Re:Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’
by Brushfire on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @10:54PM
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The single best way for these farmers, any farmers, to refute any / all concerns like this is to set up publicly-viewable, always on video feeds of their entire farm operations. Problem solved; assuming there isnt actually bad behavior. This is not expensive.
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Re:Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’
by adrusi on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @11:10PM
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Consider the documentaries about the livestock industry that present these operations as they are supposed to operate, and the disgust that they evoke in viewers. Now consider if that footage was much more available. I see two possible outcomes. Either people see that and realise where their meat is coming from, and elect to eat less/no meat, or people become desensitized to the conditions, and the leaked PETA-style footage becomes less apalling. The former possibility makes this idea unrealistic in practice, and the latter doesn't seem very good either.