It makes sense. A plant is just as alive as you or me. It has been proven that when you kill a plant it has a chemical scream, it notices the pain of its death. This seems to be ignored because we can't comprehend how the plant feels. Odd, because even though I can't understand a chicken, I'm told I should still recognize it's suffering and should ignore the plants.PurpleRain said:What?! How is this funny or make any sense?!KaiRai said:Well if they're so moral they should stop killing plants to make their food!
But what was their ultimate goal. If they could have just wished for the perfect outcome, what would they have wished for? For people to stop using cow milk and return to breast feeding? Or simply for us to feel bad for drinking cow milk?PurpleRain said:A lot of their messages are done in satire. Only people with blind hatred for them seem to mistake that. For example, they once attacked an icecream company saying that cow milk is for baby cows and that they should use human milk. They didn't mean, 'use human milk' but rather bring awareness to the cow calfs who do not get their mothers milk due to companies taking it from them.
Yes, yes I do believe I can. Yay for Boy Scouts and a few specific classes. (this is just a caveat, carrying one with the rest of the quote now)PurpleRain said:I still don't understand both your points George144 and Ninja_X. Did you gather the point I was talking about a single person? A person in its natural form. Planes are unnatural and so are guns. You cannot build a gun nor can you fly a plane. You really think you could trap animals and work out venomous insects from edible ones?
What they were arguing was Humans as a race vs chickens as a race. You can add in all of human achievement at this point and say that we have learned to invent planes and other such things to allow us to do things we naturally couldn't. Just clarifying. If you don't want to adapt to this argument, that is fine.Society provides us with factory made weapons, specially trained people, food, water, everything is provided for us. Why do we need skills to know how to survive? Outside of society, we're royally screwed. I only know how to slow poison in my blood using a stick. If I were n a desert, I'd be screwed then as well. We can't survive. Chickens however, in their natural habitat can survive. They have knowledge of food, as well as a structured body to eat and to keep themselves at a desired temperature. Put them in a foreign environment and they will die. Like my horse argument from before.
Really, this is all knowledge and simple facts. You guys keep bringing in factors that were not the arguing point. He said that how do you know chickens are more stupid then people. A single human vs a single chicken. No unnatural factors provided.
And [HEADING=2]NO![/HEADING] People can't fly. Where's my wings? How do I gain this ability to levitate? Cause I wish I could. Everyday. Planes are not people.
What I am arguing is that you want them to starve? A plant may have a death throw, but no nerves like animals nor would it have a sense of the world around it. It must have some way to sense objects around it, the sun, etc, so it can grow. And it is normal for it to sense death or tears within its leaves to continue growing. But without nerves, it cannot make out pain, actual real pain like animals.jboking said:It makes sense. A plant is just as alive as you or me. It has been proven that when you kill a plant it has a chemical scream, it notices the pain of its death. This seems to be ignored because we can't comprehend how the plant feels. Odd, because even though I can't understand a chicken, I'm told I should still recognize it's suffering and should ignore the plants.PurpleRain said:What?! How is this funny or make any sense?!KaiRai said:Well if they're so moral they should stop killing plants to make their food!
I think that is what he was driving at anyway.
No. To give baby cows their mothers milk when they need it. I thought that was simple to understand.jboking said:But what was their ultimate goal. If they could have just wished for the perfect outcome, what would they have wished for? For people to stop using cow milk and return to breast feeding? Or simply for us to feel bad for drinking cow milk?PurpleRain said:A lot of their messages are done in satire. Only people with blind hatred for them seem to mistake that. For example, they once attacked an icecream company saying that cow milk is for baby cows and that they should use human milk. They didn't mean, 'use human milk' but rather bring awareness to the cow calfs who do not get their mothers milk due to companies taking it from them.
What if not in an environment you are common in? Like the chicken? But I've had Cadet training, so I know a lot. You've had Scouts, so you would too. But not everyone has. That was my point.jboking said:Yes, yes I do believe I can. Yay for Boy Scouts and a few specific classes. (this is just a caveat, carrying one with the rest of the quote now)PurpleRain said:I still don't understand both your points George144 and Ninja_X. Did you gather the point I was talking about a single person? A person in its natural form. Planes are unnatural and so are guns. You cannot build a gun nor can you fly a plane. You really think you could trap animals and work out venomous insects from edible ones?
