Comments on: GOOD Q&A: Erika Lesser http://www.good.is/post/good-qa-erika-lesser/ GOOD Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:25:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BippityBoppityBoo http://www.good.is/post/good-qa-erika-lesser/comment-page-1/#comment-7546 BippityBoppityBoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.good.is/good_qa_erika_lesser#comment-7546 Huh. So when animal advocates tell people point out the cruelties and suffering involved in animal agriculture, they are being sentimental and anthropomorphizing.<br><br /> <br><br /> But when foodies such as Ms. Lesser haul out the (completely unscientific, BTW) trope that only "happy" animals produce tasty food, they are praised and profiled.<br><br /> <br><br /> Sorry folks, even operations marketing themselves as kinder & gentler cause suffering for animals. Cows and calves are separated in years-long cycles of impregnation & lactation. And all animals involved end up transported and slaughtered in conditions no better than those of their "unhappy" (read: factory farmed) counterparts.<br><br /> <br><br /> This is what GOOD calls happy? Sounds to me more like a desperate search to justify hurting other beings for our own pleasure. Huh. So when animal advocates tell people point out the cruelties and suffering involved in animal agriculture, they are being sentimental and anthropomorphizing.

But when foodies such as Ms. Lesser haul out the (completely unscientific, BTW) trope that only “happy” animals produce tasty food, they are praised and profiled.

Sorry folks, even operations marketing themselves as kinder & gentler cause suffering for animals. Cows and calves are separated in years-long cycles of impregnation & lactation. And all animals involved end up transported and slaughtered in conditions no better than those of their “unhappy” (read: factory farmed) counterparts.

This is what GOOD calls happy? Sounds to me more like a desperate search to justify hurting other beings for our own pleasure.

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