish, and I buy fresh meat from the store all the time just like most Americans. There's nothing wrong with eating meat. That said, I find it hard to believe that this kind of treatment could be seen as acceptable. Are they isolated incidents? Maybe, but if so, wouldn't ethical companies want to show off how well their animals are being treated instead of trying to silence people? Farming and ranching are not always pretty, but the kind of abuse shown in this video goes far beyond that in my opinion.
I'm usually against the overly aggressive animal rights activist/PETA types because they're usually wrong about stuff, but not this time. What was shown in that video was just plain, unnecessary abuse.
Also, I REALLY like this guy (John Stossel). He tries to be unbiased and give both sides of the argument, but he also has a low tolerance for BS and will tell someone exactly what he thinks they are right to their face (a parasite, a socialist, ect). We need more journalists like him.
Personally, I find this highly disturbing, for many reasons. The abuse that these animals are having to endure is absolutely unacceptable and should be criminal, and the idea that the government can prevent people from videoing and exposing these issues is disgusting. Now before anyone calls me a tree hugger or a vegan (thems fightin' words!), that is not the case at all. I eat meat, a lot of meat. I hunt and I fish, and I buy fresh meat from the store all the time just like most Americans. There's nothing wrong with eating meat. That said, I find it hard to believe that this kind of treatment could be seen as acceptable. Are they isolated incidents? Maybe, but if so, wouldn't ethical companies want to show off how well their animals are being treated instead of trying to silence people? Farming and ranching are not always pretty, but the kind of abuse shown in this video goes far beyond that in my opinion.
I'm usually against the overly aggressive animal rights activist/PETA types because they're usually wrong about stuff, but not this time. What was shown in that video was just plain, unnecessary abuse.
Also, I REALLY like this guy (John Stossel). He tries to be unbiased and give both sides of the argument, but he also has a low tolerance for BS and will tell someone exactly what he thinks they are right to their face (a parasite, a socialist, ect). We need more journalists like him.
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