1tinsoldier
10/14/08, 05:00 pm
Perhaps, but neither is a determining factor.
If any activity in our society is unethical, it should be stopped, whether or not it cuts expenses or creates jobs.
Any product or service in society could be provided cheaper if the producer was allowed to cut ethical corners. Clothes produced from child labor are cheaper and provide jobs. Not adhering to safety regulations allows toy manufacturers to sell more toys, cheaper, and employs lots of people. And on and on.
We don't need to eat chicken, beef, or pork. We simply want to. In fact it is better for our health and planet if we didn't. Also, more people would have more food if we grew more instead of raised more. Animal farming is an inefficient, unethical, and harmful way of producing food.
So, to anyone who can't or won't pay a few cents more for a cage-free egg, I say -- eat something else!
To those who run a factory farm, I say -- raise corn or tomatos, or simply get a job! Better yet, converting animal factory farmers to wind farmers would literally solve all the worlds energy, hunger, financial, and environment problems.
If any activity in our society is unethical, it should be stopped, whether or not it cuts expenses or creates jobs.
Any product or service in society could be provided cheaper if the producer was allowed to cut ethical corners. Clothes produced from child labor are cheaper and provide jobs. Not adhering to safety regulations allows toy manufacturers to sell more toys, cheaper, and employs lots of people. And on and on.
We don't need to eat chicken, beef, or pork. We simply want to. In fact it is better for our health and planet if we didn't. Also, more people would have more food if we grew more instead of raised more. Animal farming is an inefficient, unethical, and harmful way of producing food.
So, to anyone who can't or won't pay a few cents more for a cage-free egg, I say -- eat something else!
To those who run a factory farm, I say -- raise corn or tomatos, or simply get a job! Better yet, converting animal factory farmers to wind farmers would literally solve all the worlds energy, hunger, financial, and environment problems.