A lot of good points, but again, it started by saying a chicken vs a person, singular. So I took it as that. So I brought to the argument a sole person and chicken in their natural forms.jboking said:What they were arguing was Humans as a race vs chickens as a race. You can add in all of human achievement at this point and say that we have learned to invent planes and other such things to allow us to do things we naturally couldn't. Just clarifying. If you don't want to adapt to this argument, that is fine.Society provides us with factory made weapons, specially trained people, food, water, everything is provided for us. Why do we need skills to know how to survive? Outside of society, we're royally screwed. I only know how to slow poison in my blood using a stick. If I were n a desert, I'd be screwed then as well. We can't survive. Chickens however, in their natural habitat can survive. They have knowledge of food, as well as a structured body to eat and to keep themselves at a desired temperature. Put them in a foreign environment and they will die. Like my horse argument from before.
Really, this is all knowledge and simple facts. You guys keep bringing in factors that were not the arguing point. He said that how do you know chickens are more stupid then people. A single human vs a single chicken. No unnatural factors provided.
And [HEADING=2]NO![/HEADING] People can't fly. Where's my wings? How do I gain this ability to levitate? Cause I wish I could. Everyday. Planes are not people.
You could say humans are superior to chickens for the fact that we have to give them rights instead of them being able to fight for what they want naturally. Or for the fact that they allow themselves to be caught.
OP: You know, PETA actually had a pretty good point this time around. You shouldn't have to make a chicken suffer so it can become you McNuggets. and the CAK looks like a great solution to this problem. However, their logical point got lost in the 'it' version of Ronald McDonald and the blood stains. It seems that they often have a good point, they just make it seem less logical than it is with all of this excessive fanfare.
It's not the cause we're upset about. It's their way of going about it.obex said:Wait did you guys read any of it ? I suggest you go look at the Controlled atmospheric killing video which is a nice informative video about viable options to killing birds rather than electrocution throat slitting and then scalding. All they want is the birds killed in a more humane way how is this a bad thing am i missing something here by being British?
It's arguable that human's natural habitat is society. Have you never heard the sentiment that "nothing natural can do anything unnatural?" by the sheer fact that we exist, we are natural and cannot do anything that is unnatural.PurpleRain said:I still don't understand both your points George144 and Ninja_X. Did you gather the point I was talking about a single person? A person in its natural form. Planes are unnatural and so are guns. You cannot build a gun nor can you fly a plane. You really think you could trap animals and work out venomous insects from edible ones?
Society provides us with factory made weapons, specially trained people, food, water, everything is provided for us. Why do we need skills to know how to survive? Outside of society, we're royally screwed. I only know how to slow poison in my blood using a stick. If I were n a desert, I'd be screwed then as well. We can't survive. Chickens however, in their natural habitat can survive. They have knowledge of food, as well as a structured body to eat and to keep themselves at a desired temperature. Put them in a foreign environment and they will die. Like my horse argument from before.
Really, this is all knowledge and simple facts. You guys keep bringing in factors that were not the arguing point. He said that how do you know chickens are more stupid then people. A single human vs a single chicken. No unnatural factors provided.
And [HEADING=2]NO![/HEADING] People can't fly. Where's my wings? How do I gain this ability to levitate? Cause I wish I could. Everyday. Planes are not people.
PurpleRain said:What I am arguing is that you want them to starve? A plant may have a death throw, but no nerves like animals nor would it have a sense of the world around it.jboking said:It makes sense. A plant is just as alive as you or me. It has been proven that when you kill a plant it has a chemical scream, it notices the pain of its death. This seems to be ignored because we can't comprehend how the plant feels. Odd, because even though I can't understand a chicken, I'm told I should still recognize it's suffering and should ignore the plants.PurpleRain said:What?! How is this funny or make any sense?!KaiRai said:Well if they're so moral they should stop killing plants to make their food!
