Careless Kids

[Amyable]

duck&chickencrazy :

And dont even get me started on the "hunters"....they often talked about the animals they kill and described the animals deaths in detail just to make me angry...so the fact is pretty much that most teenagers (and younger kids) just dont have any compassion for animals

Responsible hunters do not act that way. That is callous immaturity. True sportsmen and women do not take pleasure in the act of killing; that is reserved for the serial killers.​

 

[debilorrah]

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That was horrible. It was in my state and I only ate local beef for the longest time. The appalling conditions of some of these places is unbelieveable! BUT there ARE meat processing plants and batteries that are clean, safe and humane.

 

[yomama]

I remember seeing a documentary on television about battery hens. It also showed how this particular company would "throw" these hens into crates when their time is up, to be hauled away to be butchered. Of course I was mortified, seeing chickens getting their legs, wings and whatever else broken, while being thrown into these crates. About a month later, I was driving down the freeway, and along side me comes this semi. It had dozens and dozens of wooden crates, stacked on top of each other. In each of those crates were white chickens, crammed as many as they could get in a crate. You could see some of them in all different positions, however they would fit. As I looked at this in horror, realizing what I was seeing, one of the hens caught my eye. I could look right into her eyes. She looked so scared. It was one of the most horrible things I have ever experienced. I reached my destination, parked my car and just cried.

 

[duck&chickencrazy]

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Responsible hunters do not act that way. That is callous immaturity. True sportsmen and women do not take pleasure in the act of killing; that is reserved for the serial killers.

i know, thats why i said "hunters" lol...a large number of my family hunters and so are a few of my friends, they are responsible hunters....the ones I was talking about are not...

 

[debilorrah]

I watched a special once about hatcheries and they were throwing the chicks around. Males over here, females over there. I am not advocating that type of behavior, I am just pointing out that it is pretty standard. The hatcheries all of us buy our chicks from do that.

 

[seismic wonder2]

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It's certanly NOT on the internet or X-box 360, or WEE, or what ever megga death kill mame ultra grand theft doo hickey thong they have out now. I don't say "where's the compassion?" I say "WHERE'S THEIR FLIPPIN PARENTS?????"

People ask me why I never had kids..."I can't stand other people's kids. What makes you think I would want my own?" or " I really, really understand why animals in the wild eat their young." and finally, "Lady, if you just snatch that kid up and beat him stupid, I garontee he'll stop acting like an animal in the potato chip isle."

 

[Criskin]

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I think it is a bit more muddled than this. Most of us are born brutal little creatures and it is up to our parents to teach us compassion. Some people neglect to do this because they don't want to punish their children. I know my neighbors love their only child, but they are the perfect example of what I think parents should avoid...and as such a lot of people, including me, avoid them. I once actually saw their kid BITE MY DOG! This same kid (barely 3 years old) curses and fights with his parents and once threw a rock at my son's head across our fence. I can only imagine what is going to happen in his teen years. Some people just don't bother these days because they don't have to...there are all sorts of electronic babysitters to buy them free time. Then they wonder why their children have problems with discipline and refuse to listen to them.

I had a dog and a pony as a small child. I also watched my father break horses with firm kindness. If I had ever shown cruelty towards an animal, I would have gotten in BIG trouble and I knew it. As my dad always says, just because we are more powerful than someone (or something), it does not give us the right to bully them. Instead, it makes it our responsibility to protect them. Later those lessons with animals helped shape my dealings with other people. I saw a lot of the same values in my peers growing up in a semi-rural area. Bullying, such as that we see on the news so much lately, was not considered acceptable behavior. I think a lot of this mindset came from growing up on farms, ranches or with backyard pets and parents who would settle for nothing less than respect for themselves and the animals in our lives. I hope to pass that on to my son as well. He has a Wii and all sorts of fancy toys, but he also spends a lot of his time outside with his dog, playing in the dirt or helping me with my chickens. So far he has only thrown one in-store tantrum in his life so I figure that, in spite of my parental inexperience, I'm doing something right.

To summarize, I think we should all have pets and parents willing to punish us when necessary. Then the world will be a happier place.

 

[WriterofWords]

I'm glad my students aren't stupid.

 

[starforever61]

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I don't know about you, but I would never handle a chick/en like that, and it doesn't matter if they're not going to always be mine. Maybe that's what I'm trying to stand up to. I don't care if it's a "standard hatchery," I just know it's wrong.