Comments on: Translator needed for LA Times Opinion piece on chickens.

By: Donna Barstow

Donna Barstow — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:05:46 +0000

Because of the f-word, this went into spam filter, so be grateful I bailed you out of there.

Your first sentence is correct: seems like cruel treatment, because it is. For the rest: um, competitive, much? Go find a sport to play, because that macho attitude is really ugly and unattractive to thinking people. Civilized people don’t torture anyone, animals included. You could keep a child in prison his whole life – and it happens – and he wouldn’t know the difference, either. How is either of them okay, when we have choices on how to be better?

No one says hippie anymore, or tree-hugging – so I’m guessing you are an older person or live in a cave somewhere. And our ancestors didn’t eat meat all the time – it was hard work to get, expensive, etc. That’s a bedtime story to tell hunters like you.

By: Veal Proponent

Veal Proponent — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:42:18 +0000

Although this may seem like cruel treatment of animals, I should point out two very important things. First, as humans we are the dominant predator on this earth – we have earned this position. Survival of the fittest applies here and we, as a species, have earned the ability to devour our prey in whatever manner we wish. Secondly, these animals never experience anything but this kind of lifestyle. They don’t have the capacity to think that there is something better or a better way of life. This comes down to the food chain. We are on top, deal with it.

Fuck you, you hippie tree hugging sissy’s who are afraid to consume the animals around you just like your ancestors before you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:38:50 +0000

Veal tastes good

By: Donna Barstow

Donna Barstow — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:06:51 +0000

Thanks, Paul.

Although the writer seemed to say that being moderate is bad…didn’t she?! And she seemed to imply that the environment would get worse with bigger cages for the animals. I don’t know. Glad you understood it.

By: Paul Shapiro

Paul Shapiro — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:54:10 +0000

I agree with one point Julia Olmstead made, which is that the Prop 2 is very moderate. That’s one of the reasons it has such a huge coalition of supporters, including Sierra Club-California, Defenders of Wildlife, Greenpeace USA, Environmental Integrity Project, Friends of the Earth Action, Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production. These organizations know just how terrible factory farms are for the environment, which is part of the reason they’re endorsing the YES vote on Prop 2.

Some other endorsers include The Center for Food Safety and the California Veterinary Medical Association.

Anyone concerned about animal welfare, food safety, or the environment should vote YES on Prop 2.