I think that is what he was driving at anyway.
It must have some way to sense objects around it, the sun, etc, so it can grow. And it is normal for it to sense death or tears within its leaves to continue growing. But without nerves, it cannot make out pain, actual real pain like animals.
But my point really was, out of plants and animals, it is less moral to eat animals then plants, like it is less moral to eat humans then animals (I hope I got that the right way around). But, as animals, we must eat. And to choose out of farms that breed animals which throughout life may have so many problems and create so many environmental problem, or vegetable farms which are a lot better for the environment, I'd choose the latter.
No. To give baby cows their mothers milk when they need it. I thought that was simple to understand.[/quote] So they expected an Icecream company to figure out that they were being satirical instead of just being fucking direct. I think we have run into the problem with most PETA protests.jboking said:But what was their ultimate goal. If they could have just wished for the perfect outcome, what would they have wished for? For people to stop using cow milk and return to breast feeding? Or simply for us to feel bad for drinking cow milk?PurpleRain said:A lot of their messages are done in satire. Only people with blind hatred for them seem to mistake that. For example, they once attacked an icecream company saying that cow milk is for baby cows and that they should use human milk. They didn't mean, 'use human milk' but rather bring awareness to the cow calfs who do not get their mothers milk due to companies taking it from them.
We went to the Sahara, an environment that is not my own. We only took water for safety reasons. I learned how to retrieve water from a cactus without harming myself, as well as how to purify urine, and some of the sources of food(how to catch certain animals, and what animals to avoid catching).What if not in an environment you are common in? Like the chicken? But I've had Cadet training, so I know a lot. You've had Scouts, so you would too. But not everyone has. That was my point.jboking said:Yes, yes I do believe I can. Yay for Boy Scouts and a few specific classes. (this is just a caveat, carrying one with the rest of the quote now)PurpleRain said:I still don't understand both your points George144 and Ninja_X. Did you gather the point I was talking about a single person? A person in its natural form. Planes are unnatural and so are guns. You cannot build a gun nor can you fly a plane. You really think you could trap animals and work out venomous insects from edible ones?
A lot of good points, but again, it started by saying a chicken vs a person, singular. So I took it as that. So I brought to the argument a sole person and chicken in their natural forms.[/quote]jboking said:What they were arguing was Humans as a race vs chickens as a race. You can add in all of human achievement at this point and say that we have learned to invent planes and other such things to allow us to do things we naturally couldn't. Just clarifying. If you don't want to adapt to this argument, that is fine.Society provides us with factory made weapons, specially trained people, food, water, everything is provided for us. Why do we need skills to know how to survive? Outside of society, we're royally screwed. I only know how to slow poison in my blood using a stick. If I were n a desert, I'd be screwed then as well. We can't survive. Chickens however, in their natural habitat can survive. They have knowledge of food, as well as a structured body to eat and to keep themselves at a desired temperature. Put them in a foreign environment and they will die. Like my horse argument from before.
Really, this is all knowledge and simple facts. You guys keep bringing in factors that were not the arguing point. He said that how do you know chickens are more stupid then people. A single human vs a single chicken. No unnatural factors provided.
And NO! People can't fly. Where's my wings? How do I gain this ability to levitate? Cause I wish I could. Everyday. Planes are not people.
You could say humans are superior to chickens for the fact that we have to give them rights instead of them being able to fight for what they want naturally. Or for the fact that they allow themselves to be caught.
OP: You know, PETA actually had a pretty good point this time around. You shouldn't have to make a chicken suffer so it can become you McNuggets. and the CAK looks like a great solution to this problem. However, their logical point got lost in the 'it' version of Ronald McDonald and the blood stains. It seems that they often have a good point, they just make it seem less logical than it is with all of this excessive fanfare.
Aha. It seems people love this joke after repeating it hundreds of times.AR34SHOOTER said:im part of P.E.T.A....People Eating Tasty Animals MWHAHAHAHAHA
Because not one person builds a plane by them self, nor guns. Did you dig up the metal, meld it into shape, make the tools, make the electrical wires, etc, etc. Even a gunsmith can't make a gun outside society.DirkGently said:And what the hell do you mean that I can't build a plane or a gun? How do you know I'm not a skilled gunsmith? Or that I make planes for a living?
