Holy cow. I don’t understand humans. I have to remind myself that the randomness that allows for cruelty is also the well from which incredible people are drawn.
The important lesson I've learned myself is while it is easy to be shocked by the cruelty of others, don't think that given the right motivation you too won't do similar things.
The whole darwinian "less evolved" and "sub-human" labels given to minorities in the US and european colonies for example is the entire society coming up with reasoning that allows for their pre-determined cruelty. In some places, animals experienced much less cruelty than human children.
Evil is the default setting for people, especially when a competition over a resource is involved. good is something we have to be taught and disciplined into.
Citation needed, beyond you being overly dramatic?
I’ve seen cows get slaughtered and I’m mostly vegetarian (let’s call it meat-light). What’s remarkably common is humans inventing stories to drive their agenda.
I don’t know why you’re really bringing up this point, especially like this, beyond trying to get into flame bait territory…
Firsthand experience lol. Perhaps slaughterhouses medicate them in a commercial setting? No idea.
I brought up the point because we do it anyways despite the fear and terror in those creatures so we can get a tasty meal.
I don't really want to look up videos of animals getting slaughtered but there are places where you can buy the animal and slaughter it yourself. Go ahead and try it and see for yourself. For me, not just their panic cry but as the knife cuts through the throat they scream+gargle through the blood. Hard to get that image out of my head.
But like I said, I eat meat, I am not better than anyone in that regard.
Keep in mind, modern animal killing has to be "humane" as in be acceptable to people who never get close enough to see that stuff. Similar to capital punishment I suppose.
The concept of an honorable/respectful killing is strange to modern western minds who only care about minimizing pain as a measure of cruelty.