Rescued piglets served up as sausages to firefighters - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE=GordonZombie;52606053]At least they were slaughtered humanely as opposed to a horrible death being burned alive.[/QUOTE] This is also true, I didn't consider it. It'd be [I]significantly[/I] more inhumane to let any creature burn to death.

You all should had seen the fb comments of this article, all the vegan folks were crying and screaming :v:

It's nice to read some heartwarming news for once.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;52604692]When objective 1 is survival and objective 2 is reproduce, there's no room for morals[/QUOTE] We have them, though

[QUOTE=Geikkamir;52606877]We have them, though[/QUOTE] And we still kill each other. Who would have thought?

man I really don't see what the problem is with this. The pigs were going to be slaughtered anyway, the firefighters saved animals from being horrifically burned alive. The pigs went to the slaughterhouse, as they were going to be, and were given to the firefighters in a tasty bun. If there was no mention that it was the same pigs, there would be no issue here. I think its just people who are either ignorant or knowingly ignorant of the food processing chain who are kicking up a fuss. Anybody who is complaining about it whom is also a carnivore needs to either face the rather gruesome reality or stop being hypocritical and go vegetarian / vegan.

The pigs are food. It's literally the meaning of their existence. If it wasn't for this purpose, they wouldn't spend their life on some sunny mud patch to roll in. They wouldn't exist. Of course, they deserve an ideally stress-free, healthy life, up to the point of their delicious demise, but removing them from the industry that literally gave meaning to their otherwise impossible existence isn't doing them any favour. And you would ask - "Would a pig prefer a short and purposeful life only to be eaten, or to not live at all?" and the answer should be obvious - they don't give a fuck, they lack the intelligence and self awareness to even have that kind of a thought, which is exactly what makes it okay to farm them for food. They eat, they shit, they sleep. They can be perfectly happy with the life they live up to the sausage, and still be affordable and delicious. By forcibly implying they shouldn't be farmed for food, you're not doing them any favours - they cannot comprehend the implication of what any of this means, and even if they could, the option of "not eat" means there literally won't be any pigs you could ask for their opinion on this.

[QUOTE=UncleJimmema;52606890]And we still kill each other. Who would have thought?[/QUOTE] We do so significantly less than we used to. We're slowly surpassing nature's evil bullshit. Very, very, very slowly.

[QUOTE=elowin;52607606]We do so significantly less than we used to. We're slowly surpassing nature's evil bullshit. Very, very, very slowly.[/QUOTE] Judging nature by humanity's morals is kind of ridiculous. Nature isn't "evil" because we don't have the authority to say that nature is beneath us and thus is to be judged by us. Nature just is. The death of things just is.

[QUOTE=download;52604106]Perfect. [editline]23rd August 2017[/editline] Peta is so salty.[/QUOTE] Peta is probably more salty than the sodium content of the sausages provided to the firefighters.

[QUOTE=geel9;52613572]Judging nature by humanity's morals is kind of ridiculous. Nature isn't "evil" because we don't have the authority to say that nature is beneath us and thus is to be judged by us. Nature just is. The death of things just is.[/QUOTE] No, nature is definitely extremely evil. I'm glad we're slowly outgrowing it. Unfortunately it is a very slow process. The fact that it "just is" doesn't actually justify any of nature's evil bullshit.

[QUOTE=elowin;52627727]No, nature is definitely extremely evil. I'm glad we're slowly outgrowing it. Unfortunately it is a very slow process. The fact that it "just is" doesn't actually justify any of nature's evil bullshit.[/QUOTE] justification and evil are both concepts entirely outside the scope of nature. like, i don't even think you can apply them to anything beyond human thought process.

[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;52604458]A bit of backstory can get you attached to all sorts of stuff. I don't much care about the trees that were cut down for my paper, but I would feel kinda sad if someone cut down the tree outside my window.[/QUOTE] Trees don't have a brain therefore there's no pain when you cut one down pigs on the other hand feel pain when they are killed albeit briefly. The way the pigs died was still better then starving or burning to death though. Peta shows how ridiculous they're as usual.

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;52604093]She said: "I'm sure vegetarians will hate this." The firefighters however said the bangers were "fantastic".[/QUOTE] Why the edited quote? [quote]The firefighters initially said the bangers were "fantastic" but following complaints have since said sorry.[/quote]

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;52627737]justification and evil are both concepts entirely outside the scope of nature. like, i don't even think you can apply them to anything beyond human thought process.[/QUOTE] Literally everything that we describe as "evil" are people appealing to their base, animistic instincts to prey on the weak.

Vegan sausages are soooo good my fiances ultra-vegan friends bought multiple different types of them and threw them all away after taking a single bite out of each. Saved the planet, they did!