It was a bit tricky quoting this, but I agree with you on your points (I'm not being sarcastic, but I'm so glad you're not like the rest of the people on this thread), so I decided just to go on this point.jboking said:So they expected an Icecream company to figure out that they were being satirical instead of just being fucking direct. I think we have run into the problem with most PETA protests.PurpleRain said:No. To give baby cows their mothers milk when they need it. I thought that was simple to understand.jboking said:But what was their ultimate goal. If they could have just wished for the perfect outcome, what would they have wished for? For people to stop using cow milk and return to breast feeding? Or simply for us to feel bad for drinking cow milk?PurpleRain said:A lot of their messages are done in satire. Only people with blind hatred for them seem to mistake that. For example, they once attacked an icecream company saying that cow milk is for baby cows and that they should use human milk. They didn't mean, 'use human milk' but rather bring awareness to the cow calfs who do not get their mothers milk due to companies taking it from them.
Ba-dum tish. Given the nature of most of their protests I find the idea of their points being obvious hard to believe. My real problem in this one is that they didn't think to go a more logical route. That being the legislative one. What was happening to those calves was nothing short of abuse(being denied milk), so it would have made more sense to me to propose some sort of legislation regarding current farming standards to ensure animals such as calves get the appropriate amount of natural nourishment. I imagine the protest they went with got nearly nothing done, a legislative approach could.PurpleRain said:It was a bit tricky quoting this, but I agree with you on your points (I'm not being sarcastic, but I'm so glad you're not like the rest of the people on this thread), so I decided just to go on this point.jboking said:So they expected an Icecream company to figure out that they were being satirical instead of just being fucking direct. I think we have run into the problem with most PETA protests.PurpleRain said:No. To give baby cows their mothers milk when they need it. I thought that was simple to understand.jboking said:But what was their ultimate goal. If they could have just wished for the perfect outcome, what would they have wished for? For people to stop using cow milk and return to breast feeding? Or simply for us to feel bad for drinking cow milk?PurpleRain said:A lot of their messages are done in satire. Only people with blind hatred for them seem to mistake that. For example, they once attacked an icecream company saying that cow milk is for baby cows and that they should use human milk. They didn't mean, 'use human milk' but rather bring awareness to the cow calfs who do not get their mothers milk due to companies taking it from them.
The company was a big one, and if I remember the protest it was quite easy to see and did contain their direct message within. Each would have to be utterly idiotic to have missed their points.
There was a major difference between the milk protest and the Cooking Mama incident. That is the intended change and audience. The cooking mama thing was just to get normal citizens to consider alternatives to the usual thanksgiving food. I would even say that the incident was well done and that the only real problem was the initial shock factor, that's what most of the escapists responded to. They need to get out of this habit of trying to shock people into supporting them or they will simply end up distancing themselves even further from their intended audience.Things like the Cooking Mama thing as well, people on the Escapist went way too far and acted like massive dicks to the point where it got locked. That was also very light hearted.
thats wonderful but doesnt have anything to do with the earlier conversationsNinja_X said:Survival of the fittest. They could not live without us raising them on farms, they are only kept around by us in order to get eggs and meat off them.lizards said:why?Ninja_X said:No, human beings>>>>>>>>>>>>>chickens.lizards said:i see so we can rip the organs out of sepa patients because "they will barely feel it"Ninja_X said:Didn't I already say I missed the vid, had just read it and admitted that the suppliers where unnecessarily cruel? Why are you still digging at me?PurpleRain said:A chicken can live for an hour without its head? A chicken can barely feel it (pain)? What on earth are you talking about? A chicken dies after its head is chopped off. To say it doesn't is moronic. It can still run around because of nerves jolting in its body. Would you say a human can live after its head is chopped off? It can still excrement and grow hair.Ninja_X said:The difference is a chicken can barely feel it.lizards said:so? is it alright to cut a dogs tail off because it doesnt use it much? no its notNinja_X said:WoW that was rude and uncalled for.lizards said:sigh i was going to argue with you but apparently you did not watch the video or maybe you didnt pay attention either way you have convinced me you are thick and argueing will have no effectNinja_X said:Humans taste bad.EchetusXe said:Your saying we can torture retarded humans and that is fine because they are retarded and therefore can't suffer?Ninja_X said:Cows and chickens are to retarded to suffer.Blackdoom said:I don't understand what they are complaining about, cruelty is what makes the food taste so good.
