tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281371.post2770042530299770269..comments2024-01-24T14:45:33.943+00:00Comments on Reduce to Common Sense: Animal EthicsRanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06207632255129272209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281371.post-11688955523079346972007-11-12T18:04:00.000+00:002007-11-12T18:04:00.000+00:00Fair point. We are not there yet. But I think it...Fair point. We are not there yet. <BR/><BR/>But I think it's going that way (very slowly). Look at wild oxen vs farm cows or sheep. On the whole farmers tend to choose to breed those who are easiest to herd. The unpredictable crazy ones don't make good farm animals. <BR/><BR/>Maybe one day we could grow slabs of meat without nerves in them?Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207632255129272209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281371.post-68980361366307320072007-11-12T17:55:00.000+00:002007-11-12T17:55:00.000+00:00I don't think farming has bred the "will to live, ...I don't think farming has bred the "will to live, the willingness to fight for survival" out of animals at all. They go to extraordinary lengths to try and live, from standing on the bodies of other dead animals to get more air to cannibalism to shutting down non-vital bodily functions.<BR/><BR/>Definitely disagree with this one, unless there's an amoeba farm somewhere.Faisalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429800007594897147noreply@blogger.com