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crafty  ·  3450 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pig wrestling: animal cruelty or human cruelty?

I have pretty similar feelings, I mean, it may not be the nicest thing to do to a pig, but it's hardly the worst thing done to them by a long shot. I had been reading a bunch of roysexton's posts about pig wrestling and was just trying to understand what the actual event in question looked like.





roysexton  ·  3450 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fair enough!

crafty  ·  3450 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry, maybe I shouldn't have called you out, and I certainly don't mean to put you on the spot. Factory farming of pigs seems much more morally repugnant than wallowing around in a mud pit with a fat hog, although I can understand and respect people not wanting to participate in either of those activities.

roysexton  ·  3444 days ago  ·  link  ·  

no, I didn't feel that you called me out - and I agree with you about factory farming 110%. this activity bothers me because it is a public, celebrated activity (akin to propaganda) that further distances people from thinking about these animals as living creatures, thereby making factory farming even easier to get away with.