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We talk about an industry-wide norm, a regular case in the business. You ncould as well want to argue that traffic accidents are an exception from the rule. they are not, they are part of the rule. Cities and metropoles even calculate with fixed accident rates when considering traffic planning. not just the bad and evil metropoles, but all of them.
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Well there you have it Skybird - we should - using your logic - get rid of cars simply because "accidents" are the norm - and those kill people! If you have ever been at the scene of an accident - especially a horrific one - humane isn't a term you would use. I mean we could even go so far as to say that someone has a non-fatal accident - the stress, terror (during the event), fear (having to deal with the husband/wife, insurance company, legal matters etc) - not of this could be considered humane. That just the non-fatal accidents - much less the ones where someone gets flattened or squished or pinned only to die later....
I know your not advocating for the end of meat eating - but this idea that you can use statistical analysis to say that certain activities are bad just wont hold up. A single abuse is bad - we don't disagree there. But then again - when there are rules in place that make every reasonable attempt to kill - as nicely as possible - the animals we eat, and the people who get caught breaking those guidelines are punished, I am perfectly ok with that. We cannot create a "perfect" world, but the industry and government have done their due diligence in making what must be done to meet demand as "humane" as possible.
In the end - this comes down to a very similiar queston to that we deal with on Islam. It becomes a "them or us" issue - because getting everyone to switch to vegetarianism isn't a realistic solution. So then it is do we spare the chicken and make the people go without - or do we slaughter the chicken so the masses can be fed. Granted - it doesn't have theological issues - but it boils down to that same "us or them" question - and I will - barring unforseen circumstances - always fall on the side of US. In the case of this topic - the US (aka - meateaters) simply need to insure due diligence is done so that abuse - vs mistakes that can be corrected, are not the norm. The rules in place do that. The punishment for those caught being cruel demonstrate that. So I can sleep well at night after digesting my pork, poultry or beef.