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Hundreds of whales slaughtered in Faroe Islands as annual cull turns sea blood red (www.the-independent.com)

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

If we want to reduce animal cruelty, look towards the massive scale of factory farming

How about not rounding up hundreds of highly intelligent beings and their families to murder them for no reason. And don't give me your whataboutist bullshit about "muh factory farms"; I don't use those either. 9 times out of 10, the people I see citing factory farms in cases like this deliberately use factory farms all the time and simply want an excuse for inaction. Shit like this needs to end too and can trivially end.

These are animals that have lived free, beautiful lives in their natural habitats.

So are you, so come here. We'll just chase you into an alley, put a hook through your nose, and cut your spine; no deliberate cruelty involved (besides the deliberate, brutal, totally superfluous murder).

[–] terrific@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 weeks ago

Wow that is one extremely aggressive response to what I thought was a relatively sensible comment. I'm sorry if I upset you.

It's not whatsboutism, it's a question of scale. Attention is a finite resource, and I think you should place it where it matters most.

There is a post-colonial dimension to Grindadráp that is rarely mentioned by the media. And that matters more to me personally than the lives of the whales.