Before anyone says otherwise, go meet a farm animal. They are fucking stupid.
In all seriousness, it seems like PETA is just upset that Macdonald's isn't using the PETA approved method of humanely killing the animals.
But they don't say much about the method that Macdonald's IS using. I'm pretty sure Macdonald's is humane enough with its food otherwise a real government agency would shut them down by now.
And yes I failed to notice the video link, just read the article. My bad, but still.
So you are right, Macdonald's suppliers are unnecessarily cruel to those chickens.
But we are talking about an animal that can live for an hour without its head, thats how little it uses its brain.
thats a bad arguement
Also, what on earth are you talking about that a chicken can barely feel it? I assume 'it' is pain, because I'm sure, with the same nervous system, they can feel it on a similar level. You have no feeling or care for battery hens or the crappy conditions they are put through. If it were a human it would be considered torture. Why is it different because the animal can't speak?
Oh well, I still maintain that chickens are stupid. As for my points, I am to tired to go into it much, but weather or not the animal could speak never factored into my argument.
give me one good reason why chickens arent as good as us
so you are saying its because nature seems to have it be that way?George144 said:They can't fly. We can. They can't open doorhandles. We can.lizards said:why?Ninja_X said:No, human beings>>>>>>>>>>>>>chickens.lizards said:i see so we can rip the organs out of sepa patients because "they will barely feel it"Ninja_X said:Didn't I already say I missed the vid, had just read it and admitted that the suppliers where unnecessarily cruel? Why are you still digging at me?PurpleRain said:A chicken can live for an hour without its head? A chicken can barely feel it (pain)? What on earth are you talking about? A chicken dies after its head is chopped off. To say it doesn't is moronic. It can still run around because of nerves jolting in its body. Would you say a human can live after its head is chopped off? It can still excrement and grow hair.Ninja_X said:The difference is a chicken can barely feel it.lizards said:so? is it alright to cut a dogs tail off because it doesnt use it much? no its notNinja_X said:WoW that was rude and uncalled for.lizards said:sigh i was going to argue with you but apparently you did not watch the video or maybe you didnt pay attention either way you have convinced me you are thick and argueing will have no effectNinja_X said:Humans taste bad.EchetusXe said:Your saying we can torture retarded humans and that is fine because they are retarded and therefore can't suffer?Ninja_X said:Cows and chickens are to retarded to suffer.Blackdoom said:I don't understand what they are complaining about, cruelty is what makes the food taste so good.
Before anyone says otherwise, go meet a farm animal. They are fucking stupid.
In all seriousness, it seems like PETA is just upset that Macdonald's isn't using the PETA approved method of humanely killing the animals.
But they don't say much about the method that Macdonald's IS using. I'm pretty sure Macdonald's is humane enough with its food otherwise a real government agency would shut them down by now.
And yes I failed to notice the video link, just read the article. My bad, but still.
So you are right, Macdonald's suppliers are unnecessarily cruel to those chickens.
But we are talking about an animal that can live for an hour without its head, thats how little it uses its brain.
thats a bad arguement
Also, what on earth are you talking about that a chicken can barely feel it? I assume 'it' is pain, because I'm sure, with the same nervous system, they can feel it on a similar level. You have no feeling or care for battery hens or the crappy conditions they are put through. If it were a human it would be considered torture. Why is it different because the animal can't speak?
Oh well, I still maintain that chickens are stupid. As for my points, I am to tired to go into it much, but weather or not the animal could speak never factored into my argument.
give me one good reason why chickens arent as good as us
Seriously the chicken has basically evolved to be tasty and defenceless, its like nature wants us to eat it, and who am I to argue with nature.